From sacred peaks to alpine retreats, mountains have always promised more than scenery. No wonder homes within their reach ...

Introduction Pregnant women who eat a balanced diet usually practice physical activity (PA) regularly; there are many studies on PA during pregnancy and the results for the mother and baby. However, ...

In his masterful book Better, surgeon Atul Gawande writes that in the 1950s, newborn babies in the United States faced great danger: "One in thirty still died at birth—odds that were scarcely better ...

One of the first skills taught to pediatricians and obstetricians is how to assess the physiological condition of a baby in the first few minutes after birth. As a novice physician, this was one of my ...

Where an expecting mother resides can influence the future health of their newborn Rural mothers are less likely to get proper prenatal care As a result, their children are more likely to be born with ...

William P. “Bill” Apgar, 76, of Allentown, passed away Saturday, August 17, 2024. Born in Allentown, he was a son of the late Anna (Sabo) and Paul Apgar. A 1966 graduate of William Allen High School, ...

The Apgar Score is a quick assessment tool used to evaluate the physical condition of a newborn immediately after birth. It involves a rating on five criteria: appearance (skin color), pulse (heart ...

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 ...