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                    [ArticleID] => 1412680
                    [Title] => Cutting the 'financial umbilical cord'
                    [Summary] => 

My oldest son Martin came up with this expression when he graduated and we stopped giving him allowance. He said, “Ouch! My financial umbilical cord has just been cut!”

[DatePublished] => 2015-01-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135337 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1720995 [AuthorName] => Rose Fres Fausto [SectionName] => Health And Family [SectionUrl] => health-and-family [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/lifestyle/health-and-family/20150113/Fausto%20011315.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 661349 [Title] => Cord blood banking [Summary] =>

Ever wonder how umbilical cord blood banking works?

[DatePublished] => 2011-02-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1489320 [AuthorName] => Maria Eleanor E. Valeros [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => cebu-lifestyle [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 358687 [Title] => Your baby’s blood can save your life [Summary] => Grafting your own skin for serious burns or your own vein for heart bypass stems from age-old insight that what’s yours can heal you. Cavemen discovered how saliva could salve their wounds. Such knowledge is behind a new way to cure cancers and blood diseases with blood from your own umbilical cord. But in this medical innovation, the definition of "what’s yours" is expanded from you as individual to you as member of a family. [DatePublished] => 2006-09-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134276 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805283 [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 329786 [Title] => Umbilical cord blood banking can save a life [Summary] => It is what you might call a form of "biological insurance," says Dr. Teo Cheng Peng, a consultant on haematooncology at the Gleneagles Hospital in Singapore and a recent visitor in the country. Dr. Teo was referring to the medical technology cord blood banking, which involves the collection of blood from the umbilical cord after it is cut, and storage in a modern laboratory for future use by a diseased family member. Stored blood stem cells provide a treatment option, should the need arise in the future.
[DatePublished] => 2006-04-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1432730 [AuthorName] => Julie Cabatit-Alegre [SectionName] => Health And Family [SectionUrl] => health-and-family [URL] => ) ) )
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