Move Around Baby: Preventing Positional Plagiocephaly in Infants

University of Southern California physician Dr. Ricardo Hahn warns parents about the alarming rise of infant positional plagiocephaly, a head-shape deformity, and crucial preventive measures that parents can take to protect their babies’ health.     

Dr. Hahn’s Move Around Baby podcast is available for free downloading on iTunes and for streaming at Dr. Hahn’s website www.drplagio.org. 

The release of Dr. Hahn’s podcast marks the launch of the educational campaign called Move Around Baby that aims to educate parents, pediatricians, and anyone else involved with infant care about the seriousness and alarming rising frequency of positional plagiocephaly and the easy steps people can take to prevent the deformity in infants.  

“I decided to produce a podcast to help me shout loud and clear to all parents and members of the medical community that positional plagiocephaly is a rising problem, a very serious condition that we can no longer dismiss,â€? said Dr. Ricardo Hahn, who has been nicknamed “Dr. Plagioâ€? by his patients’ parents.  “The good news is that positional plagiocephaly can be prevented in 99 percent of possible cases.  The plagiocephaly preventive techniques are easy, effective and inexpensive.  The only hurdle is education.â€?