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There is research that may be relevant as you (and your healthcare support team) consider health-enhancing lifestyle and treatment options. Through the years a number of quality sources that publish research reports have generously granted the American Holistic Health Association permission to share some of their articles with you. These sources were selected because of their known high standards for evaluating the research.

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Infant Anemia - Clamp Umbilical Cord

“Delayed umbilical cord clamping increases hemoglobin levels at birth and improves iron stores in the first several months of life, which may have a favorable effect on developmental outcomes. There seems to be something inherently logical about the midwives’ practice of waiting (if possible) until the cord has stopped pulsing.” from a Townsend Letter research article, “Delaying Umbilical Cord Clamping: A Traditional Practice Whose Time Has Come” by Alan R. Gaby, MD.