WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Gopal Badlani, M.D., a professor of urology at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, will present a free talk on the latest treatments for erectile dysfunction and urinary stress incontinence in men on Thursday, Sept. 17 at the Hawthorne Inn and Conference Center, 420 High Street.
Registration begins at 5:30 p.m. and the talk starts at 6 p.m. To register, call 877-433-2873.
Stress incontinence is when urine leaks during a physical activity, such as swinging a golf club or lifting heavy objects. It can also occur during laughing or coughing. It affects more than five million men in the United States and is very common in men who have had treatment for prostate cancer.
Erectile dysfunction affects an estimated 30 million men in the U.S. and is common in men with diabetes, heart disease or after surgery for prostate cancer.
Badlani, who is co-director of the Department of Urology’s Continence Center, will discuss treatment options including medications, minimally invasive procedures, urinary control devices and penile implants.
“It is important for men suffering from chronic erectile dysfunction or incontinence to know that in most cases the conditions are treatable,” said Badlani. “There are solutions that can restore quality of life.”
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Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center (www.wfubmc.edu) is an academic health system comprised of North Carolina Baptist Hospital, Brenner Children’s Hospital, Wake Forest University Physicians, and Wake Forest University Health Sciences, which operates the university’s School of Medicine and Piedmont Triad Research Park. The system comprises 1,056 acute care, rehabilitation and long-term care beds and has been ranked as one of “America’s Best Hospitals” by U.S. News & World Report since 1993. Wake Forest Baptist also holds the Gold Seal of Approval™ from the Joint Commission, the nation’s esteemed standards-setting and accrediting body for health care quality. Wake Forest Baptist is ranked 32nd in the nation by America’s Top Doctors for the number of its doctors considered best by their peers. The institution ranks in the top third in funding by the National Institutes of Health and fourth in the Southeast in revenues from its licensed intellectual property.