Nearly half of babies under 2-months-old have a flat spot on the back of their heads, according to a new Canadian study published Monday in the journal Pediatrics. According to the findings, ...

The medical condition is positional plagiocephaly. No, not plagio-selfie. Not pledge of allegiance to yourself. But positional plagiocephaly otherwise known as deformational plagiocephaly or the more ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's a big word for a fairly common occurrence: plagiocephaly (pronounced play-gee-oh-sef-a-lee), which is Greek for oblique or ...

October 28, 2016 - Physical therapy--with helmet therapy if needed--is the recommended treatment for most infants with position-related flattening of the skull (plagiocephaly), according to a new set ...

This is the most common type of flat-head syndrome. According to the American Academy of Family Physicians, it affects up to 50% of infants. Positional plagiocephaly occurs when an infant’s head rests ...

Infant sleep position impacts the development of head shape. Changes in infant sleep position, specifically the movement toward supine sleep, have led to a redefinition of normal head shape for ...

You've counted all of your newborn baby's tiny toes and fingers, which are all perfect. And everyone says he is the spitting image of his handsome daddy -- but a few months later, you notice that his ...

My son (now 6 months) has been diagnosed with positional plagiocephaly when he was just over 4 months, which basically means his head is misshapen due to pressure experienced in the womb (limited ...

An infant presenting with an abnormal head shape requires careful investigation. The etiology of cranial dysmorphology can be divided into 3 categories that include: [6] The term plagiocephaly is a ...