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How Saving Your Baby’s Umbilical Cord Can Save Lives..
Thinking about discarding your babys umbilical cord? Think again. The umbilical cord, or cord tissue, is one of the most abundant sources of a stem cell called mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs). Preserving a part of your baby’s umbilical cord can yield an almost limitless quantity of MSCs, which could be valuable for your baby or another family member in a variety of emerging therapy treatments, such as treatment for spinal cord injury, post-heart attack heart repair, bone repair and cartilage regeneration. The Cord Blood Registry (CBR) provides you with the opportunity to save the cells in your babys umbilical cord in order to give you with the peace of mind in knowing that these cells could potentially repair your familys future health.
Signs of Anemia During Pregnancy
Your body’s red blood cells have an important job. These microscopic blood parts carry oxygen around your body and keep you feeling healthy. During your pregnancy, these cells have to take on even more work, taking oxygen not just to the different parts of your body, but also to your growing baby. Anemia occurs when your body does not have enough red blood cells to distribute an adequate amount of oxygen, reports the Utah Department of Health. This red blood cell deficiency is commonly due to a lack of iron in your diet. If you have anemia, you can expect to experience a host of undesirable symptoms.
What NOT To Do When Starting A Business
It happens all the time, starting a business with a close friend sounds like a lot of fun…but it’s not always wine and roses. Priorities change and two people may soon have two completely different visions for the company long term. I’ve been to the school of hard knocks in regard to partnership, and I’ve seen it destroy others’ friendships over the years. So, think long and hard before going into a partnership and if you decide to move forward, be sure you have plans in place for things like an exit strategy if one partner wants out, financing the biz issues, time commitments etc. In my book, Your Idea, Inc. I have a survey that’s helpful to discuss with a potential partner before starting a business so as not to end a wonderful friendship but as a starting point, I recommend lots of dicsussion!
Lunchtime Makeovers: 5 Minutes to A New You!
For most of moms out there, we don’t have the time (or the dough), nor do we necessarily want to, have invasive surgery to look younger. But it seems that many of you would dive into changing your body and/or your face — if surgery was free that is. It turns out though, that you don’t have to go under the knife to look ten years younger, or to preserve your youth — Modernmom visited Laser Away in Santa Monica, California and got the scoop on all the latest treatments that can be done in just a matter of minutes. Check this out:
How to Go Green & Preserve Energy
Preserving energy is one way to go green. It can also save you money on your utility bills. Keeping a home the right temperature makes up approximately 44 percent of a typical household’s utility bill, according to the Department of Energy. In addition to heating and cooling, some energy also gets used without notice, including phantom energy. Phantom energy consumed by electronic devices on standby cost U.S. consumers $5.8 billion per year, according to the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCSUSA). Take control of your utility bills and energy consumption today.