But supplementary benefits through their HMO is not what he's referring to. Moments after Benjamin Lilja was delivered, instead of routinely discarding the umbilical cord, labor nurses inserted ...

the history of umbilical cord care and its evolution over time; 2) the current cord care practices and the evidence that these practices are derived from; 3) the benefits and risks of the various ...

Accordingly, delay in cutting the umbilical cord by a couple of minutes can have a beneficial effect that lasts for several months. In developed countries the tendency of doctors is to cut the ...

The new study looked at more than 2,600 patients with blood cancer who received umbilical cord blood transplants between 2007 ...

NICE recommends not clamping the umbilical cord before one minute after birth unless there is concern about the integrity of the cord or the baby's heart rate. It says the benefits of delayed cord ...

The umbilical cord that connects an expectant mother to ... highlighting the profound benefits of preserving cord blood stem cells. According to Sarah Al-Hajali, these are the reasons why expectant ...

Providing a rich source of live-saving stem cells, seven banks of umbilical cord blood are ... Dwight Brunoehler told reporters that the cord blood storage market is estimated to be about $2 ...