Article: Omega-3 intake during late pregnancy may boost baby's cognitive, motor development

Article: The umbilical cord thickness measured at 18-23 weeks of gestational age
Journal of Maternal - Fetal & Neonatal Medicine;  February 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Abstract Objective. To establish an umbilical cord thickness nomogram from anatomy ultrasound...singleton pregnancies were included. The umbilical cord diameter measurements were performed...statistically significant correlation between umbilical cord diameter and GA (P < 0001, r= ...

Article: Prenatal discovery of an omphalocele associated with an inner umbilical cord Meckel's diverticulum
Journal of Maternal - Fetal & Neonatal Medicine;  May 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......diverticulum and omphalocele in the umbilical cord has never been described. We present...an omphalocele associated with inner umbilical cord dilated Meckel's diverticulum. An umbilical cord cyst was suspected with the cystic...

Article: Umbilical cord transection in twin-reverse arterial perfusion syndrome with the use of a coaxial bipolar electrode (Versapoint(R))
Journal of Maternal - Fetal & Neonatal Medicine;  October 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Umbilical-cord occlusion has been proposed for the...syndrome (TRAP). Transaction of the umbilical cord is necessary in patients with monoamniotic...present a case of TRAP in which the umbilical cord was successfully ligated with suture...

Article: Umbilical cord infection among Nepalese newborns.(Brief article)
International Family Planning Perspectives;  March 1, 2007 ;     247 words ......of unclean substances to an infant's umbilical cord, are associated with the risk of umbilical cord infection among newborns, according...in the study, the total incidence of umbilical cord infection (defined as the presence...

Article: True Knot of the Umbilical Cord: A Report of 13 Cases
Military Medicine;  August 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...True knots of the umbilical cord are complications that can result...patients with a true knot of the umbilical cord in a delivery population of 967...viable newborns. True knots of the umbilical cord can be incidental findings; however...

Article: Umbilical Cord Blood Banking: Procedural ad Ethical Concerns for This New Birth Option.
Pediatric Nursing;  January 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ...The umbilical cord is the lifeline from mother to child. Now the umbilical cord can also be the lifeline for the child with...source of stem cells previously discarded, the umbilical cord has become a precious commodity because of...

Article: Fetal death due to umbilical cord hematoma: A rare complication of umbilical cord cyst
Journal of Maternal - Fetal & Neonatal Medicine;  December 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Abstract We report two cases of an umbilical cord cystic mass detected by sonography in otherwise...death, prenatal sonography, prenatal diagnosis, umbilical cord cyst, umbilical cord hematoma Introduction Umbilical cord cystic masses...

Article: ON BANKING UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD
The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  September 11, 2001 ;     242 words ......Bergen County, NJ) 09-11-2001 ON BANKING UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD Date: 09-11-2001, Tuesday Section...Column: YOUR VIEWS When reading "Banking umbilical cord blood" (Health, Page F-1, Aug. 13...get pregnant women to donate their umbilical cord blood for research to cure diseases...

Article: Publication No. WO/2009/012564 Published on Jan. 29, Assigned to Jengstar-MD Medical Technologies for Infant Umbilical Cord Cardiac Monitoring System (Canadian Inventors)
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  February 28, 2009 ;     189 words ......method of using an infant's umbilical cord for obtaining physiological...invention relates to an "infant umbilical cord monitoring system having a...adapted to receive both an umbilical cord clamping means and a means...

Article: UMBILICAL CORD CELLS GROWN IN LAB
United Press International;  December 8, 1998 ;     259 words ...United Press International 12-08-1998 Umbilical cord cells grown in lab MIAMI, Dec. 7 (UPI...hit on a way to grow in a laboratory umbilical cord blood cells for use in bone marrow...types of cancer. Like bone marrow, umbilical cord blood contains the so-called ``mother...

Article: Umbilical cord blood bank offers new hope
Jerusalem Post;  October 23, 2001 ;     376 words ......Jerusalem Post 10-23-2001 Headline: Umbilical cord blood bank offers new hope Byline...there were enough tissue banks storing umbilical cord blood. Now Israel has its own central umbilical cord blood bank, dedicated yesterday at...

Article: Recurrent umbilical cord torsion leading to fetal death in 3 subsequent pregnancies: A case report and review of the literature
Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine;  September 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......experienced 3 pregnancies complicated by umbilical cord torsion and constriction. In each case...knowledge, this is the first report of umbilical cord torsion in 3 pregnancies within one...suggests that a genetic predisposition for umbilical cord torsion may exist in some cases. ...

Article: Blood Banking Umbilical Cord Blood Useful for Transplants.
Blood Weekly;  December 7, 1998 ;     414 words ...Researchers have found that using umbilical cord blood may offer hope for people with...Institute study discovered that using umbilical cord blood was as successful a technique...recently have doctors realized that umbilical cord blood, which is rich in the stem cells...

Article: STATE REP. HERSHEY'S BILL TO EXPAND EDUCATION OF UMBILICAL CORD DONATION APPROVED BY STATE HOUSE
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 17, 2007 ;     321 words ......awareness of the option to donate umbilical cord blood for medical treatments is the...approved today by the state House. Umbilical cord blood is the blood that remains in the umbilical cord and placenta after the birth of a...