Learn about umbilical cord complications, including nuchal cord and compression, and ensure timely medical care for expectant parents.

Dear Doctors: My fiance and I plan to have kids someday. I was wondering if it would be beneficial to keep our babies’ umbilical cords, which would be full of stem cells. We would like to know how ...

Giving birth to a child who is unresponsive or struggling to breathe is a harrowing experience. The medical team must quickly cut the umbilical cord and then rush the baby to aid. But taking a few ...

Here's everything you need to know about the umbilical cord – both during and after pregnancy.

(WGNTV) — To save or not to save cord blood? The answer is not so simple. For decades, doctors have put the precious resource to good use, most commonly to treat patients needing a stem cell or bone ...

The global stem cell therapy market was $342.7 million in 2019 and is expected to reach $3.7 billion in 2027, according to Emergen Research. The FDA approves umbilical cord blood treatment for certain ...

If her social media accounts are any indication, model, cookbook author, television personality, and entrepreneur Chrissy Teigen is a wonderful mother. Many parents regard her as a role model. That’s ...

You might just think about how your baby is growing when you go for prenatal scans, but there is a lot more going on inside. These scans also show how hard the umbilical cord works to feed your baby.