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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…

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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…

Creating a Positive Patient-Provider Relationship Webinar

Join us on April 16, 2015 @ 7:00PM (EST) for an ICA webinar, Creating a Positive Patient-Provider Relationship, led by ICA Board member, Joy Selak, PhD, and her healthcare provider,…

Endometriosis Awareness 2015

Interstitial cystitis (IC) and endometriosis have been dubbed the “evil twins.” Like IC, endometriosis affects girls and women. Also like IC, the cause of endometriosis is not known. To raise…