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St. Patrick’s Day Alternatives
Are you looking to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, but your IC won’t tolerate the traditional recipes? You’re in luck! Chef Daniel Norton has created a catalog of recipes specifically designed…
Mast Cells May Not Be The Best Biomarkers for IC
Mast cells are a key component of the human immune system. When large numbers of mast cells are found in the bladder’s muscular layer, known as detrusor muscle, that could…
Loyola Doctors Use Acupuncture to Ease Patient’s Debilitating Pain
ICA’s Pilot Research Program funds research that has real world applications and benefits the IC community. Here’s an example of ICA-funded research in action. Dr. Larissa Bresler’s research into medical…
University of Maryland Center of Excellence in Regulatory Science (M-CERSI) and Innovation Conference on Patient-Focused Drug Development
On March 9, the M-CERSI Conference on Patient-Focused Drug Development, was held in Bethesda, MD. The conference included planning members M-CERSI, Food and Drug Administration, academia, and industry, and was…
New Social Security Ruling for IC
The Social Security Administration (SSA) has replaced its 2002 ruling for establishing interstitial cystitis as a medically determinable impairment (MDI) and determining disability. The new ruling (SSR) takes into consideration…
Be on the Lookout – Support Group Survey
Attention support group and former support group participants! In the coming months, the Interstitial Cystitis Association (ICA), working with ICF International, will be conducting a national evaluation of interstitial cystitis…
IC Puts Patients at Significant Risk for Anxiety, Depression, and Insomnia
A group of researchers in Taiwan have found that some patients with bladder pain syndrome/interstitial cystitis (BPS/IC) seem to be prone to some disorders, such as anxiety, that could not…
Online Support Community Latest Conversations
Have you checked out ICA’s Online Support Community recently? There are new conversations such as “IC Diet Confusion,” “Flare or UTI?,” “IC and Testicle pain,” “Scared to eat” added daily.…
