Speed Skating Gold Medalist Bonnie Blair Speaks Out About a Condition That Affects Millions of Adult Women in the U.S.
June 09 2004 - 4:30PM
PR Newswire (US)
Speed Skating Gold Medalist Bonnie Blair Speaks Out About a
Condition That Affects Millions of Adult Women in the U.S. Stress
Urinary Incontinence is Common, But Most Women Remain Silent NEW
YORK, June 9 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of Stress Urinary Incontinence
Awareness Week, speed skating champion Bonnie Blair is speaking out
about a common medical condition most women are too embarrassed to
discuss. Stress urinary incontinence (SUI) affects nearly 15
million adult women in the United States. SUI is the accidental
leakage of urine due to physical activities like sneezing,
coughing, laughing, lifting or exercising. The condition can happen
at any age. Risk factors include childbirth, chronic coughing,
obesity and constipation. Most women don't discuss SUI because
they're embarrassed, fear surgery or believe it's a normal part of
aging. After years of keeping it private, Bonnie Blair started
talking openly about SUI with her healthcare professional when she
realized how much the condition affected her daily life activities
that she once enjoyed. Through communication and education, three
of the leading advocacy groups for continence -- American
Foundation for Urologic Disease, National Association For
Continence and Simon Foundation for Continence -- want women to
know that SUI is a legitimate medical condition and not a natural
part of aging. For more information, visit http://www.sui.com/.
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SOUNDBITES: * Bonnie Blair, Gold Medalist in Speed Skating * Roger
Dmochowski, MD, Professor of Urology, Vanderbilt University VIDEO
PROVIDED BY: Eli Lilly and Company and Boehringer Ingelheim
Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
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Web site: http://www.sui.com/
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