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 ...

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 ...

Some families choose to save their newborn’s cord blood (the blood from the baby left in the umbilical cord and placenta after birth), placenta blood and umbilical tissue in case their child ...

Breech babies are at risk of injury and a prolapsed umbilical cord. Transverse lie is the most serious abnormal presentation, and it can lead to injury of the uterus (ruptured uterus) as well as ...

The belly button, or “umbilicus,” is the scar left over after the remains of the umbilical cord fall off after birth. Typically oval or round, it takes many forms. Most people have an “innie ...

A newborn baby was found dead behind a Bronx building in a disturbing broad daylight Wednesday discovery, cops said. The child – with its umbilical cord still attached – was found around 11:15 ...

The umbilical cord that connects an expectant mother to her in-utero baby, which was once considered medical waste upon birth, is now proving to be a life-saving resource. What makes the blood left ...

The baby, whose umbilical cord was still attached, was pronounced dead at the scene. The body of a deceased baby was found in the rear courtyard of 1150 Saint Lawrence Ave, Bronx, on Wednesday ...

The purpose of cord cutting is to save a considerable amount of money each month. A "cord never" or "never-connected" is someone who never had such a subscription, while "cord shavers" are ...

Sources told DH that YouTuber Irfan wrote to J Rajamoorthy, Director of Medical and Rural Health Services, expressing regret over uploading the video of him cutting the umbilical cord of his ...

Tammy P. McConnell, MSN, RN; Connie W. Lee, EdD, ARNP, IBCLC; Mary Couillard, PhD, RN, CS, FNP; Windsor Westbrook Sherrill, PhD, MBA, MHA ...