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/. ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: Video version and more available at http://www.prnewswire.com/broadcast/12329/consumer.shtml 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. http://www.prnewswire.com/broadcast/12329/consumer.shtmlDATASOURCE: Eli Lilly and Company; Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. CONTACT: MultiVu Media Relations, 1-800-653-5313, EXT. 3, for Eli Lilly and Company and Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Web site: http://www.sui.com/

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