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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.…

Don’t Give Up!
First of all, let me acknowledge that I have not been officially diagnosed with IC. That said, I am sure I have had IC for the last four years. The…