Drug combo may help curb bedwetting

November 20, 2008 — NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In children who continue to wet the bed despite standard treatment with desmopressin, adding the bladder-control drug tolterodine (Detrol) to therapy leads to a significant decrease in the risk of bedwetting, Missouri-based researchers have found.

Violent video games tied to teen aggression

November 14, 2008 — NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Adolescents who play violent video games may become increasingly aggressive over time, a new study of Japanese and U.S. teens suggests.

Lymph node injections offer fast allergy therapy

November 13, 2008 — NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Direct administration of an allergen - the substance that triggers an allergic reaction -- into the lymph nodes, rather than the skin, reduces both the number and dose of injections required to induce tolerance to the offending substance, researchers report. This appears to offer a rapid, save and effective way to treat IgE-mediated allergies.

ADHD affects movement in boys by not girls

November 12, 2008 — NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Subtle signs of impaired movement associated with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), including involuntary and uncoordinated movements, appear to normalize with time in girls but not in boys, new research indicates.

Obese kids' arteries look like middle-aged adults'

November 12, 2008 — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An obese child's arteries may be just as clogged as the arteries of someone who is middle-aged, researchers said on Tuesday.