Archive: UCSF's Landefeld Urges End to Incontinence Stigma

Seth Landefeld

The graying of America's population ensures that incontinence will soon join the ranks of once-taboo topics that have become part of the national conversation. But not everyone will join in the chat, even though one in four US adults is expected to have some problem controlling urination or bowel movements at some point in his or her life. Instead, many will suffer in silence because of the stigma associated with the condition. Seth Landefeld, MD, chief of the UCSF Division of Geriatrics, recently led a National Institutes of Health panel of scientists determined to spark more research on ways to prevent incontinence. Read the Associated Press story Read the NIH statement