Banking a baby’s umbilical cord blood was once seen as a reasonable way to protect their future health, but much of that potential has turned out to be mere hype By Grace Wade 26 May 2025 ...

Background: Cord blood lactate at birth is a marker of antenatal hypoxia, and is comparable to pH as a prognostic tool. Objective: To determine, by a prospective observational study, the effect of ...

Eating a placenta may not give you the health benefits some people want you to believe it has, but using it as a bandage ...

Umbilical cord prolapse is uncommon, occurring in about 1 in 1,000 births. It is dangerous for your baby. One study of over 307 cases of umbilical cord prolapses found that 7% of babies died ...

A: The term “cord blood” refers to the fetal blood that remains in the placenta and the umbilical cord after a baby has been delivered. It is rich in stem cells, which are undifferentiated ...

A typical equine umbilical cord is 40cm-80cm long and contains three blood vessels (a pair of umbilical arteries and a single umbilical vein). Another tube called the urachus runs through it. This ...

Umbilical cord blood therapy, with its stem cells, could offer a safer, less taxing alternative, helping elderly patients fight cancer and live longer with a better quality of life.

With only one artery, there is concern that the blood flow could be restricted, potentially limiting your baby’s growth and development during pregnancy. A single artery umbilical cord is also known ...

Chen, J.G., Liu, J. and Huang, X. (2016) Clinical Diagnosis and Treatment Analysis of Umbilical Cord Velar Attachment with Prepositioned Blood Vessels. Clinical Misdiagnosis &Mistherapy, 29, 72-74.

The umbilical cord delivers vital nutrients from your body to your baby, and ferries away the waste your baby produces. It ...

Cord blood transplants have declined every year since 2014, according to data from N.M.D.P., a nonprofit organization that coordinates stem cell donations.