Health benefits linked with delayed umbilical cord clamping, study finds
Published July 11, 2013FoxNews.com Less than a minute after a baby is born, most doctors perform a very routine procedure – the clamping and removal of the umbilical cord. Some studies have...
View ArticleCutting cord too early puts babies at risk, NHS warned
Childbirth experts query NHS's policy of 50 years after research suggests early clamping can lead to iron deficiency anaemia The practice of clamping a baby’s umbilical cord immediately after birth...
View ArticleDoctors Cut Umbilical Cord Too Soon, Study Suggests
Doctors clamp and cut a baby’s umbilical cord too soon, according to a new study published on Wednesday. The standard practice in many countries has been to clamp and cut the umbilical cord within a...
View ArticleDon't cut cord too hastily for baby's sake
Cai Xia Guo with her first child, Candy, as the umbilical cord is cut minutes after her birth on Friday. Photo: Meredith O'Shea Clamping the umbilical cord too soon after birth could reduce the amount...
View ArticleBreastfeeding may prevent development of autism in kids
Tweet Washington, Nov 7 (ANI): A new study has proposed that protein called insulin-like growth factor (IGF), which is delivered via breastfeeding, could help predict an infant's propensity to later...
View ArticleHigher baby survival rate core of West Pacific plan
Focus goes on a region where a newborn dies every two minutes. The arrival of a healthy newborn baby is a cause for happiness and hope. But this is not always the case in the Western Pacific region,...
View ArticleBreastfeeding may prevent autism risk in kids
A new study has proposed that protein called insulin-like growth factor (IGF), which is delivered via breastfeeding, could help predict an infant's propensity to later develop autism. The study by...
View ArticleOpening up the cord-cutting debate
The debate around clamping a newborn baby's umbilical cord raises questions for both mothers and medical practitioners. Photograph: Lionel Wotton /Alamy The debate around umbilical cord-clamping...
View ArticleMother sings praises of delayed clamping of umbilical cord
More UK hospitals adopt policy that allows babies to receive a strong blood supply from their mother for a few extra minutes Denise Roche believes babies fare better early on if there is a delay...
View ArticleCelebrating World Breastfeeding Week through art
The physical connection between a mother and child doesn't end when the umbilical cord is clamped and cut. They are once again connected through the act of breastfeeding. As the world celebrates...
View ArticleWorld Breastfeeding Week: August 1-7
This week is world Breastfeeding Week across the globe. It is sponsored and promoted by the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA). The 2014 theme asserts the importance of increasing and...
View ArticleStudy: Immediate Skin-To-Skin After Birth, With Delayed Cord Clamping, Won’t...
They have the study to prove that now, in the Lancet. Studies conducted 35 years ago somehow found that babies needed to be held at or below the level of the placenta, so that, as Medical News Today...
View ArticleUN promotes ‘effective’ breastfeeding, aims to cut on breast-milk substitutes...
(Source: UN - United Nations) UN promotes 'effective' breastfeeding, aims to cut on breast-milk substitutes Photo: WHO/T. Jasarevic 4 August 2014 - The United Nations children's agency today said it is...
View ArticleUN promotes ‘effective’ breastfeeding, aims to cut on breast-milk substitutes
4 August 2014 The United Nations children’s agency today said it is working with governments, the private sector and local communities to make it easier for women to breastfeed their infants, and to...
View Article‘There is no bigger asset than breastfeeding your baby’
TRICHY: Breastfeeding is the only asset and treasure that mothers can offer their children other than anything, exhorted doctors at the breastfeeding week celebrations here on Thursday. Emphasising the...
View ArticleMothers can hold newborns before umbilical cord is clamped: study
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Newborn babies don’t need to be held down around their mother’s vagina while the last of the placental blood makes its way through the umbilical cord, according to a new...
View ArticleInitiate Breastfeeding Within 24 Hours Of Birth
The National Child Health Co-ordinator of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Isabella Sagoe Moses, has advised all health facilities to encourage mothers to initiate breastfeeding within the first 24...
View ArticleSimple, smart, cost-effective, breastfeeding provides benefits that last a...
(Source: UN - United Nations) Celebrate World Breastfeeding Week 2014. Credits: WHO 1 August 2014 - The best thing a mother can do for her newborn is breastfeed - which does more than help children...
View ArticleA letter from UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake on the occasion of World...
(Source: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund) Statement A letter from UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake on the occasion of World Breastfeeding Week 2014 "Giving all children the best start in...
View ArticleSimple, smart, cost-effective, breastfeeding provides benefits that last a...
Print 1 August 2014 The best thing a mother can do for her newborn is breastfeed – which does more than help children survive, it helps them to thrive with benefits that last a lifetime, said the...
View ArticleBackgrounder ? Canada-funded projects improving maternal health services and...
(Source: Embassy of Canada in France) Project Information Making Motherhood Safe ($10.2 million over four years) The Making Motherhood Safe project is aimed at improving access to quality health...
View ArticleGlobal Action Gives All Newborns a Fighting Chance to Survive and Thrive
Each of us has a role to play in helping to save newborn lives. Here's why I believe it's important, what some of us are doing about it, and how each of us can help. Neonatal deaths account for 44...
View ArticleBreastfeeding Vital To Achieve MDG4
Giving all children the best start in life begins with breastfeeding one of the simplest, smartest, and most cost-effective ways we have of supporting healthier children, stronger families and...
View ArticleTaking Action for Newborns Born Too Soon
November 17th marks the fourth commemoration of World Prematurity Day. Millions of newborn babies are being born each year, many in complex environments and yet, in many cases these deaths are...
View ArticleFour cheap and simple ways to save premature babies in their first days
A $5 medical mask, breastfeeding, and the Kangaroo technique are low-tech ways of helping to prevent the death of newborns ...
View ArticleThe Virgin Mary Lookbook
Just in time for the holiday season, a new exhibit in D.C. takes a look at depictions of the Virgin Mary, one of the most popular female subjects, from the 14th through 18th centuries. Just as millions...
View ArticleTeaching Nigel Farage the fine art of breastfeeding
Renaissance art rejoices in breastfeeding. Does the Ukip leader think all the paintings of Madonna and child should be banished from UK galleries? ...
View ArticleAFP, Breastfeeding Pinays hold “Tunay na Bayani” Photo Exhibit (Armed Forces...
(Source: Armed Forces of the Philippines) CAMP AGUINALDO, Quezon City-The Armed Forces of the Philippines and Breastfeeding Pinays (BFP) will hold a photo exhibit at the AFP Medical Center tomorrow...
View ArticleWHO: Don’t separate mothers from newborns
THE World Health Organization (WHO) called on the public Thursday to let go of the old tradition of immediately separating mothers from their newborns. WHO consultant Dr. Maria Asuncion Silvestre said...
View ArticleKeeping Kids Fit: Your child’s umbilical cord blood can be a life-saving gift
Most of us know family members or acquaintances who suffer from leukemia, lymphoma and other types of cancer who do not respond to initial treatment or have high-risk features. These patients and...
View ArticleDelayed Umbilical Cord Clamping May Benefit Children Years Later
12:06 PM ET Tara Haelle i The World Health Organization has endorsed waiting to clamp the umbilical cord for at least one minute after a baby is born. Sebastien Desarmaux/Godong/Science Source hide...
View ArticleUmbilical cord ‘milking’ improves blood flow in preterm infants (NIH -...
(Source: NIH - National Institutes of Health) For preemies delivered by C-section, technique increases blood pressure, finds NIH-funded study A technique to increase the flow of blood from the...
View Article‘Cord milking’ boosts blood flow to preemies
A new technique used to increase the flow of blood from the umbilical cord to the circulatory system of premature infants delivered by cesarean appears offer greater benefits than delayed cord...
View ArticleUmbilical cord 'milking' improves blood flow in preterm infants For preemies...
BETHESDA, Md., June 29, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- A technique to increase the flow of blood from the umbilical cord into the infant's circulatory system improves blood pressure and red blood cell levels in...
View ArticleDelaying umbilical cord cutting may boost fine motor development
Waiting to cut the umbilical cord for three minutes after a baby’s birth may help improve the child’s fine motor and social skills by age four, according to a new study from Sweden. The research,...
View ArticleUmbilical cord milking improves blood flow in preterm infants
A technique to increase the flow of blood from the umbilical cord into the infant’s circulatory system improves blood pressure and red blood cell levels in preterm infants delivered by cesarean...
View ArticleDelaying cutting the umbilical cord affects child development, new study...
(Source: University of Sussex) Delaying cutting the umbilical cord affects child development, new study shows Waiting just a few minutes to cut the umbilical cord at birth could make a difference to...
View ArticleDelayed cord cutting at birth tied to better skills in childhood
By Kathryn Doyle (Reuters Health) - Waiting a few minutes to clamp the umbilical cord after birth is tied to better motor and social skills later in childhood - especially for boys, suggests a new...
View Article? Better fine motor skills with delayed cord clamping (Uppsala universitet)
(Source: Uppsala universitet) Press release Published 2015-05-26 The importance of the umbilical cord not only for the foetus but for newborn infants too was shown by Swedish researchers a few years...
View ArticleVictorian Breastfeeding Photo Fad: Shifting Discourses Of Motherhood
Written By Gwen Sharp, PhD for The Society Pages Last year Lynne Grumet set the Internet a-flutter when she appeared on the cover of TIME magazine breastfeeding her toddler. Reactions were largely...
View ArticleIbu Robin Lim advocates natural birth
Ibu Robin has made pregnancies and childbirth safe and healthy for women in Bali and Aceh. TO many impoverished women in Indonesia, Ibu Robin Lim is their guardian angel. When they couldnt afford to...
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