http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. (PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers say a new development in cord blood transplants for inherited metabolic disorders may be curative for some babies who are treated while still in the womb. http://www.physorg.com/news174670072.html Medicine & Health Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:50:02 EST news174670072 Private cord blood banking is not cost-effective because it costs an additional $1,374,246 per life-year gained, according to a new analysis by UCSF researchers. The research team also concluded that private cord blood banking is cost-effective only for families with a child with a very high likelihood of needing a stem cell transplant. http://www.physorg.com/news172856126.html Medicine & Health Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:50:02 EST news172856126 When Jennifer Garcia scheduled the birth of her daughter at South Miami Hospital, nurses asked her an unusual question: "After your baby is born, are you willing to donate the umbilical cord to save someone's life?" http://www.physorg.com/news163334467.html Medicine & Health Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:41:38 EST news163334467 Driven mostly by hope, two California families will travel more than 6,000 miles to China for an experimental stem-cell treatment for their children. http://www.physorg.com/news160222416.html Medicine & Health Wed, 29 Apr 2009 11:14:15 EST news160222416 An unrelated cord blood transplant, even from a mismatched donor, can be effective in treating children with a host of life-threatening diseases and disorders including cancer, sickle cell anemia, and other genetic diseases, according to researchers in the Duke Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program. Unrelated cord blood may be easier to obtain than adult bone marrow, allowing for the treatment of more patients. http://www.physorg.com/news153749059.html Medicine & Health Fri, 13 Feb 2009 12:04:57 EST news153749059 Taking blood stem cells collected from an umbilical cord into the lab and expanding their number before transplanting them to replace a patient's blood supply is as safe as a standard cord blood transplant, researchers reported today at the 50th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology. http://www.physorg.com/news147975732.html Medicine & Health Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:22:12 EST news147975732 Despite the well-known dangers of first- and secondhand smoke, an estimated ten percent of pregnant women in the U.S. are smokers. Exposure of a developing baby to harmful cigarette byproducts from mothers who smoke affects an estimated 420,000 newborns each year and poses a significant health care burden. http://www.physorg.com/news147551338.html Medicine & Health Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:28:58 EST news147551338 Children with heart defects may someday receive perfectly-matched new heart valves built using stem cells from their umbilical cord blood, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2008. http://www.physorg.com/news145555799.html Medicine & Health Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:09:59 EST news145555799 Closing coal-fired power plants can have a direct, positive impact on children's cognitive development and health according to a study released by the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health (CCCEH) at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health. The study allowed researchers to track and compare the development of two groups of children born in Tongliang, a city in China's Chongqing Municipality - one in utero while a coal-fired power plant was operating in the city and one in utero after the Chinese government had closed the plant. Among the first group of children, prenatal exposure to coal-burning emissions was associated with significantly lower average developmental scores and reduced motor development at age two. In the second unexposed group, these adverse effects were no longer observed; and the frequency of delayed motor developmental was significantly reduced. The study findings are published in the July 14th Environmental Health Perspectives. http://www.physorg.com/news135268332.html Medicine & Health Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:32:12 EST news135268332