It's estimated that around 13.4 million infants are born prematurely around the world, and preterm north complications are a ...

Northwestern Medicine investigators have discovered how proteins expressed in umbilical cord blood at birth evolve during gestational development and could serve as biomarkers to inform new precision ...

Delaying umbilical cord clamping allows vital nutrients to transfer to newborns, improving iron levels. WHO recommends ...

The Cleveland Clinic describes the vital role of a healthy placenta. It's a temporary organ that forms in the uterus, or womb ...

The umbilical cord delivers vital nutrients from your body to your baby, and ferries away the waste your baby produces. It has three blood vessels: one vein that carries nutrients and oxygen-rich ...

After the cord is cut, you will see a gelatinous stump with three small blood vessels in the middle. Since there is no longer a blood supply to nourish it, the umbilical cord stump will begin to ...