A Closer Look at...Your Placenta

The human placenta may hold important clues to the health of both mothers and babies. Mana Parast, M.D., Ph.D., discusses placental development, what we can learn from pathologic evaluation of the placenta after delivery, and modeling the placenta with stem cells. Karen Mestan, M.S., M.D., shares highlights in neonatal medicine, how to use the placenta as a diagnostic tool to improve the immediate and long term health of newborn patients, and what the role of the placenta could be in NICU management. Catherine and Greg Higgins share their experience as parents with twins in the NICU. [11/2022] [Show ID: 37969]

00:00 Start
00:16 Introduction - Matteo Moretto-Zita
03:14 Mana Parast
23:10 Karen Mestan
41:02 Catherine and Greg Higgins
45:38 Q&A

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[scottkleyla]

Hello UCTV, about time to have an engaging conversation about human health and the outstanding benefits of direct application technology.

[AndreCMarquesMFC]

As a family physician in a peripheral community in northeast Brazil placenta observation in ultrassound ia a good marker to maturity of concept. Since placenta ia a fetal organ It make much more Sense now. I ask: what Else could placenta observation in preconception evaluation helps in taking intime decisions and improving outcomes.

[lifewithmiracleandmyalifew]

I'VE. HEARD. OF. PEOPLE. EATING. PLACENTA

[HueyTheDoctor]

I'll be honest, that's not placenta, I'm just fat af, kinda amorphous and pinkish. Easy mistake, no harm done. Suing for defamation though.