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 ...

In medicine, inertia can be a strangely powerful force, but Virginia Apgar never succumbed to it. She brought incredible energy to her work in anesthesia, neonatology, and dysmorphology (the study of ...

Use of a new asthma assessment tool called APGAR leads to improved asthma control and improved patient outcomes in terms of asthma-related emergency, urgent care, and hospital visits, according to a ...