Delaying the cutting of the umbilical cord in newborns by two minutes leads to a better development of the baby during the first days of life, research shows. The study reveals that the time in ...

The umbilical cord is a life-sustaining tube that connects your baby to your placenta. Some issues can develop with the cord during pregnancy. After birth, it’s easy to care for your baby’s cord stump ...

Delaying umbilical cord clamping for 30 to 45 seconds among a group of preterm infants led to better motor function when compared to infants whose cords were clamped immediately, according to a new ...

Hannah Dahlen is affiliated with the Australian College of Midwives. She receives funding from NHMRC and ARC. One of the most common surgical procedures in the world today – one that every human alive ...

Umbilical cord prolapse is a medical emergency. It happens when the umbilical cord slips through your cervix, the opening to your uterus, and into your vagina. It puts your baby at great risk of ...

This article originally appeared on Undark. In 2018, Kristen Miller, a high school social studies teacher from Cleveland, had an uneventful pregnancy for the first two trimesters — “textbook perfect,” ...

For decades, experts have argued over when to clamp and cut a newborn’s umbilical cord after birth. Now, more health organizations are beginning to recommend delayed cord clamping. The American ...

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is quite prevalent, but its underlying mechanism is not well understood. In a recent study, researchers from Japan have found a significant link between the levels of ...