Our gratitude to Barbara Quinn for writing a story on IC Awareness Month and the importance of the diet connection in the 9/25 edition of the Monterey Herald! Barbara Quinn: The diet-bladder pain connection Before the month goes away, a reader reminds me that September is "Interstitial Cystitis Awareness" Month. Say again? That's the point, [...]
(We would like to thank Dr. Robert Moldwin for, yet again, supporting our IC Awareness Month campaign. Dr. Moldwin is the author of the IC Survival Guide and regarded as one of the best clinicians for IC in the world. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Interstitial Cystitis Association and speaks [...]
30 seconds - Enjoy Life Again Can't sit through a movie without running to the restroom? If you avoid car rides, plane flights and concerts because of bladder pain and discomfort, you may have interstitial cystitis / bladder pain syndrome. It affects more than 12 million men and women in the USA. Don't suffer in [...]
We're delighted to share that one of the top urology bloggers online, Dr. Geo Espinosa, has acknowledged IC Awareness Month in his blog!! Woot! Woot! Woot! Read it here!
We love it when patients speak out and Amanda is a shining example of a patient determined to make a difference! Her article "I Have IC, But IC Doesn't Have Me" shares her story, her struggle to do the things that she loves in her life and a potentially difficult decision about having her bladder [...]
Our congratulations to IC'er Tabatha Bradley of Nashville TN who has written a lovely article about IC Awareness Month that appeared September 8th in her local paper!!! Love the title "Stand Together, Spread Word about IC." That's truly what its all about! Read it now at: http://www.tennessean.com/article/20120908/OPINION03/309080009/Stand-together-spread-word-about-interstitial-cystitis/a>
Our gratitude to the editors of the leading urology research website, UroToday, for acknowledging and honoring our IC Awareness Month efforts this year!! They've been staunch supporters of the IC movement and have provided fabulous educational articles, as well as discussions of research written by experts in the field. They've also provide fabulous daily summaries [...]
Congratulations to Tamara Pronti who was successful in placing an article about Interstitial Cystitis in her local paper, The Observer! Here is the full text of her article! Do You Have Interstitial Cystitis? NO? Are you sure? September is IC Awareness Month Interstitial Cystitis (IC), a condition also known as painful bladder syndrome, is a [...]
We've just finished the first of several IC Awareness Posters that you can reproduce and post in your support groups, doctor offices, libraries, restrooms! It's 8/5 by 11 and will print easily on a normal sheet of computer paper! Full Size & Best Print Resolution: Print your own copy from a pdf file here! https://www.icawareness.org/2012poster.pdf [...]
Watch our video to learn more about why this is important and what you can do to help the cause. IC awareness is not one big activity, but lots of little activities that occur around the world. Whether it's sending a press release to your local paper or telling your story, you can make a [...]