NEWS RELEASE

Millions of Women Suffer with Incontinence
Embarrassment Keeps Most Women from Seeking Help

It is estimated that 10 million American women experience some form of incontinence. The National Institute on Health reports that 50 percent of all women have occasional bouts with incontinence, and approximately 20 percent of women over the age of 75 experience leakage on a daily basis. However, as many as 90 percent of these women do not seek medical advice because they’re embarrassed by the problem.  Still, help is readily available.

"For some women, medication may work in resolving incontinence problems; the solution doesn’t always involve surgery or other invasive treatments," according to Clay Boyd, M.D., co-author of Overcoming Urinary Incontinence—A Woman’s Guide to Treatment (Addicus Books, April 2008).

 "Too many women are suffering in silence with incontinence," Boyd said. "I hope this book will help inform women of the wide variety treatment choices available. In approximately 80 percent of cases, we can successfully treat the problem."   

Overcoming Urinary Incontinence is an April 2008 publication from Addicus Books.