Briefing: "The Bladder Matters: What Women Need to Know"
July 15, 2010

Left to Right: Ellen Exelbert, Martha Nolan, JD,
Robert Star, MD, Janice Lee Arnold, MD

The Society for Women's Health Research (SWHR) hosted a congressional briefing entitled "The Bladder Matters: What Women Need to Know" on July 15, 2010. Martha Nolan, JD, Vice President of Public Policy at SWHR, provided brief opening remarks. Phyllis Greenberger, MSW, President and CEO of SWHR also commented that "Research into women's OAB issues is a largely ignored topic and one that affects many women worldwide. And this is why SWHR fiercely supports increased funding for innovated research into the pervasive diseases UI and OAB."

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Presentations

• "Overactive Bladder: Clinical Impact of the Syndrome"
  Janice Lee Arnold, MD, Urologic Surgeon, Reston, Virginia
• "Advancing Benign Urology Research: Overactive Bladder"
  Robert A. Star, MD, Director, Division of Kidney, Urologic, and Hematologic Diseases, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH