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Cutting Umbilical Cord Early Eliminates Stem Cells

Posted by timothy on from the just-leave-it-on-a-few-years dept.

GeneralSoh writes "Delaying clamping the umbilical cord at birth may have far-reaching benefits for your baby, according to researchers at the University of South Florida's Center of Excellence for Aging and Brain Repair — and should be delayed for at least a few minutes longer after birth. This new recommendation published in the most recent Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine (14:3) notes that delaying clamping the umbilical cord allows more umbilical cord blood and crucial stem cells to transfer from mama to baby."

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  1. How will they know when to cut it? by Yvan256 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is there an upload progress bar on the umbilical cord?

  2. Re:ORLY? by Lobachevsky · · Score: 5, Funny

    I don't know, I think newborns should be exposed to the free market system. If they cannot offer goods and services, they must not receive them. Providing free food, free shelter, and free healthcare to newborns is a slippery slope to a welfare state. /s