The ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, which is caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has significantly affected the global healthcare sector ...

Abnormalities in placental folds and cell growth may help identify newborns at elevated risk for autism spectrum disorder (ASD), new research suggests. A cohort study of 217 births showed that ...

Background: Previous studies of maternal risk factors for abnormal placental growth have focused on placental weight and placental ratio as measures of placental growth. We sought to identify maternal ...

SINCE statements of neither the day of conception nor the date of the last menstruation are usually reliable, most physicians consider an infant weighing less than 2.5 kg. (5/2 pounds) to be premature ...

LOS ANGELES — Researchers think they have come up with a way to tell whether a newborn infant has a higher-than-normal risk of developing autism — by looking for abnormalities in the placenta shortly ...

Yale researchers have shown that developmental abnormalities, including those that lead to pregnancy loss and autism, are controlled by the genetics of the fetus and placenta -- and not the mother's ...

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In pregnancies complicated by fetal congenital heart disease, global placental perfusion was significantly decreased and regional variation of placental perfusion significantly increased as ...

As far as organs go, the placenta isn't exactly the most popular kid in the cafeteria. It's usually thrown away after the baby is born, a rather inauspicious ending for an organ that's toiled for nine ...

Astrud Tuck receives funding from the Channel 7 Children's Research Foundation. An incredibly complex and important organ in its own right, the placenta is only found in mammals. And how it functions ...