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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.

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Arthur L. Weaver, M.D., M.S., F.A.C.P., M.A.C.R.
Clinical Professor of Medicine
University of Nebraska Medical Center


Sergio Schwartzman, MD,
Franchellie M. Cadwell Associate Professor of Medicine,
Weill Medical College
The Hospital for Special Surgery and
New York Presbyterian Hospital
Cornell University, New York, NY

Gary Williams, MD, PhD
Chairman
Department of Medicine
Scripps Clinic Medical Group
La Jolla, California.