Microplastics, which are less than 5 millimeters, and nanoplastics, which are invisible to the naked eye, are widespread throughout our environment. Research has shown that exposure to plastics ...

The discovery means that there is a “possibility” that the plastic shards “could be contributing to the risk and occurrence of preterm birth,” according to Boston Children’s Hospital maternal-foetal ...

New research has resulted in the first high-resolution molecular picture of the equine endometrium—the inner lining of the ...

The team’s research was based on "highly sensitive" mass spectrometry analysis of 175 placentae; 100 of which were at term and 75 collected preterm or at less than 37 weeks of pregnancy. It was ...

Figure 1. Pathogenesis of preeclampsia. Preeclampsia is a syndrome with heterogeneous etiology and a spectrum of phenotypes. It may appear at varying gestational ages with different degrees of ...

Background: The HELLP syndrome is a serious complication in pregnancy characterized by haemolysis, elevated liver enzymes and low platelet count occurring in 0.5 to 0.9% of all pregnancies and in ...

What came first, the egg or the chicken? The dilemma has caused everyone, from classroom teenyboppers to leaders, to scratch their heads, even prompting an Indonesian man to stab his friend. The ...