Velamentous cord insertion affects the baby's connection to the placenta, which develops when you are pregnant. The placenta is a unique organ that contains tissue from both the baby and the mother.

A procedure can preserve fertility and potentially save the lives of women with a serious pregnancy complication called placenta accreta. Results of the new study showed that placement of balloons in ...

Placenta accreta is a pregnancy complication. It occurs when the placenta implants into scar tissue instead of healthy tissue in your uterine lining. Placenta accreta is most common in people who have ...

Risk of placenta accreta rises in women with multiple C-sections. Barbara George, who nearly died of placenta accrete with the birth of her daughter Hannah, is outraged over the rising cesarean rate.

Chennai: When doctors in Bengaluru told a young couple from Ambur that only one of their unborn twins might survive, they ...

One of the biggest challenges in recovering from surgery, particularly on a tendon, is the amount of time patients take to recover. One reason is because the adhesions that are left from the procedure ...

The placenta is a temporary organ that grows during pregnancy to filter oxygen, blood, and nutrients to your baby. After you give birth, you will also deliver your placenta shortly after. Sometimes ...

The placenta never fails to amaze. The conventions that we take for granted as required for the normal formation and function of other organs are often flouted by placental trophoblasts, the ...

Hoping to reduce post-surgical deaths in cardiac patients, a University of Arizona surgeon is testing the healing powers of heart patches made from amniotic tissue. The intent of the patch is ...

This serious pregnancy condition happens when the placenta attaches too deeply into the uterine wall. Experts explain causes, symptoms, and treatment. During pregnancy, the placenta typically attaches ...