What is your baby's umbilical cord? The umbilical cord starts to form at about 4 weeks of pregnancy. It's your baby's ...

Your baby’s umbilical cord is his lifeline, connecting him to your placenta. Any abnormality in the way it's attached to the placenta can put a pregnancy at higher risk of complications. A velamentous ...

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

A private cord blood bank freezes the blood and stores it for the family’s exclusive use. These facilities charge an annual fee, which can be costly. Some families choose to donate their baby’s cord ...

The unnamed baby boy was lying in the street naked and wrapped in a blanket with his umbilical cord still attached, police added, noting that he was conscious and alert. A man named Ronald ...

His best chance was a transplant from his brother but doctors are now trying the next best thing, where blood taken from an umbilical cord and placenta of a new born baby is transplanted into a ...

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 ...