Banking a baby’s umbilical cord blood was once seen as a reasonable way to protect their future health, but much of that potential has turned out to be mere hype ...

Scientists from Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and ...

Texas Children's Hospital North Austin Campus performs surgery to remove baby's lung mass during birth while still attached ...

Signs of an umbilical knot. Most knots don’t show up on ultrasound imaging. This is because the cord is long, and as your baby grows, they may cover part of the cord during ultrasound viewing.

Dr. Boelens said that he had worked with privately banked cord blood about 15 times, usually in cases in which families banked a second child’s cord blood with the hope of treating an older sibling.

The practice, known as umbilical cord milking, is relatively unknown and not without some controversy. But if its promise holds up, it may help protect some of the most at-risk newborns ...

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 ...

For the study, researchers performed genetic analysis on the umbilical cord blood of 38 children enrolled in a long-term study based in North Carolina. Related.

Scientists may have uncovered a link between the risk of autism in children and fatty acids in umbilical cord blood, but one Yale professor told Newsweek more work needs to be done in the area ...

Umbilical Cord Could Contain Clues For Child's Future Health By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, April 25, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Doctors might be able to predict a newborn's long-term ...