Avoid unnecessary X-rays. Stop smoking if you do. Breast-feed your babies. This may reduce your risk for breast cancer, especially before menopause. Limit foods that are salt-cured, smoked and preserved with nitrites and nitrates.
Examples are hot dogs, bacon, smoked sausage and ham.
The cord blood that remains in the umbilical cord after your baby's birth has the potential to save lives. There are special cells in the baby's blood called stem cells. These stem cells have the potential to become virtually any type of human tissue. You can now opt to save these valuable stem cells for future medical needs of your baby or immediate family. The process is called cord blood banking which requires freezing the stem cells obtained from the umbilical cord at the time of delivery.