Vital Signs: Delay in Clamping Umbilical Cord Has Benefits Months Later

Monday, November 28, 2011 - 15:40 in Health & Medicine

Swedish researchers discovered that clamping a newborn’s umbilical cord after three minutes, rather than 10 seconds, meant the infants had higher iron concentrations in their blood four months later.

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