Latest Pediatric urology Stories
This week, the Bedwetting Store is running a booth at the AUA Annual Meeting to educate pediatric urologists from around the world about the newest products in treating nighttime and daytime wetting. Fulton, MD (PRWEB) May 07, 2013 Every year, the American Urological Association hosts the largest meeting of pediatric urologists and nurses in the world—the AUA Annual Meeting. Their goal is to share knowledge and set the standard when it comes to urological health. This year pediatric...
Julia Spencer Barthold, MD, Associate Chief, Division of Urology; Director, Pediatric Urology Fellowship Program; and Head, Urology Research Laboratory, Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children/Nemours Biomedical Research, is a 2013 recipient of the Urology Care Foundation John W. Duckett Pediatric Urology Research Excellence Award. Wilmington, DE (PRWEB) May 06, 2013 Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children is pleased to announce that Julia Spencer Barthold, MD, Associate Chief,...
HOUSTON, March 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Renowned pediatric urology surgeon Dr. David Roth has been named the chief of urology at Texas Children's Hospital. Roth, whose appointment was effective December 2012, was also recently appointed as chief of pediatric urology at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM), where he will continue his role as professor of urology and pediatrics and serve as The Edmond T. Gonzales Jr., M.D., Endowed Chair in Pediatric Urology. For more information about...
TAMPA, Fla., Dec. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- After 12-year-old Steven Kraguliac began experiencing bouts of pain in his right side, an ultrasound revealed that fluid was backing up into his kidneys as a result of a bilateral ureteral obstruction. His physician referred him to St. Joseph's Children's Hospital Pediatric Urologist Dr. Ethan Polsky, who specializes in pediatric urology surgery. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121228/DC35026) Dr. Polsky informed...
Bedwetting isn't always due to problems with the bladder, according to new research by Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. Constipation is often the culprit; and if it isn't diagnosed, children and their parents must endure an unnecessarily long, costly and difficult quest to cure nighttime wetting. Reporting online in the journal Urology, researchers found that 30 children and adolescents who sought treatment for bedwetting all had large amounts of stool in their rectums, despite the...
OWINGS MILLS, Md., Aug. 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. News & World Report recently released a list of the 'Top Doctors' in the country through a free searchable directory at www.usnews.com/top-doctors that includes nearly 30,000 peer-nominated physicians nationwide. Chesapeake Urology Associates, one of the largest urology groups in the country, is proud to announce that one of its partners, Marc H. Siegelbaum, MD, was named to the U.S. News Top Doctors list. Dr. Siegelbaum, who is the...
A pediatric urologist at UT Southwestern Medical Center who pioneered a surgical technique for repairing a common birth defect in boys reports the procedure is singularly effective in correcting the problem with few complications.Hypospadias, the second most common birth defect in boys, causes the opening of the urethra to be misplaced on the penis. If not corrected properly, the malady can lead to urinary tract infections and difficulty with urination and normal sexual activity.Dr. Warren...
Will Cover Updates In Pediatric Surgery - Controversies and Advances Tuzla, Boznia-Herzegovina (PRWEB) May 05, 2011 Annually, The World Federation of Associations of Pediatric Surgeons (WOFAPS) selects a major region of the world to host a scientific meeting and workshops as part of their important educational mission for pediatric surgeons and pediatricians. This year, in collaboration with Tuzla University Clinical Center in Tuzla, Bosnia-Herzegovina, WOFAPS is bringing renowned...
In recent decades, there have been periodic reports of a worldwide decline in sperm count and quality. Male infertility has ostensibly been on the rise, accompanied by increases in testicular cancer and hypospadias -- a congenital defect in which the opening of the urethra is on the underside, rather than at the end, of the penis. Taken together, these three conditions have been termed testicular dysgenesis syndrome.Environmental chemicals known as phthalates, some researchers say, may be the...
The twins were conjoined from the breast bone to the groin PITTSBURGH, Feb. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A multidisciplinary team of surgeons, pediatricians and nurses at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC has successfully separated conjoined twins during a 24-hour procedure. The 2-year-old twin girls -- Dagian and Danielle Lee, of Cleveland -- were separated during a procedure that began at 6:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 13, 2008, and ended 24 hours later. The girls currently are...
