Latest Apgar score Stories
SAN BRUNO, Calif., Feb. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- CBR® (Cord Blood Registry®) is working to expand awareness about its Newborn Possibilities Program® to expectant parents nationwide. This corporate initiative is designed to ensure that a newborn's stem cells are processed and stored at no cost in cases of identified medical need and high-risk deliveries to enhance treatment options and increase access to clinical trials for conditions where limited therapies currently exist....
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Apgar & Associates and ID Experts have partnered to offer healthcare organizations complete services, tools and resources for compliance with federal and state privacy, security and breach notification laws, including HIPAA and HITECH; breach prevention, incident assessment; and post-breach incident response. Their combined offerings -- including "Mock OCR HIPAA Audits" -- will provide organizations the assistance needed to prepare for the...
WALNUT CREEK, Calif., Dec. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Parties and The Dispute In 2007, Zakskorn Construction Company, dba ZCON Builders ("ZCON"), entered into a construction agreement with Apgar Development Corporation ("Apgar") to construct the Apgar Street Residences (the "Project"), a condominium project, in Berkeley, California. Apgar entered into a loan with East West Bank ("East West" or the "Bank") to finance the Project. Apgar thereafter defaulted on the loan....
When their romantic partners are not quintessentially masculine, women in their fertile phase are more likely to fantasize about masculine-looking men than are women paired with George Clooney types.But women with masculine-looking partners do not necessarily become more attracted to their partners, a recent study co-authored by a University of Colorado at Boulder researcher concludes.Meanwhile, a man's intelligence has no effect on the extent to which fertile, female partners fantasize about...
(Ivanhoe Newswire) "“ Cerebral palsy is a neurological disorder that affects muscles and nerves of the body. It's not curable. This study shows there is an association between having a low Apgar score at birth and having cerebral palsy.The Apgar score is a quick and simple way to assess a baby's condition at birth. The baby is assessed on five simple criteria including complexion, pulse rate, reaction when stimulated, muscle tone, and breathing. The five values are then summed up to obtain...
Research: Association of cerebral palsy with Apgar score in low and normal birth weight infants: population based cohort studyA 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 to assess a baby's condition at birth. The baby is assessed on five simple criteria (complexion, pulse rate, reaction when stimulated, muscle tone, and breathing) on a scale...
Stanford University researchers have developed a revolutionary, non-invasive way of quickly predicting the future health of premature infants, an innovation that could better target specialized medical intervention and reduce health-care costs."What the PhysiScore does is open a new frontier," said Anna Penn, MD, PhD, an assistant professor of pediatrics at the School of Medicine and a neonatologist at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital. "The national push toward electronic...
OAKLAND, Calif., Oct. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Arcadian Health Plans announced today that Frank Apgar, MD, has been appointed as their new Chief Medical Officer. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20091026/LA99393) Dr. Apgar brings to Arcadian Health Plans more than 19 years of experience in managed care. His previous experience includes: President and Chairman of Bloodsource, Senior Vice President & Chief Clinical Operations Officer at National Imaging Associates, and Senior...
Pioneering Doctor Developed APGAR Score, Established Perinatology as a Medical Specialty WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. June 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- For nearly 60 years, every baby born in the United States and worldwide has been seen through the eyes of Virginia Apgar, MD, who developed the five-point APGAR score to evaluate an infant's health at birth. Yesterday marked the 100th anniversary of Dr. Apgar's own birth, and the March of Dimes, the organization she worked for from 1959 until her...
General anesthesia (GA) is associated with an increased risk of infant intubation and low Apgar scores, relative to regional anesthesia. An analysis of 50,806 cesarean deliveries, published in the open access journal BMC Medicine, strongly supports guidelines that regional anesthesia is to be preferred over GA for most cesarean sections.Charles Algert, from the Kolling Institute at the Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, was part of a team of researchers who studied births in the state of New...
