Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If your baby spits up blood, it might be from swallowed maternal blood, which is usually not serious. Cracked nipples from ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The suit alleges that the state’s retention of baby blood samples for purposes other than disease screening violates the Fourth ...

Before you got pregnant, you may not have given umbilical cords much thought. But did you know it's full of cells that could save someone's life? Not to brag, but cord blood is a pretty big deal, and ...

Shortly after birth, newborns are pricked in the heels. While it's widely known that the process is meant to test their blood to identify life threatening conditions. What isn't known is the amount of ...

When babies are born in New Jersey, they don’t wait long before they take their very first test. Within 48 hours of birth, a newborn’s heel is pricked, and their blood is collected on a paper card to ...