Worried about looking after your newborn’s umbilical cord? Here’s everything you need to know to keep it clean, safe and ...

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 to ...

An umbilical cord granuloma looks like a small, round bump in the middle of the navel after the cord stump has fallen off, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). The tissue is often ...

Cleansing a newborn's umbilical cord with chlorhexidine can reduce an infant's risk of infection and death during the first weeks of life by as much as 20 percent, according to a study led by ...

A previous systematic review found no evidence that doing nothing but keeping the umbilical stump clean was harmful to the infant (Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2004;[3]:CD001057). No systemic ...

It's estimated that around 13.4 million infants are born prematurely around the world, and preterm birth complications are a major cause of mortality for these babies. Preterm births can happen both ...

The podcast Chasing Life With Dr. Sanjay Gupta explores the medical science behind some of life’s mysteries big and small. You can listen to episodes here. Parenting is not for the faint of heart. It ...

Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) using peripheral blood (PB) or bone marrow (BM) has become the standard treatment for a variety of both congenital and acquired hematologic disorders.