The umbilical cord is a life-sustaining tube that connects your baby to your placenta. Some issues can develop with the cord during pregnancy. After birth, it’s easy to care for your baby’s cord stump ...

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 -- forgotten ...

Cutting the cord is a momentous event in a baby's life. For nine months, the developing fetus is attached to its mother by the umbilical cord. Then, moments after birth, that cord is severed. 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 to ...

For some moms, an umbilical cord is a reminder of their crowning glory — but why are we suddenly seeing preserved placental parts all over social media? When Megan Kilpatrick, 32, was getting ready to ...

Don't cut that cord just yet: A research review finds keeping the umbilical cord of a newborn intact a little longer may lead to better health benefits for the baby. The umbilical cord delivers oxygen ...

Singer Rochelle Humes has come up with an unusual way to mark the birth of her second daughter Valentina Raine. The Saturdays star revealed on Instagram she has turned her baby's umbilical cord into a ...

Jewelers are taking babies' umbilical-cord stumps and turning them into necklaces, rings and more Moms who want to keep their babies close to their hearts wherever they go now have another option. A ...

Teeth, placentas and surgical remains are being saved and even consumed. Here is what medicine says about safety.

Allogeneic bone-marrow transplantation is the best treatment for patients with haematological cancers. This procedure, however, is limited by lack of suitable donors, as well as the complications of ...