Head circumference (HC) is used as a surrogate marker of future neurodevelopmental outcomes (NDO). We sought to determine if variation in head circumference within the range of normal (within 2 ...

Background: Congenital heart disease (CHD)is associated with impaired development. Wide spread brain abnormalities can be detected in some infants with CHD before they undergo cardiac surgery. It is ...

Inuit children in Nunavut, Canada, are being overdiagnosed for macrocephaly and underdiagnosed for microcephaly, two neurological conditions measured by head size, because of reliance on World Health ...

In the United States, nearly every pediatric doctor's visit begins with three measurements: weight, height and head circumference. Compared to average growth charts of children across the country, ...

The size of your head could determine if you'll be diagnosed with dementia later in life. Researchers in Texas combed through three decades' worth of health data and brain autopsies from nearly 700 ...