Saving a baby's cord blood is an option every parent has but the decision has to be made before the baby is born. Banked blood can be saved for the future use by the family to treat health conditions, such as childhood cancers, or it can be...
Donating your baby's cord blood to a public cord blood bank can save the life of a child in need. The stem cells in the cord blood can treat a large number of life-threatening illnesses. Occasionally, small or young adults can use these stem cells...
When expectant parents decide to save their infant's cord blood, they need to make arrangements, in advance, with the hospital and the cord bank. The cord bank provides the parents with the necessary collection equipment and send a courier to...
Approximately 25 in 100,000 newborns suffer pediatric strokes, and strokes are the sixth leading cause of death in children according to the Children's Hospital of Pennsylvania. Because stroke symptoms are easily mistaken for normal infant...
