An alternative method of transferring blood cells to weakened newborns through their umbilical cord does not carry long-term neurodevelopmental risks compared to standard practice, a recent study ...

Just a two-minute delay in clamping a baby's umbilical cord can boost the child's iron reserves and prevent anemia for months, report nutritionists at the University of California, Davis. Iron ...

Shortly after a baby is born, doctors clamp the umbilical cord linking the infant to the placenta, which is still inside the mother’s uterus, and then cut it. New research shows that if doctors wait ...

Changes are happening in more and more labor and delivery rooms across the country. Doctors are waiting at least 30 to 60 seconds before clamping and cutting the umbilical cord. The practice was ...

Cutting the cord is a momentous event in a baby's life. For nine months, the developing fetus is attached to its mother by the umbilical cord. Then, moments after birth, that cord is severed. Now, ...

When Matt Farrow was taken to Paris 29 years ago, umbilical cord blood transplants were an experimental procedure. His parents took the then-5-year-old to France because that was the only place where ...

A hospital whose catchment area includes part of South Holland has received new equipment designed to save the lives of ...

The umbilical cord is the tube-like structure that carries food and oxygen from a mother to their baby while pregnant. It also carries waste products away from the baby so the mother’s body can get ...

An alternative method of transferring blood cells to weakened newborns through their umbilical cord does not carry long-term neurodevelopmental risks compared to standard practice, a recent study ...