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Pelvic Heath 101
Beyond Basics Physical Therapy is providing a series of free educational seminars focused on pelvic floor muscle function, its relationship to efficient and pain-free bowel, bladder and sexual function and…
Sjögren’s Awareness Month!
April is also Sjögren’s Awareness Month. Those with IC often have Sjögren’s Syndrome as a comorbid condition, though why is not known as research about the overlap of interstitial cystitis…
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Awareness Month
April is IBS awareness month. About one-third of IC patients also have IBS, which is a functional bowel disorder in which abdominal pain or discomfort is associated with defecation or…
Creating a Positive Patient-Provider Relationship Webinar Now Available for Viewing
Thanks for all who attended Thursday’s ICA webinar Creating a Positive Patient-Provider Relationship for making it a great success. If you were unable to attend, or would just like to…
How Interstitial Cystitis Changed My Life
Like so many, Ona Praderas Sanchez was in a great place in life and had everything going for her. Then out of the blue, IC entered her life. Read her…
Create Your Own ICA Fundraising Page
If you want to help increase IC awareness, support research, and educate patients and healthcare providers, it’s now easier than ever. ICA has launched ICare, a new online fundraising tool…
ICA Capitol Hill Day
In tandem with ICA’s Capitol Hill Advocacy Day, we’re issuing a call to action to the IC community to contact their legislators on April 28. Call and email your legislators,…
Joint ICA-AUGS Grant Results
ICA and the PFD Research Foundation, the American Urogynecologic Society’s (AUGS) Foundation, established a joint IC/PBS research grant in 2013. The first recipient of the grant, Dr. Melinda Abernethy of…