To provide an increasing body of knowledge related to umbilical cord care, a literature review was conducted to study the evolution of umbilical cord care, to evaluate the scientific evidence used ...

MNT can be contracted when women give birth outside hygienic health facilities, but it is preventable through clean labor and delivery environments, proper umbilical cord care and lifesaving ...

Tammy P. McConnell, MSN, RN; Connie W. Lee, EdD, ARNP, IBCLC; Mary Couillard, PhD, RN, CS, FNP; Windsor Westbrook Sherrill, PhD, MBA, MHA ...

Shultz earned a bachelor’s degree in engineering from Purdue University Northwest and a master’s degree in Health Services Administration from Xavier University in Cincinnati.

Can become an entry point for umbilical infections. Treatment. Easily treated in the doctor's office by putting on a chemical called silver nitrate. The AAP and ACOG both advise dry cord care (natural ...

When the anesthesiologist put Angelica Vance under for her cesarean section, she had no way of knowing what she'd encounter ...

The legislation aims to improve access to stem cell treatment therapies while ensuring they are harvested in an ethical ...

Brevard Zoo's first two manatees recover at new rehab facility. The new facility was made possible by a $2.1 million state ...

ViaCord gives families the opportunity to store stem cells from their babies' umbilical cord ... your health care provider that you intend to bank your baby’s cord blood (and cord tissue ...

MPs are set to vote this summer on whether abortion should be decriminalised in England and Wales. Two Labour backbenchers are reportedly putting forward proposals to change the current law around ...

The following is a summary of “Combined unrelated donor allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and unrelated cord ...

The kittens, who were only around two to three days old, had been wrapped in a blanket and still had their umbilical cords attached ... receiving round-the-clock care. The RSPCA said it was ...