It's common for babies to be born with misshapen heads after passing through the narrow birth canal due to their malleable and separate skull bones. Newborn and infant skull bones will usually not ...

Head growth of the fetus and infant is largely determined by brain growth. The brain reaches 90% of adult size by 1 year of age; it is 95% of its ultimate adult size by 6 years of age and growth is ...

Parents should not use infant head shaping pillows to change a baby’s head shape or symmetry, the Food and Drug Administration advised on Thursday. The agency warned that these products can create an ...

Parents and caregivers should not use infant head-shaping pillows meant to change an infant’s head shape or that claim to treat a medical condition, the US Food and Drug Administration said Thursday. ...

Have you ever drawn a face on a hard-boiled egg with a Sharpie? Maybe during a high-school health class project to care for egg babies? If you haven’t, you should. Because 3D and 4D ultrasounds may ...

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and KU Leuven have discovered a suite of genes that influence head shape in humans. These findings, published this week in Nature Communications, help ...