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Bedwetting Often Due to Undiagnosed Constipation

Many stubborn cases of bedwetting are actually due to undiagnosed constipation, according to new research by Steve Hodges, MD, pediatric urologist. If the underlying problem isn’t treated, children and their parents must endure an unnecessarily long, costly and difficult quest to cure nighttime wetting.

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Body Location Plays Part in Scratching Pleasure

New research from Gil Yosipovitch, MD, PhD, professor of dermatology at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center and a world-renowned itch expert, shows that how good scratching an itch feels is related to the itch’s location.

Yosipovitch said this research helps lead to a better understanding of itch and how to relieve it for people who have skin disease like eczema and psoriasis.

Children with ADHD Benefit from Healthy Lifestyle Options as First-Line Treatment

Every year between 3 and 10 percent of school-age children in this country are diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Increasingly, families are using natural or complementary therapies to improve their child’s attention or behavior, and often seek advice from an integrative pediatrician, according to a new study by researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.

 

 

Protein Shows Promise in Blood Sugar Regulation

Generally diagnosed in children, teenagers and young adults, type 1 diabetes requires regular injections of insulin for patients to survive. Scientists at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine have opened a new line of research into this devastating disease with the discovery of a protein that they hope will one day lead to a new treatment.



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Feb. 08, 2012   The-Dispatch.com
 
Researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC, have successfully created and implemented an emergency general surgery registry (EGSR) that will advance the science of acute surgical care by allowing surgeons to track and improve surgical patient outcomes, create performance
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Feb. 06, 2012   Philly.com
 
Hailed as a “game changer,” a new way of treating burn victims is being tested by researchers at Fort Sam Houston and across the country. Healthy skin is taken from a patient, mixed in a small kit and sprayed over damaged skin.
Feb. 03, 2012   My San Antonio (AP)
 
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Feb. 02, 2012   MedicineNet
 
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who have been infected with the ulcer-causing bacteria Helicobacter pylori are more than twice as likely to develop diabetes later on as people who do not have signs of the infection, according to a new study of Latino adults in California.
Feb. 02, 2012   Reuters Health & Fitness News
 
Physicians say patient anxiety is increasing because of medical information read online, with self-diagnoses of diseases like fibromyalgia and lupus.
Jan. 30, 2012   American Medical News
 
— Bedwetting isn't always due to problems with the bladder, according to new research by Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. Constipation is often the culprit; and if it isn't diagnosed, children and their parents must endure an unnecessarily long, costly and difficult quest to cure nighttime wettin
Jan. 27, 2012   Science Daily
 
There are few more sybaritic pleasures than scratching an itch. But according to a study just out in the British Journal of Dermatology, the intensity of the scratching delight varies with the location of the itch.
Jan. 27, 2012   NPR: Blogs
 
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