Learn more about an umbilical cord complication known as velamentous cord insertion and how doctors manage it.

The low position of the placenta results in placental tissue covering the internal cervical os, or the inside the opening of ...

A mother and baby have been found safe and well after a human placenta was discovered in a park. Greater Manchester Police said it was alerted to the find in Werneth Park, Oldham, on Friday afternoon.

"I was diagnosed with Vasa Previa and was admitted to the hospital ... presented itself as a sub-chrionic Hematoma (a tear in the placenta from the uterus), it was a risky level of tearing ...

Placenta previa is a type of condition that occurs when the placenta tends to cover the cervix either completely or partially. As cervix is the opening of the uterus, placenta previa can often cause ...

Getty Scientists found microplastics in every single sample of placenta tissue examined in a recent study The type of plastic used in making bags and bottles was the most common type found in the ...