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Cranberry Juice Found To Be Ineffective At Treating Bladder Infections by Jill O. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Cranberry juice found to be ineffective at treating bladder infections! Read the study at: http://infectious-diseases.jwatch.org/cgi/content/full/2011/119/1 Read on »

Two Surveys For Patients with Interstitial Cystitis by Jill O. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine (Posted – March 2011) The Department of Psychology at Queen’s University is looking for female volunteers over 18 years of age and fluent in English to complete a secure ... Read on »

Have you always had pain with intercourse? by Jill O. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine University of Ottawa Researchers at the University of Ottawa are looking for women with vaginismus or provoked vestibulodynia (aka vulvar vestibulitis syndrome) to com ... Read on »

Excellent Neuromodulation Research Article by Jill O. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Diane Newman RN has written a fabulous summary of a speech given by Ken Peters in February 2011 at the PACS conference in Dubai. She shares the data offered on sacral nerv ... Read on »

IC’er makes $225 participating in a research study by Jill O. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine I just received this email from an ICN forum member! She reminded me and hopefully you that you can help advance the IC research movement and make a little $ on the side b ... Read on »

The Ten Worst Foods For Your Bladder by Jill O. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Here’s a nice slide show of the worst foods that can irritate even healthy bladders, much less IC bladders! http://www.medhelp.org/general-health/slideshows/10-Worst- ... Read on »

Doctor Suspended After IC Patient Dies From Pain Med Overdose by Jill O. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine This is very sad. An IC patient Tammy Dawn Daniels (age 35) died in 2009 from “toxic amounts of the drugs” (pain medications) in her system. The prescribing doctor, Dr. Mi ... Read on »

Botox Appears Helpful For Vaginal Spasms & Pain by Jill O. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Here’s another novel use for botox, the treatment of painful vaginal spasms. It looks like it could be VERY helpful for patients struggling with vaginismus. Please share! ... Read on »

Is interstitial cystitis a central sensitivity syndrome? by Jill O. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine While it’s commonly understood that a IC/BPS is probably a syndrome of conditions. Think about it. Why do some patients have Hunner’s ulcers and others don’t. Why do some ... Read on »

Intravesical Hyaluronic Acid Study for interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome shows success by Jill O. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Intravesical hyaluronic Acid Study in France Shows Success Intravesical hyaluronic acid, aka cystistat in Canada, is nothing new to the IC world. It’s been available f ... Read on »

More promising interstitial cystitis research by Susan Keay by Jill O. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine IC Nerd Alert! Here’s another interesting study by Susan Keay, the reearcher who discovered the APF factor in the urine of IC patients. She and her colleagues have determi ... Read on »

Caveolins May Participate in IC/PBS pathology by Jill O. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Nerd alert! Here’s an arcane study that my fellow IC nerds may find interesting! Caveolins are “integral membraine proteins” that are permanently embedded in the bladder ... Read on »

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Pelvic Pain by Jill O. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Hyperbaric oxygen therapy has been studied for some time for IC, primarily in Germany if I remember correctly. Here’s an interesting reference to a paper in Italy! – Jill ... Read on »

Hot News – AUA Releases 2011 Guidelines For the Diagnosis and Treatment of Interstitial... by Jill O. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine This is long awaited new document releases new clinical guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of interstitial cystitis patients in the USA. More on this later. Pl ... Read on »

Vulvodynia Nerve Block Study – California by Jill O. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Five more participants are needed for a UCLA research study investigating the effectiveness of vaginal and lower back nerve blocks (injection of an anesthetic medicine) fo ... Read on »

Pregnant with Vulvar Pain? by Jill O. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Pregnant with Vulvar Pain? University of Minnesota (Online Study) Subject An Online Study of Vulvar Pain Across Pregnancy Contact Rachael Turner Study Coordi ... Read on »

Reflux esophagitis due to immune reaction, not acute acid burn, UT Southwestern researchers report by Jill O. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine DALLAS – Nov. 19, 2009 – Contrary to current thinking, a condition called gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) might not develop as a direct result of acidic digestive jui ... Read on »

New Restroom Access Card for Interstitial Cystitis, Prostatitis, Pelvic Pain Syndrome by Jill O. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine The ICN Medical Restroom Access card can be shown to flight attendants, shop keepers and anyone else who might help you gain access to a restroom. This is a vital part o ... Read on »

New Interstitial Cystitis/Painful Bladder Videos - Is IC All In Your Head & Restroom Access by Jill O. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine New IC Videos - Is IC all in your heads? & Restroom Access I made the first video when after a patient called me with yet another tragic story ... Read on »

New IC Video - Back To School Strategies For Students With IC by Jill O. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZD5LTb05Ss Read on »

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