"If Callum hadn't broken out in a rash, I probably would've had a miscarriage and never known the reason why," says Louise Nelson ...

Babies born in the early 2000s were exposed in the womb to far more “forever chemicals” than anyone realized, according to new research that used cutting-edge chemical screening on umbilical cord ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced a lawsuit against a company that stores umbilical cord blood for allegedly deceptive trade practices. In a Friday morning press release ...

One day, there could be a new test to screen for type 1 diabetes, now that scientists have found markers in the blood of the umbilical cords of children who were later diagnosed with the disease. In ...

A mother who donated umbilical cord blood after giving birth has described how her daughter’s life was saved by a similar donation just a few years later. Cord blood is rich in stem cells and is found ...

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