No need to feel shame over bed-wetting
THROUGHOUT his childhood Connor Hockley became adept at avoiding any situation that involved staying away from home with friends overnight. And when he became a teenager and his friends began to form romantic relationships Connor deliberately avoided becoming close to anyone in case they discovered his secret. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - May 29, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Nocturnal Enuresis in Children: Do Alarm Systems Work? Nocturnal Enuresis in Children: Do Alarm Systems Work?
A large review of the efficacy of bell-and-pad alarm systems provides some answers.Medscape Pediatrics (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - May 7, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pediatrics Viewpoint Source Type: news
Not the sum of its parts: a critical review of the MacDonald Triad - Parfitt CH, Alleyne E.
The MacDonald triad posits that animal cruelty, fire setting, and bed wetting in childhood is indicative of later aggressive and violent behavior in adults. Researchers refer to this phenomenon as a precursor to later antisocial behaviors including serial ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 12, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Blind Insertion or Blindly Inserted: Advanced Airways Revisited
Blind insertion or blindly inserted?
One thing we do in EMS that many of us most pride ourselves on is advanced airway management—though gaining that pride may have required a few moments of pants-wetting terror along the way.
For patients in respiratory failure rapidly progressing to respiratory or cardiac arrest, there are few scenarios that run us right up against the front lines of life and death, and with so much potential to affect the outcome.
These cases bring into focus the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (manual), and affective (emotional/psychological) elements of our job like nothing else we do. Yet eviden...
Source: JEMS Patient Care - February 1, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Neal Richmond, MD Tags: Patient Care Columns Source Type: news
California Wildfires Spur Asbestos Concerns
Six major wildfires are torching Southern California, covering an area larger than New York City and Boston combined.
The Thomas Fire — the largest of the six and the fifth-largest blaze in modern California history — covers 238,500 acres. The other fires have destroyed nearly 260,000 acres, officials said.
At least 18,000 homes and other structures are threatened by the fires and more than 1,000 structures have been wiped out, according to the fire protection agency Cal Fire.
Cal Fire officials said the Thomas Fire was 30 percent contained as of late Wednesday.
Some residents have been allowed back in their homes foll...
Source: Asbestos and Mesothelioma News - December 15, 2017 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Daniel King Tags: Air Pollution Control District asbestos exposure Cal Fire California Department of Toxic Substances Control Charles Conway Karen Relucio Napa County Richard Belkin Ridley-Tree Cancer Center Santa Barbara County Sonoma County Thomas F Source Type: news
Modeling Skin Injury from Hot Spills on Clothing - Log T.
The present work analyzes scald burns from hot beverages, such as coffee and tea, spilled on the lap, i.e., an incident that may occur in daily life. The Pennes bioheat equation is solved numerically for small spills wetting the clothing, i.e., the fabric ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 1, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news
Converting 30 Million Tons of Asbestos into Usable Chemicals
New details have emerged of a plan to remove 30 million tons of asbestos waste from the inactive 1,550-acre Eden-Lowell mine in Vermont.
Solution: Move it to a proposed processing plant in Groveton, New Hampshire.
The proposal is part of long-term cleanup plan that began in 2013, when officials with the Vermont Asbestos Group reached a settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Vermont state officials.
Under the agreement, Vermont Asbestos Group (VAG) will pay past and future cleanup costs and maintain the site, including protecting the public from potential environmental asbestos exposure.
The ...
Source: Asbestos and Mesothelioma News - September 21, 2017 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Matt Mauney Tags: alternative uses of asbestos waste asbestos mine vermont asbestos runoff watersheds asbestos waste removal plan Belvidere Mountain Caledonian-Record Chrysotile asbestos converting asbestos into chemicals Eden-Lowell asbestos mine environ Source Type: news
Bed-Wetting: Approaches to Nocturnal Enuresis in Children Bed-Wetting: Approaches to Nocturnal Enuresis in Children
When should nocturnal enuresis--more commonly known as bed-wetting--be treated? This review examines both pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic approaches to this common childhood problem.U.S. Pharmacist (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - September 12, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pediatrics Journal Article Source Type: news
Treatment for nocturia approved for NHS use in Scotland
The Scottish Medicines Consortium has approved the use of oral lyophilisate desmopressin (Noqdirna), the first licensed treatment for nocturia due to idiopathic nocturnal polyuria in adults. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - August 10, 2017 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Tackling bedwetting: ‘Don’t be afraid to talk about it’
Bedwetting, otherwise known as urinary incontinence or enuresis, is fairly common, often embarrassing and sometimes difficult to talk about. It is estimated that about 20 percent of boys and 17 percent of girls, ages 6 to 7 years old have some problem with daytime or nighttime wetting. Still, many kids are reluctant to talk about wetting with parents, friends and teachers. Parents themselves often have a hard time confronting the issue.
The Voiding Improvement Program (VIP) at Boston Children’s Hospital offers a comprehensive approach to bedwetting tailored to each child’s individual needs. “Our program is dri...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - August 7, 2017 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Maureen McCarthy Tags: Health & Wellness bedwetting Dr. Carlos Estrada enuresis Pamela Kelly Voiding Improvement Program Source Type: news
Application tests of new wetting compositions for wildland firefighting - Rakowska J, Szczygie ł R, Kwiatkowski M, Porycka B, Radwan K, Prochaska K.
Extinguishing forest fires is a critical issue for fire brigades; fire can spread throughout vast areas in a relatively short period of time. The studies presented in this paper describe the results of laboratory and field tests of new compositions of wett... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 5, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news
Health Tip: Help Kids Sleep Better
-- Getting children to go to sleep and stay asleep may be a true challenge for parents.
The National Sleep Foundation says these factors may prevent kids from getting a good night ' s rest:
Bed-wetting, which may affect kids until age 5, and... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - July 26, 2017 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Child bed wetting: Causes and treatments of the night-time accidents
RESEARCH shows that night-time accidents affect about five per cent of children as old as nine. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - July 4, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
DDAVP Nasal Spray (Desmopressin Acetate Nasal Spray) - updated on RxList
(Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs)
Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs - June 27, 2017 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
