Confused about what urology is and how it impacts you? Log onto the Internet and Google the term. You'll find plenty of sites ready to educate you on everything from what a urologist does and where to find a good one in your area, to how to become one.

You need to pay attention to your "plumbing," as some people call it, on a regular basis as you age. The urinary tract is a complex one (especially when you add in the genitals and kidneys) and things do go wrong occasionally. Make sure you get a urology checkup every year.

If you have kids, you should keep a pediatric urologist's number right next to your pediatrician's in your address book. Every year, more than a million American children develop urinary tract infections, and another 300,000 develop disorders that let blood and protein seep into their urine.