Friday, 26 February 2010- A group of British researchers conducted a study to estimate the risk of a second primary tumour (SPT) of the bladder in a cohort of childhood cancer survivors, and investigate the factors associated...

Friday, 19 January 2010- How safe is circumcision? A systematic review, published in the open access journal BMC Urology has found that neonatal and infant circumcision by trained staff rarely results in problems. Risks can be...

Friday, 5 February 2010- A group of researchers conducted a study to determine the best urinary bacterial concentration to diagnose urine infections in children. They published their findings in the January online edition of the...

Monday, 1 February 2010- Contrary to the current thought that only children with end-stage kidney disease suffer physical, social, emotional and educational setbacks from their disease, researchers of the Johns Hopkins Children's...

Friday, 29 January 2010- A group of researchers from Iran conducted a study to identify metabolic and anatomical abnormalities present in children with urinary calculi. They published their findings in the Iranian Journal of...

Tuesday, 12 January 2010- Automated microscopy (AM) is increasingly used to screen samples for suspected urinary tract infection (UTI). A 98.8% negative predictive value has been reported in adult studies.

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Wednesday, 23 December 2009- Researchers from Children's Hospital Boston and Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, have identified an important genetic cause of a kidney disease that is the second leading...

Wednesday, 2 December 2009- European researchers said the use of insect repellents by expectant mothers in the first trimester appears to be linked to higher rates of hypospadias, a relatively common urinary tract birth defect...

Wednesday, 18 November 2009- A study of 145 preschool children reports, for the first time, that when the concentrations of two common phthalates in mothers' prenatal urine are elevated their sons are less likely to play with...

Thursday, 12 November 2009- For parents of children with cancer, the hopeful news is that paediatric survival rates have steadily improved for decades. Among the bad news - treatments that enable survival often cause...