On average, about 450 infants are fit with a cranial remolding orthosis, also known as a helmet, each year at University of Michian Health C.S. Mott Children's Hospital. These helmets help to reshape ...

However, the availability of alternative methods to cranial orthoses, drawbacks associated with cranial orthoses, and lack of access to quality healthcare in underdeveloped and developing regions will ...

A baby’s skull is made of several plates of bone that fuse together over time to form a single structure. Previous research has shown that approximately one in 2,000 babies have plates that fuse too ...

March 2, 2015 - More than three-fourths of infants with skull flattening related to sleep position achieve normal head shape with conservative treatment--without the need for helmet therapy, reports a ...

Most parents aren't thrilled to learn their infant has a "flat spot." The diagnosis is often — and mistakenly — something that parents are told will get better on its own, said Cassie Mathis, a Fox ...

MONROE, NC (FOX 46 WJZY) - FOX 46 is getting results after an insurance company denied a claim for a cranial helmet for an infant - a device deemed medically necessary - to correct a skull deformity ...