NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - When it comes to infants' risk of developing a flat spot on the head, environment appears more important than genes, a new study finds. The study, published in the journal ...

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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 U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Thursday ...

Does your baby sleep with a so-called “head-shaping pillow”? It’s time to toss that thing to the curb, according to new guidance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). In a warning issued ...

An epidemic of cases of Flat Head Syndrome has been blamed by experts on modern parenting techniques. With links to the campaign to get children to sleep on their backs instead of fronts to prevent ...

Katherine Penny, D.O., works at Boys Town Pediatrics' 72 Street Clinic in Omaha. She is Board Certified in Pediatrics with a medical degree from the University of North Texas Health Science Center.

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 ...

The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday released a warning to parents to not use infant head-shaping pillows to prevent or treat any medical conditions. In a news release, the FDA suggested that ...