The medical term is "plagiocephaly." The layperson's term is "head deformity." But Dr. Anna Kuang's description is far more charming. She calls the flattened shape that many babies' heads develop in ...

The number of infants with a specific type of head deformity, in which the skull flattens out from repeated pressure to the same area, has increased exponentially over the past 20 years. Subscribe to ...

Now that parents encourage their children to sleep on their backs to reduce the incidents of SIDS, children tend to prefer one side more than the other. As a consequence, they wind up with a flat spot ...

Joint deformity can occur in various joints but are most common in the hands and feet. Causes of joint deformity include injury and degenerative conditions such as osteoarthritis. A joint is where two ...