Surgery

Bedwetting may improve after adenotonsillectomy for sleep apnea

(HealthDay)—Adenotonsillectomy for the treatment of pediatric obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) appears to also result in improvement in bedwetting, according to a study published online Sept. 9 in JAMA Otolaryngology-Head ...

Genetics

Specific genes increase the risk of bedwetting

In a large-scale study of Danish children and young people, researchers from Aarhus University have for the first time found genetic variants that increase the risk of nocturnal enuresis—commonly known as bedwetting or ...

Sleep disorders

New symptom may help ID sleep apnea in older women

The results of a new study suggest that nocturnal enuresis, or bedwetting, may be an additional symptom that doctors can look for when assessing post-menopausal women for obstructive sleep apnea. That condition left untreated ...

Health

Bedwetting treatments offer help

Bedwetting affects up to 20 percent of five year olds—the age when most children have learned bladder control—and can result in an array of stressful and embarrassing social, emotional and psychological problems.

Health

Wee small hours of the morning explained at last

Scientists have pinpointed a protein that helps explain why the elderly frequently have to get up in the night to urinate, a problem that can badly interfere with sleep.

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