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Information on the prevention, etiology, assessment & correction of abnormal head shape.
What is plagiocephaly?
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8-May-2008
Baby Bottle and Food Warmers Recalled by Munchkin Due to Fire Hazard

18-Apr-2008
Physicians Warn About Mistaking Craniosynostosis for Deformational Plagiocephaly
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In the News

7-May-2008
NHS won’t treat baby’s flat head
ic Wales - United Kingdom
Callum’s condition is know as flat head syndrome – also known as positional plagiocephaly – where part of the skull is deformed. Clare claims that despite ...

7-May-2008
NJ TOM on back to sleep SIDS campaign
6minutes - Sydney, NSW, Australia
Infant back sleep causes "transient" developmental delays and "mild" plagiocephaly according to the American Academy of Pediatrics. ...

1-May-2008
The baby in the helmet
Batley News - UK
Tina Davies, 23, and Carl King, 34, from Soothill, discovered their son Liam had plagiocephaly (flat head syndrome) after reading about it on the internet. ...

1-May-2008
Family so grateful to kind-hearted readers
Sunderland Echo - Sunderland, England, UK
Seven-month-old Thomas has been diagnosed with plagiocephaly – also known as  flat head syndrome – and brachycephaly – where the baby's head is too wide. ...

29-Apr-2008
Mum’s dream: No baby should have to wear a helmet
Get Bracknell - Bracknell, Berkshire, UK
Lucy and her partner Pete persisted, and eventually went to Great Ormond Street Hospital, where it was confirmed that Izzy had brachycephaly, ...

25-Apr-2008
Anger as baby boy denied NHS help
Northern Echo - Darlington, England, UK
This has led to plagiocephaly, a flattening of the skull, commonly known as flat head syndrome. The baby's mother, Lynn, of Knotto Bottom Way, ...

24-Apr-2008
Rx for Readers: Baby's got back
Jerusalem Post - Israel
"While thousands of lives have been saved through this campaign, more babies have developed positional plagiocephaly, much to the concern of very worried ...

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Plagiocephaly was highlighted in the September 2005 issue of Parents Magazine

"Why Ryan Wears a Helmet"

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Plagiocephaly was highlighted in the July 4, 2005 issue of People Magazine.
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