--Video with article-- Excerpt: BACKGROUND: According to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, as many as three million Americans may be living with type 1 diabetes.

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Remains of the world's oldest known mother have been unearthed in the Australian outback, scientists say. The remarkably well-preserved fossilabout 375 to 380 million years oldshows an embryo connected to its mother fish by an umbilical cord.

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LONG BEACH, Calif. — A 17-year-old girl gave birth secretly at home, then walked four blocks to a hospital with the baby still attached by its umbilical cord.

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'Mothers should wait three minutes before cutting umbilical cord'

Cutting the umbilical cord immediately after childbirth can be detrimental to a baby's health, a new study has concluded.

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Clamping and cutting of the umbilical cord should be delayed for three minutes after birth, particularly for pre-term infants, suggests a senior doctor in this week's BMJ.

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Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic, autoimmune disease that affects approximately 400,000 people in the United States and as many as 2.5 million worldwide.

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From the article: CHENNAI, INDIA -- An Indian blood bank plans to take advantage of the country's booming birth rate by opening a repository for blood taken from umbilical cords.

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