Before you got pregnant, you may not have given umbilical cords much thought. But did you know it's full of cells that could save someone's life? Not to brag, but cord blood is a pretty big deal, and ...

Pregnancy can be a time of great joy and excitement, but it can also be a period of infinitely increased anxiety. Everywhere you look, you're inundated by information about how best to set your new ...

The Cord Blood Registry is one of several companies in the U.S. that "banks" a baby's cord blood. Cord blood banking is suddenly seeing an uptick in sponsored content among social media influencers.

The umbilical cord — the lifeline between mother and baby — was historically discarded as medical waste after birth. Today, an increasing number of parents are choosing to preserve the cord blood for ...

IN TONIGHT’S WOMAN’S DOCTOR, IF YOU’RE INTO YOUR SECOND TRIMESTER OF PREGNANCY, YOUR DOCTOR MAY HAVE TALKED WITH YOU ABOUT CORD BLOOD BANKING. THAT’S WHEN YOUR BABY’S UMBILICAL. CORD BLOOD IS ...

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Many mothers are eligible to donate or privately store their baby’s umbilical cord blood and tissue to help save lives. David Soll, a gynecologist and obstetrician at Banner Health, believes the ...

In the fall of 1988, Matthew Farrow, a 5-year-old boy with a rare blood disorder, received the world’s first transplant of umbilical-cord blood from a newborn sibling. It worked: Farrow was cured.

As a parent, the last thing you want to think about is any type of harm befalling your child. And, in the delivery room, all you want to think about is the imminent arrival of your new baby. But more ...

Umbilical cord and placenta blood, often referred to as “cord blood,” is the blood that is collected from the umbilical and placental tissue at birth. Once stored in “banks,” its stem cells can be ...

DOCTOR, IF YOU’RE INTO YOUR SECOND TRIMESTER OF PREGNANCY, SEE YOUR DOCTOR MAY HAVE TALKED ABOUT BANKING YOUR CORD BLOOD AND DOCTOR ROBERT ATLAS IS HERE TO TALK MORE ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS AND WHAT ...