Partners and Resources

Medtronic

Medtronic, Inc. (www.medtronic.com), headquartered in Minneapolis, is the global leader in medical technology – alleviating pain, restoring health, and extending life for millions of people around the world.

• medtronic.com

Everyday Freedom

Everyday Freedom is an educational resource for people suffering from bladder control problems to learn more about a treatment option for those who have not had success with or can’t tolerate common treatments like lifestyle changes or medications. 

• everyday-freedom.com

The Accidental Sisterhood

The Accidental Sisterhood Foundation promotes health education for women, with a special emphasis on improving female pelvic floor health. The Foundation supports research and information programs to ensure that women recognize and understand the highly treatable and preventable nature of pelvic floor issues and get the help they need.

• accidentalsisterhood.com

Women's Health Foundation

Founded in 2004, Women's Health Foundation (WHF) is a nonprofit organization focused on providing life strategies, community-based programs and services, and events to encourage women to proactively manage their pelvic health and wellness.  Dedicated to eliminating the Sisterhood of Silence and creating a Sisterhood of Strength, WHF is becoming the nation's most visible and passionate champion of women's pelvic wellness issues.  Headquartered in Chicago, Women's Health Foundation sponsors programs in Alaska, Massachusetts, Colorado, Arizona, Indiana, South Carolina, Florida, Georgia and throughout the Chicagoland area.  To learn more, visit www.womenshealthfoundation.org

• womenshealthfoundation.org

National Association for Continence

The National Association for Continence (NAFC) is a non-profit organization whose mission is threefold:

1) to educate the public about the causes, diagnosis categories, treatment options, and management alternatives for bladder and bowel control problems, voiding dysfunction, nocturnal enuresis, and related pelvic floor disorders;

2) to network with other organizations and agencies to elevate the visibility and priority given to these areas; and

3) to advocate on behalf of consumers who suffer from such symptoms as a result of disease or other illness, obstetrical, surgical or other trauma, or deterioration due to the aging process itself. NAFC is broadly funded by consumers, healthcare professionals and industry. It is the world’s largest and most prolific consumer advocacy organization devoted exclusively to this field, found at www.nafc.org.

• nafc.org

Dr. Donnica

Founder and President of DrDonnica.com and Sapphire Women’s Health Group LLC, Donnica L. Moore, MD is highly regarded as a women's health expert and advocate, as a physician educator and as a media commentator. Dr. Donnica has done over 750 television segments discussing women’s health issues. Her numerous articles have covered a range of topics, including women’s health issues, the drug discovery and development process and disease management. Dr. Donnica developed DrDonnica.com, a user-friendly women's health information website, and is the editor-in-chief of the book “Women’s Health for Life."

Dr. Moore graduated cum laude from Princeton University with a double major and earned her medical degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine. She undertook residency training in obstetrics and gynecology at Temple University Hospital and in family medicine at Memorial Hospital of Burlington County.

Dr. Moore is paid by Medtronic, Inc. as a consultant for an educational campaign designed to raise awareness of bladder control problems and support resources that are available to women struggling with the debilitating symptoms.

• drdonnica.com