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CHILDREN'S HEALTH

KOUDOUMNAKI EVANGELIA

Speech development strategies

Parents play an important role in the development of their child’s communication and speech. They can contribute to the strengthening of language skills, as through play and daily routines they ...

Childhood obesity: the decisive role of the family

PANAGIOTOPOULOS ARISTOTLEIS

Childhood obesity: the decisive role of the family

Childhood obesity is a growing concern that requires preventive measures, and the family environment plays a crucial role in shaping a child’s habits and overall well-being. Parents are the primary in...

Obesity: main complications and treatment options

PAPADIMITRIOU DIMITRIS

Obesity: main complications and treatment options

Obesity is the most common chronic childhood disease, affecting 14,400,000 children and adolescents worldwide. According to data from the World Health Organization, in Europe 29% of school-age childre...

ATHANASOPOULOS IOANNIS

Hearing loss: what is important to know

Hearing loss is often referred to as the “invisible disability,” a term that reflects the lack of visible signs and the public’s inability to recognize its severity. This silent reality results in sti...

World Rare Disease Day Rare Disease Clinic at the Athens Pediatric Center

MARKOURI MARGARITA

World Rare Disease Day Rare Disease Clinic at the Athens Pediatric Center

World Rare Disease Day was established in 2008 by EURORDIS-Rare Diseases Europe and the Council of National Patients’ Organizations. It is celebrated every year on the last day of February and i...

Parents are worried and ask why does my child have “crooked” knees?

Neil Christina

Parents are worried and ask why does my child have “crooked” knees?

Did you know that: All babies are born with splayed knees like a closed parenthesis (splayed knees). With the beginning of walking and until about the age of 24 months, the knees straighten. Then the ...

World Childhood Cancer Day

February 15th of each year has been established as World Childhood Cancer Day, honoring all children and their families who are fighting their own battles, but also raising awareness among the global ...

Eugenia Bey

Lipids and Heart in Children

Cholesterol and triglycerides are very important plasma lipids and are transported in the serum in the form of lipoproteins. Cholesterol is mainly produced in the liver, while 15-20% comes from food i...