New Canadian research shows delaying the oldest intervention in medicine - cutting the umbilical cord - is better for babies and that the benefits extend into the first year of life.
The tendency now in North America is to clamp and cut the cord within the first five to 10 seconds of birth.
But the new study says putting off clamping for a minimum of two minutes in full-term newborns reduces by nearly half the risk of anemia and boosts iron stores in infants for as long as six months.
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