Craniosynostosis, the premature fusion of the top of the skull in infants, is caused by an abnormal excess of a previously unknown type of bone-forming stem cell, according to a preclinical study led ...

Craniosynostosis is a birth defect in which one or more of the seams (sutures) in a baby’s skull close before the baby’s brain has fully formed. Normally, these sutures stay open until babies are ...

Have you ever seen a baby wearing headgear that looked like a helmet? They may be doing helmet therapy or cranial orthosis. Some babies who require helmet therapy have a condition called ...

Surgical repair of craniosynostosis typically occurs during infancy. The procedure has a high success rate with a very low risk of long-term side effects. Most babies go on to live typical, healthy ...

Craniosynostosis is the early fusion of the cranial sutures, which poses numerous diagnostic and medical complications. It is a frequent abnormality that affects 3–5 out of every 10,000 babies. Single ...

Let's be honest: most newborns have funny shaped heads. It's okay to say it, it's perfectly normal. At birth the bones of the skull are in place but not fused together. The places where the bones meet ...

Craniosynostosis, the premature fusion of the skull, is estimated to affect one out of every 2,000 babies. For the past several years, physicians have used two procedures to correct the problems. Now, ...

Amy and Mike Howard went from a family of two to five in a matter of nine months. Then, their babies made medical history. Hunter, Jackson and Kaden appear to be the first-known case of triplets all ...

The causative relationship between several of the syndromic forms of craniosynostosis and mutations in the fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGFR) loci is now well established. However, within the ...

"Please keep baby Dove in your prayers," Teddi Mellencamp Arroyave told her Instagram followers on Monday Teddi Mellencamp Arroyave revealed on Monday that her daughter Dove, 4 months, has been ...

Craniosynostosis is a rare skull problem that causes a baby to be born with, or develop, an abnormally shaped head. It is rare, affecting an estimated one in every 1,800 to 3,000 children. Three out ...