Iyanna Brown, 27, was due to give birth on July 7 but on the morning of June 26, she began to feel light cramping ...

Researchers identified five biomarkers in umbilical cord blood that could indicate early-onset sepsis in preterm infants and ...

Cord blood is the blood in your baby's umbilical cord and your placenta. It houses potentially lifesaving cells called stem cells, which can develop into mature blood cells, including red blood cells, ...

It can be difficult to decide whether to expedite birth when a woman in the final stage of pregnancy perceives fewer fetal ...

One of the reasons being that the umbilical cord might be short and that my pelvis is too small. The problem is that he has never done an internl examination. I would like to find out if it is ...

The world's biggest beauty breakthroughs: From umbilical cord face masks and earlobe fillers to 'MesoBotox' for over-sized pores, KATE SPICER reveals these revolutionary anti-ageing treatments ...

When Dr. Filippo Milano left his home in Italy to study medicine in Seattle in 2008, it was supposed to be for six months, just long enough to learn how to do bone marrow transplant. Instead, he ...

The umbilical cord fluid is rich in stem cells. Learn about cord blood banking, its process, benefits, and decide if it's the right choice for your child.

Umbilical cord milking (UCM)—a method of squeezing the umbilical cord towards the infant before clamping—poses no long-term neurodevelopmental risks for newborns.

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. -- Compared to early cord clamping (ECC), umbilical cord milking (UCM) in non-vigorous infants had short-term benefits without any long-term adverse impacts on ...

Deferred clamping was split into three groups – short deferral (15-45 seconds), medium deferral (45-120 seconds) and long deferral (120 seconds or more). Compared with immediate clamping, waiting at ...

Waiting for two minutes or longer to clamp the umbilical cord of a premature baby likely reduces the risk of death soon after birth, compared with immediately clamping the cord or waiting a ...