BETHESDA, MD, USA (UroToday.com) - Dr. Holly Richter, Professor, and J. Marion Sims, Endowed Chair, Department Obstetrics and Gynecology, Director, Division Women’s Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham reviewed the prevalence and incidence rates of UI in the aging woman and provided a rationale for potential differential treatment outcomes between older and younger women.

BETHESDA, MD, USA (UroToday.com) - In this session, Dr. Charles Nager provided a summary of the role of urodynamic (UD) testing and the areas for future research.

BETHESDA, MD, USA (UroToday.com) - Ingrid E. Nygaard, Urogynecologist at the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Utah College of Medicine in Salt Lake City commenced her lecture with a review of the history of intravaginal devices which include some type of a hard object.

BETHESDA, MD, USA (UroToday.com) - Dr. Mary Fitzgerald, Urogynecologist at Loyola University Medical Center in Chicago, presented the current evidence on nocturia.

BETHESDA, MD, USA (UroToday.com) - Dr. Tomas Griebling of the University of Kansas and the Landon Center on Aging in Kansas City gave an overview of the problem of UI in aging men.

BETHESDA, MD, USA (UroToday.com) - Dr. Leslee Subak, Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Science, Epidemiology and Urology, University of California, San Francisco started her lecture by noting that “the more you leak, the more you spend.”

BETHESDA, MD, USA (UroToday.com) - In her lecture, Jeanette S. Brown, Professor, Obstetrics, Gynecology & Research Science; Urology; & Epidemiology, University of California, San Francisco made recommendations for research in the area of urologic conditions and their relationship to obesity and diabetes.

BETHESDA, MD, USA (UroToday.com) - Dr. Lior Lowenstein of the Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel defined what is meant by “quality of life” (QoL).

BETHESDA, MD, USA (UroToday.com) - Dr. Ajay K. Singla, Associate Professor, Department of Urology & Gynecology, Wayne State University started his presentation by noting the many treatment options for men with post-prostatectomy incontinence (PPI).

BETHESDA, MD, USA (UroToday.com) - Dr. Kathy Burgio, behavioral psychologist at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham VA Medical Center, began her presentation by discussing the 2 general behavioral approaches to urge incontinence.

BETHESDA, MD, USA (UroToday.com) - Dr. Bertha Chen, Associate Professor, Urogynecology and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Ob/Gyn, Stanford University School of Medicine presented the genetics of “at risk” populations for stress UI and pelvic organ prolapse (POP).

BETHESDA, MD, USA (UroToday.com) - Dr. Sampselle, the Carolyne K. Davis Collegiate Professor of Nursing at the University of Michigan presented her work on a series of sub-analyses that she felt could advance the recommendations of the NIH State-of-the-Science Conference on Prevention of FI & UI in Adults in the area of pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) and biofeedback in preventing and reversing UI in women for the first postpartum year.

BETHESDA, MD, USA (UroToday.com) - Dr. Rita Valentino, researcher in urology at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia presented her fascinating research on brain regulation of urinary function as a potential contributor to patho-physiologic processes in incontinence and their role in treatment.

BETHESDA, MD, USA (UroToday.com) - Toby C. Chai, MD, FACS, John D. Young Professor, Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine identified research needs in the area of OAB and UUI.

BETHESDA, MD, USA (UroToday.com) - Margot S. Damaser, Associate Professor at the Cleveland Clinic & Cleveland VA Medical presented her work with animal models to identify more precisely who is at risk for childbirth injury and how to treat them.

BETHESDA, MD, USA (UroToday.com) - The NIDDK New Research Directions for Urinary Incontinence Symposium was chaired by Dr. Deborah Lightner (Associate Professor of Urology at Mayo Clinic) and NIDDK Program Director, Dr. Debuene Chang.