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Baby Lake doing fine 5 months after exit procedure

(AP)—Lake Annabelle Hall wouldn't be alive today if doctors at Children's Hospital of Colorado hadn't operated on a cyst on her left lung before she was born.

Other created Apr 09, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Babies of obese mothers at risk for iron deficiency, study finds

A new study has found that obese women are more likely to have babies with lower levels of iron, a mineral that is crucial for nervous system development in the early stages of life.

Overweight and Obesity created Mar 18, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Better growth without acrylamide

Low levels of acrylamide in maternal blood give better foetal growth according to two recent studies from the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa). Most acrylamide intake comes from heat-treated ...

Health created Dec 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

ACOG: Delaying cord clamping advised for preterm infants

(HealthDay)—Evidence supports the benefits of delayed umbilical cord clamping for preterm infants, while for term infants, the evidence is unclear, according to a Committee Opinion published in the December ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology created Dec 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New assessment reveals value of second embryo biopsy for women of advanced maternal age

An elegant new study confirms that the most commonly used method of screening for embryo abnormalities following in vitro fertilization (IVF) does accurately predict the success of embryo transplantation for younger women, ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology created Nov 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Could stem cells treat autism? Newly approved study may tell

(HealthDay)—Autism researchers have been given the go-ahead by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to launch a small study in children with autism that evaluates whether a child's own umbilical cord blood ...

Autism spectrum disorders created Oct 12, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Timing of antibiotics important in reducing infections after C-section

Giving antibiotics before cesarean section surgery rather than just after the newborn's umbilical cord is clamped cuts the infection rate at the surgical site in half, according to researchers at Washington University School ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology created Aug 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Blood vessel forming potential of stem cells from human placenta and umbilical cord blood

A study comparing whether endothelial colony-forming cells (ECFCs) derived from human placenta or those derived from human umbilical cord blood are more proliferative and better for forming new blood vessels has found that ...

Medical research created Jul 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Differences between human twins at birth highlight importance of intrauterine environment

Your genes determine much about you, but environment can have a strong influence on your genes even before birth, with consequences that can last a lifetime. In a study published online in Genome Research, researchers have f ...

Genetics created Jul 15, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

Umbilical cord can save lives

(Medical Xpress) -- The umbilical cord is of great importance to the health of newborns, even after they’ve left the womb. If it is left in place for a while after birth, the risk of iron deficiency drops ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology created May 14, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Clean delivery kits linked to substantial reduction in neonatal deaths in South Asia, study shows

Providing clean delivery kits and improving birthing practices could halve the number of neonatal deaths following home births in South Asia, according to research funded by the Wellcome Trust.

Health created Feb 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Deadly carbon monoxide prevents miscarriage

Heme oxygenase-1 is essential for the growth of blood vessels in the placenta and in establishing blood flow in the umbilical cord. Too little HO-1 can lead to a restriction in the growth of the fetus and even in fetal death ...

Medical research created Feb 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Chlorhexidine umbilical cord care can save newborn lives

Cleansing a newborn's umbilical cord with chlorhexidine can reduce an infant's risk of infection and death during the first weeks of life by as much as 20 percent, according to a study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins ...

Health created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers find additional benefits of cord blood cells in mice modeling ALS

Repeated, low-dose injections of mononuclear cells derived from human umbilical cord blood (MNC hUCB, tradename: U-CORD-CELL) have been found effective in protecting motor neuron cells, delaying disease progression and increasing ...

Medical research created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

A first: Brain support cells from umbilical cord stem cells

For the first time ever, stem cells from umbilical cords have been converted into other types of cells, which may eventually lead to new treatment options for spinal cord injuries and multiple sclerosis, among other nervous ...

Neuroscience created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast