(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Marley Dewey, University of California, Santa Barbara (THE CONVERSATION) Eating a ...

This article originally appeared on Undark. When Brooke Brumfield wasn’t battling morning sickness, she craved nachos. Like many first-time expectant mothers, she was nervous and excited about her ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Eating a placenta may not give you the health benefits some people want you to believe it has, but using it as a bandage might. The placenta is an organ created during pregnancy ...

Marley Dewey receives funding from the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health. Eating a placenta may not give you the health benefits some people want you to believe it has, ...