13-Dec-2008
Gabrielle’s bullseye
GazetteLive - Middlesbrough, UK
The Gazette told on Monday how the fund for Gabrielle, who was born with plagiocephaly, or flat-head syndrome, had reached its total. ...

9-Dec-20088
We've lost all our savings
Glasgow Evening Times - Glasgow, Scotland, UK
We paid £2000 for a helmet for Logan who has flat head syndrome and this is the last thing they needed." Her two other children Abbie, 9, and Arran, 7, ...

8-Dec-2008
Special gift for Gabrielle Harris
GazetteLive - Middlesbrough, UK
Gabrielle, of North Ormesby, was born with plagiocephaly – also known as flathead syndrome – and her only hope of correcting the problem without surgery is ...

3-Dec-2008
Haverfordwest family start fundraising for cranial remoulding ...
Western Telegraph - Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, UK
Deformational plagiocephaly or flat head syndrome is quite common in babies but the Morgan family were angry after being told they would have to fund any ...

27-Nov-2008
Guyton out to help 'one of its own'
Effingham Herald - Rincon, GA, USA
A few months ago, doctors diagnosed Tommy with positional plagiocephaly – a disorder that occurs when a baby’s head develops a flat spot or becomes ...

25-Oct-2008
Can you help baby Byron?
Peterborough Today - Peterborough, England, UK
Byron Janson has deformational plagiocephaly – better known as flat head syndrome. A cranial helmet is needed to reshape Byron's head, but the helmets are ...

24-Oct-2008
CFSID launches Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) online course
Canada NewsWire (press release) - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
... and room sharing and recall why room sharing is the safest sleeping option for an infant - Recognize the issue of positional plagiocephaly (flat head) ...

16-Oct-2008
Health Department Urges Child Safety For SIDS Awareness Month
WJTV - Jackson, MS, USA
Avoid development of positional plagiocephaly (flat back of head) by giving baby plenty of "tummy time” when he or she is awake. ...

15-Oct-2008
Babies with 'Flat Heads' Use Helmet for Treatment
WRCB-TV - Chattanooga, TN, USA
A mother surprise along the way has been something called plagiocephaly. "I have every baby book known to man and nowhere in any of them does it mention ...

29-Sep-2008
Pudsey mum asks for ideas to raise funds for her son
Pudsey Today - Otley, England, UK
... was told that she would have to pay around £2000 towards treating her six-month-old son Blake, who has plagiocephaly - flat head syndrome. ...

22-Sep-2008
Mum raises awareness of flat-head syndrome
ChronicleLive - Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK
It is too late for doctors to fix Amelia Underhill’s flat head syndrome, also known as plagiocephaly. Parents Karen and Simon did not find out the condition ...

16-Sep-2008
What causes newborns to get flat head?
KARE - Minneapolis, MN, USA
It's called plagiocephaly or the flattening of a baby's head. They don't run in her family and she didn't take any fertility drugs to get pregnant. ...

16-Sep-2008
Strange priorities
Derby Evening Telegraph - Derby, England, UK
Its justification is that the condition of plagiocephaly "has no long-term consequences for physical health and the skull normally remoulds itself". ...

15-Sep-2008
Mum's tears as NHS again refuses funding to treat Alfie's deformity
Derby Evening Telegraph - Derby, England, UK
Kelly Mitchell's son, Alfie, has a condition called plagiocephaly, or flat head syndrome, which means his skull is misshapen. The condition, which tends to ...

11-Sep-2008
Kate takes it right to the top
Mirfield Reporter - Dewsbury, England, UK
Kate Fisher's 18-month-old daughter Matilda has brachycephaly, commonly known as ‘flat head syndrome’, which means her head is misshapen. ...

7-Sep-2008
Babies' cranial helmets 'cure' cons patients
Times Online - UK
If my child had deformational plagiocephaly, I would not use it. After the age of six months it is a waste of time and a waste of money. ...

7-Sep-2008
I didn’t want to risk seeing my son being bullied
ChronicleLive - Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK
Children with flat head syndrome, also called plagiocephaly, should start wearing the helmet from six months old for it to be effective. ...

4-Sep-2008
Mirfield's Matilda takes her petition to No 10
Huddersfield Examiner - Huddersfield, UK
Matilda suffers from brachycephaly, commonly known as ‘flat head syndrome’, and needs to wear a special helmet. Kate, 22, and Matilda met local MP Shahid ...

2-Sep-2008
'My baby will suffer – why won't NHS help?'
Peterborough Today - Peterborough, England, UK
Five-month old Ethan Taylor has a condition, called deformational plagiocephaly, or  flathead syndrome  – and needs to go to regular physio sessions to ...

1-Sep-2008
Just look at Lily now
GazetteLive - Middlesbrough, UK
But the Linthorpe tot was born with plagiocephaly - also known as flat head syndrome - which left her with a misshapen skull. Her only hope was to wear a ...

30-Aug-2008
Mum's petition off to Downing Street
Dewsbury Reporter - Dewsbury, England, UK
Kate Fisher, 22 of Greenside Road, Mirfield, is hoping to raise awareness of a condition called plagiocephaly – commonly known as flat head syndrome – and a ...

30-Aug-2008
Mother to lobby PM over syndrome
BBC News - UK
Kate Fisher's daughter Matilda has a form of plagiocephaly, also known as flat head syndrome. As a result, the 18-month-old's head is wider than it is long. ...

29-Aug-2008
VIDEO: Family lobby PM over cost of tot's treatment
Yorkshire Evening Post - Leeds, England, UK
... correct 18-month-old Matilda's plagiocephaly – also known as flat head syndrome – after being told the treatment was not funded by the health service. ...

29-Aug-2008
Matilda's mission to No 10
Huddersfield Examiner - Huddersfield, UK
Kate Fisher’s daughter Matilda is one of a handful of children with the brachycephaly condition, commonly known as flat head syndrome. ...

24-Aug-2008
Disabilities, Developing an Appreciation
Rocklin and Roseville Today - Rocklin, CA, USA
A physician diagnosed Brenner with plagiocephaly, which an American Association of Neurological Surgeons website defines as "a condition in which specific ...

21-Aug-2008
Yard Sale in aid of baby Bobby's Flat Head Syndrome helmet
Sussex Express - Lewes, England, UK
Bobby, who is seven months old, suffers from Flat Head Syndrome which has caused the back and side of his head to be noticeably mis-shapen. ...

8-Aug-2008
'Thank you for helping ciaron' :VIDEO
Scarborough Today - Scarborough, England, UK
Plagiocephaly, also known as flat head syndrome, is a malformation of the head leaving a flattened area on the back of the head. The full article contains ...

1-Aug-2008
Mirfield parents tell others ‘Do not wait to seek treatment’
Huddersfield Examiner, UK - 2 hours ago
The 18-month-old has brachycephaly – known as flat head syndrome – and needs to wear a helmet 23 hours a day. The couple claim that if health workers had ...

30-Jul-2008
MUM'S APPEAL TO RAISE CASH FOR BABY ALFIE
South Wales Evening Post - Swansea, Wales, UK
Alfie Bailey has been affected by plagiocephaly or "flat-head syndrome". His mum, Lianne, aged 25, says she is angry that treatment of the disfiguring ...

29-Jul-2008
Join us for Teagan's Fundraiser on August 9, 2008
Baristanet - Montclair, NJ, USA
... at the corner of Hawthorne and Maolis Avenues, two blocks south of Washington St. Teagan has been diagnosed with Plagiocephaly and Brachycephaly. ...

26-Jul-2008
Pilots for Patients makes 100th flight
KATC - Lafayette, LA, USA
Kennedy, who has a cranial condition called positional plagiocephaly, had just returned from her third trip to Dallas for medical treatment. ...

23-Jul-2008
Flat Head Syndrome
WCIA-3 News - IL, USA
It's called Plagiocephaly and the number of cases is five times higher than it was 10 years ago. In the early 1990s there was a big push for babies to ...

23-Jul-2008
Scan saves time, pain in molding helmet
The Republican - MassLive.com - Springfield, MA, USA
Tristan has plagiocephaly, which means his head is misshapen. But the use of FastSCAN, manufactured by a Vermont company, has resulted in the child not ...

23-Jul-2008
Baby Jesse given "helmet" to correct skull deformity
Sussex Express - Lewes, England, UK
The Observer highlighted mum Marie's race to raise £2000 so Jesse, who suffers from Flat Head Syndrome, could be fitted with the helmet as soon as possible. ...

21-Jul-2008
Call Yourself a Parent
Northwest Voice - Bakersfield, CA, USA
When you know the difference between plagiocephaly and craniosynostosis before your baby is six months old, you've earned it. When you know three different ...

18-Jul-2008
Capped budget to boost baby James
Burton Mail - Burton on Trent, England, UK
James White, who has plagiocephaly, or 'flat head syndrome', had the helmet fitted at the Technology in Motion orthopaedic centre in Leeds towards the end of ...

17-Jul-2008
Extec gives cash to improve baby's life
Derby Evening Telegraph - Derby, England, UK
James White developed a condition called plagiocephaly, or flat head syndrome, after being born 11 weeks prematurely, weighing just 1lb 8oz. ...

14-Jul-2008
Our little miracle
GazetteLive - Middlesbrough, UK
Cole was born with craniosynostosis, which caused plagiocephaly - where one side of his head was misshapen. He had a seven-hour operation at James Cook ...

12-Jul-2008
'Thank you fund-raisers'
Bridlington Today - UK
Owen suffers from severe brachiocephaly – flat head syndrome – for which there is no treatment available on the NHS, prompting his parents Gemma and Dean to ...

11-Jul-2008
'Flat head' syndrome unites families to fight for more help
Mirfield Reporter - Dewsbury, England, UK
... 24, said Matilda's was only diagnosed with brachycephaly, a form of plagiocephaly (commonly known as flat head syndrome) at a year old. ...

11-Jul-2008
'Hospital couldn't help our Charlie'
Romford Recorder - Romford, England, UK
A BABY from Hornchurch who was suffering from a severe case of flat head syndrome was turned away from three GPs - even though one doctor admitted he needed ...

8-Jul-2008
Mum's plea
Linlithgow Journal & Gazette - Linlithgow, Scotland, UK
Had it not been for a Philpstoun mum, whose baby son also has plagiocephaly and wears a helmet, the Holmans, of Belsyde Court, Linlithgow Bridge, ...

2-Jul-2008
Mum's fundraising for "helmet" to remould baby's skull
Sussex Express - Lewes, England, UK
Little Jesse, who is six months old, has severe Brachycephaly - a form of Plagiocephaly which is also known as Flat Head Syndrome. ...

30-Jun-2008
For strong babies, make playtime 'tummy time'
USA Today - USA
And more babies are developing flat spots on the back or side of the head, a problem called plagiocephaly, from spending too much time on their backs. ...

28-Jun-2008
Lying on one side can change a baby's head shape
Bounty - Welwyn Garden City, England, UK
The condition is known as positional plagiocephaly and is caused when the baby's head flattens on the side rather than at the back where it normally does. ...

28-Jun-2008
Extec Donation Aids Local Lad
Hub 4 (press release) - Sheffield, England, UK
... £2000 to provide 13-month old James White with a special helmet needed to correct plagiocephaly, or Baby Flat Head Syndrome as it is commonly known. ...

24-Jun-2008
Parents need more advice to deal with disfiguring condition
Scotsman - United Kingdom
By CLAIRE McCREADY PLAGIOCEPHALY – or Flat Head Syndrome – is caused by prolonged pressure on one part of a baby's skull. 50 per cent of babies under the ...

24-Jun-2008
Baby who always slept on one side left with one ear higher than ...
Daily Mail - UK
Now they are warning other parents to watch how their babies sleep to avoid them developing the same condition - known as positional plagiocephaly. ...

23-Jun-2008
Baby's head was damaged in bed
Portsmouth News - Portsmouth, England, UK
Now they are warning others not to allow their babies to always sleep on one side to avoid them suffering from positional plagiocephaly – a flattening of ...

20-Jun-2008
Parents make 'flathead' plea
Scotsman - United Kingdom
THOUSANDS of parents are pressing the Scottish Parliament for mandatory checks on babies to prevent them developing "flat-head syndrome". ...

19-Jun-2008
Rallying round for baby with rare condition
Bridlington Today - UK
Eight-month-old Owen was recently diagnosed with severe Brachiocephaly – otherwise known as Flat Head Syndrome – which can be corrected by fitting him with ...

18-Jun-2008
The cap fits for baby James
Burton Mail - Burton on Trent, England, UK
Costing £2000 - as the helmets are not available on the NHS - it is hoped that the equipment will help correct the twin's plagiocephaly - a disorder that ...

13-Jun-2008
Helmet treatment proves its worth
Scotland Courier - Dundee, Scotland, UK
Seven-month-old Ar’den Wallace suffers from plagiocephaly—commonly called flat-head syndrome—a condition caused when the plates of the skull fail to fuse ...

12-Jun-2008
Grandfather's campaign for NHS treatment for flat head syndrome
GazetteLive - Middlesbrough, UK
Little Gabrielle has flat head syndrome and taxi driver Ian, 50, has set up an e-petition on Downing Street’s website urging people to back the campaign for ...

27-May-2008
Doctor sees more plagiocephaly, toticollis in babies
The Grand Rapids Press - MLive.com - Grand Rapids, MI, USA
Plus she had a related disorder called plagiocephaly, a flattening on the right side of her skull. The Nyenhuises had never heard of either disorder. ...

22-May-2008
BABY SCALES TWIN PEAKS
Burton Mail - Burton on Trent, England, UK
However, the tot's problems were not over, as he had developed severe positional plagiocephaly - otherwise known as 'flat head syndrome' - a disorder that ...

22-May-2008
The story of five month old Finley Horne is one that touched ...
Bexhill Observer - UK
His parents Andria and Ricki Horne spoke about their fight to get their little son treatment for plagiocephaly and torticollis and say they are pleased by ...

22-May-2008
Creaform Introduces the ERGOscan TM , a New 3D Handheld Scanner
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco, CA, USA
... loaded/unloaded 3D digital impressions (foot imprints); treatment of positional plagiocephaly in infants; and 3D scanning of body parts in order to ...

19-May-2008
Treating babies with flat head syndrome
Batley News - UK
We have over 150 babies in treatment at present – all for flat head syndrome – as an orthotist at a specialist centre in Leeds and she is mistaken. ...

14-May-2008
Courier plea finds funding for toddler
Scotland Courier - Dundee, Scotland, UK
The six-month-old suffers from plagiocephaly, a condition caused when plates in the skull fail to fuse properly, leaving the skull misshapen. ...

12-May-2008
Health events
GoErie.com - Erie, PA, USA
Flat-head infant syndrome, free screenings, Tuesday, 8 am to noon, Shriners Hospital-Children, 1645 W Eighth St. Also, free Play and Learn event, Saturday, ...

12-May-2008
What's a mother to do? Ever-changing rules make it a challenge to ...
Eagle Tribune - North Andover, MA, USA
Also, people thought back sleeping could cause a baby to develop a flat head. Tomaselli-Schofield's mother, Linda Tomaselli, 49, said her babies slept on ...

10-May-2008
Special helmet helps Crawley boy beat defect
The Argus.co.uk - Brighton, UK
The 14-month-old youngster was born with a condition called plagiocephaly, also known as flat head syndrome, which affects the shape of the head and the way ...

9-May-2008
Anger as NHS refuses to fund baby’s treatment
Scotland Courier - Dundee, Scotland, UK
Dawn Wallace’s six-month old daughter, Ar’den, has plagiocephaly, or flat head syndrome, a condition caused when the plates in a baby’s skull are pushed out ...

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 ...

10-Apr-2008
Five Counties: Keeping an eye on babies
Kawartha Media Group - Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
Acquired Plagiocephaly, or "baby flat head," has been on the rise since the 1990s when doctors recognized that putting babies to sleep on their backs ...

7-Apr-2008
Family paying out to help little Charlotte
Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph - Kettering, England, UK
... Primary Care Trust said: "There is an increasing tendency to use a special moulding helmet to treat severe positional plagiocephaly and brachycephaly. ...

2-Apr-2008
Transformation of baby Aleece
Morley Observer - UK
The tot was eventually diagnosed with plagiocephaly – also known as flat head syndrome – after Jillian's parents Eric and Christine Wilson spotted an ...

31-Mar-2008
Gazette readers help flathead syndrome baby Lily
GazetteLive - Middlesbrough, UK
Lily, eight months, has a condition called plagiocephaly which has left her head very flat behind her right ear, her forehead bulging over her right eye and ...

26-Mar-2008
Helmet rounding out baby's head
Joliet Herald News - Joliet, IL, USA
Marketed under names such as the DOC band, this type of helmet has been around for almost a dozen years and is used to treat plagiocephaly, or flattening of ...

18-Mar-2008
Flat Head Syndrome? Help is out there, says Ballymena mum
Ballymena Times - UK
More commonly called Flat Head Syndrome, it's caused when babies spend a considerable amount of time with their head resting in the same position such as ...

4-Mar-2008
Lily's appeal raises £600 in 2 weeks
GazetteLive - Middlesbrough, UK
The condition is called plagiocephaly. Lily was born five weeks early by Caesarean section and was in a breech position. Mandy noticed there was something ...

27-Feb-2008
STARscanner, STARband Cranial Helmets Making a Difference in the ...
SunHerald.com - Biloxi, MS, USA
But the cramped quarters that come with sharing womb space caused the Hyde Park, New York trio to develop deformational plagiocephaly, or flattening of the ...

25-Feb-2008
MUM'S £4000 TWINS APPEAL
South Wales Evening Post - Swansea, Wales, UK
Medics warned part-time cleaner Judith Ozer that her daughter Melisa was showing slight signs of flat-head syndrome when she arrived three weeks early at ...

19-Feb-2008
Mum’s plea over ‘flathead syndrome’ daughter
GazetteLive - Middlesbrough, UK
Seven-month-old Lily was born with plagiocephaly - also known as flathead syndrome - and her only hope of correcting the problem without surgery is to wear ...

18-Feb-2008
Tot's 23 hours a day in a 'crash helmet' to combat skull condition
Halifax Evening Courier - UK
He was diagnosed with a skull condition called plagiocephaly, which causes flat parts in babies' skulls, when he was just a few months old. ...

18-Feb-2008
Well-rounded
GoErie.com - Erie, PA, USA
Deformational plagiocephaly, commonly called flat-head syndrome, has increased significantly since 1992, when the American Academy of Pediatrics recommended ...

14-Feb-2008
Gran warns of flat head risk
Ilford Recorder 24 - UK
Alex has flat head syndrome, and has to wear the helmet to mould his head back into a rounded shape. His grandmother, Flor Thompson, 47, of View Close, ...

12-Feb-2008
Tesco staff's gift to boy
Greenock Telegraph - Greenock, Scotland, UK
Paul Clark has Plagiocephaly syndrome, a condition which means the shape of his head needs to be corrected at a young age. The six-month-old tot has to wear ...

3-Feb-2008
Back to sleep, tummy to play is safest
Arizona Daily Star - Tucson, AZ, USA
Vicari said that in the early 1990s, he would see a dozen cases of misshapen skulls, or plagiocephaly, each year. Today, that number stands at about 750. ...

27-Jan-2008
Experts say 'tummy time' key for tots
Chicago Tribune - United States
Vicari said that in the early 1990s, he typically would see a dozen cases of misshapen skulls, or plagiocephaly, each year. Today, that number stands at ...

26-Jan-2008
Fundraising drive launched for little Joe
GazetteLive - Middlesbrough, UK
Experts at the clinic confirmed that Joe has the condition known as plagiocephaly, or Flathead Syndrome, and he would have to be fitted with a correcting ...

24-Jan-2008
Jeanette's jelly stunt to help baby Joshua
Horncastle Today - Horncastle, England, UK
Joshua needs to have a special helmet made and fitted in the next three months if his plagiocephaly, a headshape problem, is to be corrected. must be fitted ...

21-Jan-2008
Parents' appeal after baby denied NHS aid
The Northern Echo - Darlington, UK
Joe Pickstock was born with the abnormality plagiocephaly - or flat-head syndrome - which means his ears are not in line. Over the next three months, ...

5-Jan-2008
Westminster response to flat-head move attacked
The Courier, Dundee, UK
A Dundee mother whose campaign to raise awareness of a skull deformity in babies won over MSPs is gutted after Westminster failed to follow Holyrood’s lead.

3-Jan-2008
Mum looking ahead with new optimism
The Courier, Dundee, UK
Last year was a dream come true when Mandy Muir’s daughter Annabel had her plagiocephaly (flat head syndrome) successfully treated and MSPs agreed to carry out a study into the condition.

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