"My body had just been through the most intense experience of my life, my mind still trying to catch up, and yet, it felt ...

Emily's family tree in the A Simple Favor films is steadily expanded in the sequel, introducing some pretty lethal twists and ...

Nurses and community members shared stories of complicated deliveries that could have ended in disaster if not for Houlton’s labor and delivery unit ... My son’s umbilical cord was wrapped ...

As I held Kessler to my chest, umbilical cord still attached, the weight of déjà vu settled over me. I thought: despite everything, I shouldn’t have had to do this like this again. And then I ...

A petition to save the hospital already has more than 1000 signatures. These community members at the Miller Civic Arena are discussing the closure of Houlton Regional Hospital’s labor and delivery ...

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

A: The term “cord blood” refers to the fetal blood that remains in the placenta and the umbilical cord after a baby has been delivered. It is rich in stem cells, which are undifferentiated ...

Genetic clues found in cord blood can offer early insight into which infants are at higher risk for health problems like ...

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 ...

The stem cells contained in umbilical cord blood are known as hematopoietic, or blood-forming stem cells. These are the same cells contained in bone marrow. Hematopoietic cells have the ability to ...

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. The analysis looked for chemical patterns in ...