Umbilical cord 'milking' cuts brain injury risk for babies born limp
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Squeezing nutrient-rich blood from the umbilical cord into babies who are born pale or struggling to breathe improves health outcomes
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Milking' umbilical cords may help some sickly newborns
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Umbilical cord milking in nonvigorous infants: a cluster-randomized crossover trial - ScienceDirect
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