If you are expecting a baby or recently delivered, you probably heard the word Apgar tossed around and wondered what it meant. Letters and numbers, a score—it can all sound very cryptic. But it's ...

The birth of a baby is thrilling for parents. But the delivery room can be confusing with medical personnel and lots of monitors. A number of screenings for newborns are given right away, including ...

The Apgar score is a scoring system doctors and nurses use to assess newborns after they’re born. A score of 7 to 10 five minutes after birth is reassuring, 4 to 7 is moderately abnormal, and 0 to 3 ...

Hey moms, are you concerned that your baby isn’t under enough pressure to be a success in life, starting with picking the right developmental toys and the best Ivy League track pre-school? Well, worry ...

Google celebrated the life of the indelible Virginia Apgar on Thursday, marking what would have been her 109th birthday with a commemorative doodle — and with good reason! Apgar made great strides ...

Preterm infants with lower Apgar scores had an increased risk of neonatal death, according to a population study in Sweden. Among babies born at 36 weeks or earlier, higher risk of mortality was seen ...

A low Apgar score at birth is strongly associated with cerebral palsy in childhood, concludes a new study. A low Apgar score at birth is strongly associated with cerebral palsy in childhood, concludes ...

Apgar scores of 7, 8, and 9 (considered to be within the normal range) are associated with higher risks of illness and even death in newborns, finds a large study from Sweden published by The BMJ ...

This piece is part of an ongoing series on the unsung women of history. Read more here. You may not know who Virginia Apgar was, but chances are she touched your life the moment you emerged from your ...

A low Apgar score at birth is strongly associated with cerebral palsy in childhood, concludes a study from researchers in Norway published on bmj.com today. The Apgar score is a quick and simple way ...

October 21, 2010 — A low Apgar score at birth has been found to be strongly associated with cerebral palsy, especially in children with normal birth weight, new research suggests. "Given that Apgar ...