Vila Real Hospital creates Blue Path for children with autism
This is a new emergency service at the Vila Real Hospital for children suffering from autism. The Blue Path is an innovative and award-winning circuit.

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This is a new emergency service at the Vila Real Hospital for children suffering from autism. The Blue Path is an innovative and award-winning circuit.

They lack scientific support, yet they are deeply rooted in popular belief and even among some health professionals. In her book 'Children Do Not Catch Colds from Walking Barefoot', pediatrician Mónica Cró Braz proposes putting an end to the main myths that torment so many parents in the arduous task of raising children.

“I have made some new enemies: the grandparents!”, says paediatrician Mónica Cró Braz in her book “Children do not catch colds from walking barefoot”, where she debunks myths (such as “teething causes fever”).

People with hyperactivity and difficulties in maintaining attention are at the centre of the book “Understanding ADHD - Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder”. The work is the result of research by a team of doctors from Coimbra, who have been studying and monitoring these behaviours for several years, as explained in the Diário da Manhã by paediatrician José Boavida.

The total investment was around 10,000 euros.
