Bed-wetting (also called nighttime or nocturnal enuresis) is fairly common among children and is often just a stage in their development. Children learn to control daytime urination as they become aware of their bladder filling. Once this occurs, the child learns to consciously control his or her bladder. This generally occurs by age 4. Nighttime bladder control usually takes longer and is not ...

NEW YORK (AP) ― The number of overdose deaths from powerful painkillers more than tripled over a decade, the government reported Tuesday ― a trend that a U.S. health official called an epidemic, but one that can be stopped. Prescription painkillers such as OxyContin, Vicodin and methadone led to the deaths of almost 15,000 people in 2008, including actor Heath Ledger. That’s more than three time...

Doctors advise cyclists to rest their wrists occasionally while riding Thirty-five-year-old Park rides a bicycle to work every day. He started to commute by bike in March and his mileage so far tops 10,000 kilometers. In the beginning, things seemed to progress smoothly. He lost weight and felt healthier. But recently, he began experiencing numbness around his wrists. The pain grew so severe an...

DUBAI (AP) ― Much has changed since the age of “ping pong diplomacy” 40 years ago when nine American players first looked across the net at Chinese opponents, breaking the barriers between the two world powers. The Cold War has been buried for two decades. China is now an economic powerhouse nipping at America’s heels. And the Gulf state of Qatar ― an obscure patch of sand in 1971 ― is emerging...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) ― Oscar Pistorius must run another 400-meter “A” qualifying time in the three months before the London Olympics to make history as the first amputee athlete to run at an able-bodied games, South Africa’s Olympic Committee said Wednesday. Clarifying its 2012 qualifying criteria, the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee said that the double-amputee athlete had...

Benfica (2-0-2) dropped to second on goal difference with a 1-1 tie with Basel (1-1-2). Otelul Galati (0-4) is last. At Lisbon, Rodrigo scored for the hosts in the fourth minute but Benjamin Huggel’s goal in the 64th prevented Benfica for clinching advancement. At Villarreal, Toure scored in the 30th and 71st minutes around Mario Balotelli’s penalty kick in the 45th for Manchester City (2-1-1). ...

Miners, builders, electronic giants seek business in world’s fastest-growing market After a decade of ceaseless pushing for growth, the BRICs appear to have begun slowing down. Now Asia, which steered a global shift in economic gravity, faces spillover threats from teetering rich countries. Regardless, the success story continues ― in Africa, the last frontier. Powered by surging foreign inves...

Business leaders attending the B20 Summit called for political leaders to push for the establishment of a multi-currency key currency system. At the meeting of business leaders in Cannes, France held ahead of the G20 Summit, attendees said that the dollar-based currency system amplified economic risks and that a multi-currency system would reduce costs for corporations and uncertainties in the g...

Electronics giant to join hands with Viking Range to dominate market within 3 years LG Electronics announced Thursday it will join hands with Viking Range Corp. to break into the ultra premium built-in home appliance market in Korea, possibly garnering over half of the market within three years. Lee Young-ha, president of LG’s home appliance business, said the companies will be featuring two di...