July 30, 2009 —Brilliant Blue G (BBG), a dye used to visualize transparent tissues in eye surgery and a cousin to the food additive that makes Gatorade blue, is also a candidate for preventing ...

Regular riders of public buses are familiar with the stop cord. It’s a cord or a bar, or sometimes a button, that any rider can pull/push at any time to stop the bus. The idea is that if there’s an ...

"Today, during vaginal delivery, many practitioners wait until the cord stops pulsing, or the placenta separates into the vagina," he told Live Science. But during C-section births, the cord is ...

The timing of umbilical cord clamping at birth remains controversial. The cord has been clamped early to facilitate resuscitation and stabilization of infants. Now, a new review paper suggests ...

They can be used to replace broken cord stops on backpacks, drawstring pants or purses. You might also like them on your athleisure shoe laces or apron strings. A set of 10 will cost you around $4 on ...

Usually within the first minute of birth, the umbilical cord running between mother and infant is clamped. But this may be too fast, researchers say. Waiting until the cord stops pulsing could give ...

Cutting your new baby’s umbilical cord is a momentous part of birth. It’s the last step in your infant’s transition from cozy womb life to his new one out in the world. But whether this quick clip is ...

Not long after Samantha Geston gave birth at her home in Santa Cruz, California, her family gathered around the new mom and lit a candle. There was one more thing to be done for the delivery to be ...