Doctors might be able to predict a newborn's long-term health outlook, by analyzing their umbilical cord blood, a new study ...

DNA changes in umbilical cord blood may help predict which children are at higher risk for future health issues like diabetes ...

The umbilical cord may become a crystal ball of sorts, helping doctors predict the future of children at risk for long-term ...

After the baby has been delivered, the umbilical cord is clamped and about 2 to 3 ounces of the blood it contains are collected. The blood is then transferred to a specially prepared bag and sent ...

hygienic umbilical care is believed to reduce umbilical colonization, infection, tetanus, and sepsis, but the role of antiseptic cord care in reducing infections is unclear. Although studies in ...

Your baby’s umbilical cord is his lifeline, connecting him to your placenta. Any abnormality in the way it's attached to the placenta can put a pregnancy at higher risk of complications. A velamentous ...

Consider the poignant story of your baby's umbilical cord. For nine months it faithfully served as your baby's lifeline. It provided him with oxygen, with nutrients, with life itself. Now ...

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A Houston gym owner and fitness instructor struggled with severe neck and back pain. Traditional treatments failed, leading her to stem cell therapy using umbilical cord cells.

To provide an increasing body of knowledge related to umbilical cord care, a literature review was conducted to study the evolution of umbilical cord care, to evaluate the scientific evidence used ...

Umbilical cord blood might be used to predict a child’s future health problems DNA signals in cord blood were associated with health problems at ages 7 to 12 The problems included excess belly ...