When a child gets sick, it is important that both parents know the information about their health and participate in decision-making – nine out of ten healthcare professionals agree with this….
Seeing a child suffer and being unable to help – this is the situation a family from Kaunas found themselves in. Their six-year-old daughter has a painful tooth that needs to be treated or extracted using sedation, but…
In recent days, a sensitive story about the death of a two-month-old girl has received much attention in Lithuania. It is reported that the baby was born with Patau syndrome. What is known…
Summer is not only a time for rest but also for preparing for school. Although there is still plenty of time until September, parents of future first graders should already start taking care of their children’s health….
Headache – one of the most common reasons why parents take their children to doctors. However, not every headache is a migraine, and not every migraine manifests…
When just a few weeks old, Sofia came to the home of her foster mother Laura, no one could say how her development would progress. The girl was weak, and soon health issues emerged and…
Children and adolescents poisoned by e-cigarettes or substances of unknown composition contained therein are increasingly admitted to Lithuanian hospitals. Specialists warn that…
For many parents, the mere thought of children’s dental treatment with sedation or general anesthesia still causes anxiety. The internet is full of frightening stories, and the words “narcosis” or “anesthesia”…
Mid-summer, the State Health Insurance Fund urges parents not to delay and to take care of their children’s oral health check-up now, according to a press release. This is mandatory…
“Your child has leukemia.” Eglė heard these words when her son Emet was only three months old. Instead of dreams about first steps and a carefree infancy, sh…