The climate change deniers have won | Nick Cohen
Scientists continue to warn us about global warming, but most of us have a vested interest in not wanting to think about itThe American Association for the Advancement of Science came as close as such a respectable institution can to screaming an alarm last week. "As scientists, it is not our role to tell people what they should do," it said as it began one of those sentences that you know will build to a "but". "But human-caused climate risks abrupt, unpredictable and potentially irreversible changes."In other words, the most distinguished scientists from the country with the world's pre-eminent educational institutions...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 22, 2014 Category: Science Authors: Nick Cohen Tags: Climate change Climate change scepticism Science Environment UK news United States World news The Observer Comment Comment is free Source Type: news
When Should a Child Start Toilet Training?
Discussion
Toilet training is a normal developmental process but has very little research. In 1962 Dr. Barry Brazleton published the first standardized method using a “child readiness” approach that was unregimented and child-focused. The child had to be physiological and psychologically ready and the parent had to be psychologically ready to proceed with toilet training. Studies beginning at 18 months of age using this approach had a mean daytime continence achieved by 28 months. In 1973, Azrin and Foxx described a method that was structured and parent-focused. Again both the child had to be physically and psy...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - February 3, 2014 Category: Pediatrics Authors: pediatriceducationmin Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Rwanda: The Soggy Road to Ending Bed-Wetting
[New Times]Bed-wetting is that moment when innocence translates into embarrassment. But that is for kids. As one grows up, the realisation that controlling the bladder in the dead of the night is a "task that keeps meeting dreams" becomes too daunting. One begins to feel fidgety about going to bed because of the fear of what could happen. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 14, 2014 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Rwanda: The Soggy Road to Ending Bed-Wetting
[New Times]Bed-wetting is that moment when innocence translates into embarrassment. But that is for kids. As one grows up, the realisation that controlling the bladder in the dead of the night is a "task that keeps meeting dreams" becomes too daunting. One begins to feel fidgety about going to bed because of the fear of what could happen. And, as the situations "keeps getting out of control" despair is wont to set in. It is worse for children, as they tend to think that they are alone in the soggy nocturnal life. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 13, 2014 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Get to Know 15 Home Remedies for Bedwetting – V-kool
The article “home remedies for bedwetting” published on the site Vkool.com comes with 15 ways that help people stop their child from wetting the bed at night.(PRWeb December 10, 2013)Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/home-remedies/for-bedwetting/prweb11404260.htm (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - December 10, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Experts call for ketamine to be upgraded to class B
“Ketamine should be reclassified as class B drug, government experts say,” The Guardian reports.
The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, the body that advises the Home Office on drugs, has recommended that ketamine (currently a class C drug) be upgraded to class B.
What is ketamine?
Ketamine is a powerful anaesthetic used both in humans and animals (hence one of its nicknames "donkey dust"). The drug is usually available in powdered form, though it can also be bought in capsules as well as a liquid that can be injected.
Its popularity as a club drug rose during the 1990s as it was cheaper than coca...
Source: NHS News Feed - December 10, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Mental health QA articles Lifestyle/exercise Source Type: news
Conduct Disorder in the Family
Dealing with a developing psychopath? Research shows a possible link between conduct disorder in childhood and adolescence and antisocial personality disorder in adulthood. So how do you get help when your child develops signs of conduct disorder?read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - October 18, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Robert T. Muller, Ph.D. Tags: Child Development Parenting Personality Therapy ADHD aggression amygdala animal abuse antisocial personality disorder bedwetting child psychiatry conduct disorder empathy enuresis psychopathy sociopathy trauma Source Type: news
Global Medical Device Coatings Market - Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends And Forecast (2012 - 2018)
Medical device coatings are widely used to augment product surface function and to improve performance. Coatings help in reducing friction between devices and tissues, and provide excellent surface coverage, wetting, uniform adhesion, wear-resistance and coating homogeneity. Many medical devices require non-stick coatings over moulded, electrical insulation, biocompatible, or other finishes. (Source: Medical Design Online News)
Source: Medical Design Online News - September 20, 2013 Category: Medical Equipment Source Type: news
Bedwetting Treatments Offer Help
08/20/2013, The Cochrane Library - Simple treatments for bed-wetting are better than nothing at all, but aren't as effective as more advanced alarm therapy or drug therapy, according to a new meta-analysis in The Cochrane Library. (Source: Health Behavior News Service)
Source: Health Behavior News Service - August 22, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Bedwetting treatment starts with open communication
by Scott Howe
“He was 8 years old and still wearing diapers. We knew he had a problem.” – Mother of a boy with a bedwetting issue
“It really wasn’t difficult to talk about her wetting as she knew something was wrong. We concentrated on making her comfortable and assuring her all would be fine.” – Mother of a young girl with a wetting problem
Urinary incontinence, otherwise known as “enuresis” or “wetting,” is fairly common, often embarrassing and sometimes difficult to talk about it. Of children 6 to 7, about 20 percent of boys and 17 percent of girls have some problem with daytime or nighttime ...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - August 22, 2013 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Guest Blogger Tags: All posts acupuncture Bed wetting biofeedback training Carlos Estrada Reiki therapy urinary tract infections Voiding Improvement Program Source Type: news
Bedwetters Wearing Night Diapers May Sleep BetterBedwetters Wearing Night Diapers May Sleep Better
Children with untreated enuresis who wear diapers at night sleep better than bedwetters who do not use diapers, according to a new report. Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - August 12, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pediatrics News Source Type: news
Why acupuncture is giving sceptics the needle
Acupuncture has been prescribed by half of Britain's doctors, but after 3,000 clinical trials its efficacy remains unproven. So is the NHS making a grave error in supporting this ancient treatment?• Are vitamin pills a sham? Q&A with Dr. Paul OffitYou can't get crystal healing on the NHS. The Department of Health doesn't fund faith healing. And most doctors believe magnets are best stuck on fridges, not patients. But ask for a treatment in which an expert examines your tongue, smells your skin and tries to unblock the flow of life force running through your body with needles and the NHS will be happy to oblige.The govern...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - July 26, 2013 Category: Science Authors: David Derbyshire Tags: Culture Health Science and scepticism Features NHS Alternative medicine The Observer Source Type: news
VIP treatment for kids with urinary issues
The Voiding Improvement Program (VIP) at Boston Children’s Hospital helps kids overcome a wide variety of urinary problems, including difficult toileting issues like daytime and nighttime bathroom accidents and urinary tract infections. Here’s a look at how the VIP can help your children.
Boston Children’s Hospital Voiding Improvement Program (VIP) is available in Boston, Peabody, Waltham and Weymouth. To learn more, visit the program’s website.Also, check Thriving in the coming weeks for a post on how parents and doctors work together to help kids overcome daytime and nighttime wetting issues. (Source: Thrive...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - July 10, 2013 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Tripp Underwood Tags: All posts Anxiety Diseases & conditions Health & wellness Mental health Bed wetting day wetting stop wetting Voiding Improvement Program why is my child wetting her pants? Source Type: news
Depression in Childhood and Adolescence
Depression can appear in childhood and adolescence in different ways. Some of the resultant behaviors can be misinterpreted as rebellious or anti-social. Treatment may require addressing other issues besides the depression.read more (Source: Psychology Today Depression Center)
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - June 12, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Fredric Neuman, M.D. Tags: Child Development Depression Parenting Therapy abuse of drugs adolescence adolescent adolescents antisocial behavior avoidance bed wetting behavior problems bowel habits cutting behavior depressed person depression causes d Source Type: news
Oral Desmopressin Safe and Effective Against NocturiaOral Desmopressin Safe and Effective Against Nocturia
Desmopressin in an orally disintegrating tablet formulation is effective in both women and men with nocturia, according to two studies published online February 20th in the Journal of Urology. Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - March 15, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Urology News Source Type: news
