Goodnites' ad campaign is insidious. It’s designed to “tackle social stigma in a way that is sophisticated and thoughtful,” a worthy aim, to be sure. But what the project actually does is perpetuate medical misinformation and leverage families’ distress for the purpose of selling product.

Enuresis causes anxiety, not the reverse. Enuresis is actually caused by chronic constipation

Not only does bedwetting disrupt a child's sleep but carrying a colon full of poop can have serious health consequences into adulthood.

We covered poop and pee withholding, bladder medication, Ex-Lax and Miralax, a recurrence of accidents in a teenager, and explosive pee acci

By Steve Hodges, M.D. In my capacity as a pediatric urologist, I don’t have much to say about politics, except this: I wish political...

We got to chat about accidents and bedwetting and constipation, and I literally was like, oh my gosh, mind blown.

If parents perceive their child's bedwetting as normal, they won't question the need to buy ever-larger pull-ups for years on end.

When I explain to parents that their child’s bedwetting and daytime accidents are caused by constipation — not an underdeveloped bladder, de

Poop smears, aka “skid marks,” aren’t caused by a failure to use toilet paper; rather, they signal the child’s rectum is harboring stool an

By Steve Hodges, M.D. Recently I appeared as a guest on The Hamilton Review, a podcast hosted by Dr. Bob Hamilton, the affable...