Isabel Cameron is a Science Reporter at Newsweek, based in London, U.K. She has covered a range of health topics such as oncology, mental health treatment and weight loss drugs. Isabel joined Newsweek ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Pinching off the umbilical cord as soon as possible after birth may not be best for babies, according to a new review. Studies showed infants tended to have higher levels ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Stem cells taken from the umbilical cords of newborns can be engineered to produce insulin and may someday be used to treat diabetes, U.S. and British researchers reported on ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers identified five proteins in umbilical cord blood that could signal early-onset sepsis in preterm ...

SEATTLE — What would normally would be tossed out as medical waste after childbirth, has the potential to save a life. That was the case for a Seattle woman. "I started having what felt like asthma ...