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 ...

The federal agency says the pillows may lead to suffocation or even death. The Food and Drug Administration has released a safety bulletin urging parents and caregivers not to use head-shaping pillows ...

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. ...

When babies are first born, their heads can often be misshapen for the first few days, especially after a difficult delivery. In most cases, a baby’s head shape will correct itself shortly after birth ...

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 ...

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 ...