At long last, here is Part 2 of the AAA conference session paper summaries. If you missed it, you can read Part 1 here. Dr. Daniel Benyshek presented the preliminary data from our intra-placental comparison study, where we look at what my method of preparation does to certain analytes in the placenta. Encouragingly, NONE of […]
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AAA Conference in New Orleans
I am recently returned (as of late last night) from the American Anthropological Association‘s annual meeting in New Orleans, LA. I was there to present my paper based on the results of my online survey that I blogged about last month. I have closed the survey for now, since we are going to revamp it before […]
Placenta Survey closed temporarily
Thanks to everyone who participated in the first round of the Placenta Survey! We had wonderful data to present at the American Anthropological Association’s annual meeting in New Orleans this past Thursday. I have temporarily closed the survey so we can edit some of the questions and add some things we would really like […]
Placenta Research Survey
Calling all placenta-eaters! Here is an opportunity to contribute to research being done out of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). We need your input! This data is going to be very important in determining whether or not placentophagy is beneficial to postpartum women. Take the survey now The official recruitment letter: Greetings, This […]
BPA and Placenta
Here’s a shocker: BPA (the chemical component found in plastics) has health risks! Researchers in Canada did testing on placental cells to find out if this chemical, commonly found in most Americans (including pregnant women), and discovered that it does have a detrimental effect on the placenta. The most worrisome part of this research […]
Placenta research at UNLV
I am very pleased to report that the placenta research out of UNLV (University of NV, Las Vegas) is currently under way! Research on placenta is incredibly timely and necessary. For this particular research study, we are analyzing fresh placental tissue for a variety of hormones, vitamins and minerals that are purported to be […]
