Hey new moms, don't put down that can of spinach just yet. A research team led by UNLV medical anthropologists found that eating encapsulated human placenta, a practice known as placentophagy, may not be as good a source of dietary iron for postpartum mothers as proponents suggest.

Eating placenta isn’t common among women who have just given birth, but the practice is growing. Advocates say it reduces pain, increases energy levels and milk production, and generally eases recovery.

Dozens of Boyd Law School students got a firsthand look at their futures Tuesday. The Nevada Court of Appeals took its operation on the road to a small moot courtroom on the UNLV campus to hold oral arguments in two civil cases: one involving a complicated divorce and another involving a fall at Harrah’s.

A growing movement of moms may be raving about the health wonders of eating placenta, but does it really offer all of the benefits proponents claim? A UNLV-led small-sample study released last week addresses that question in part, suggesting that new moms who eat their placenta hoping for increases to their iron levels may be disappointed.

Donald Trump won the presidential election after a campaign of full protests against rhetoric, but for now it does not reveal too much detail about what kind of migration policy will lead.

Donald Trump won the presidential election after a campaign of full protests against rhetoric, but for now it does not reveal too much detail about what kind of migration policy he will lead.

Just how much of Donald Trump’s divisive vitriol and rhetoric on immigration translates to action against Nevada families remains to be seen, but the potential for major changes in policy forces attorneys and advocates to prepare people for the worst.

After US citizen Rizwan Farook and his Pakistani wife Tashfeen Malik murdered 14 people in San Bernardino on December 2, 2015, Donald Trump called for a "total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States."

"Have pity, let him go so he can work", asks Rosa, 53, for his son, 35, who was arrested 15 days ago at the US border state of Texas while trying to clandestinely enter US.