Web Sites Worth Watching

IC Organizations & Resources

• The IC Network - USA
• Canadian Interstitial Cystitis Society
• United Kingdom Interstitial Cystitis Group
• ICA Germany
  
• Interstitial Cystitis Association - USA
• NIDDK on Interstitial Cystitis
• ICIC - USA
• Intercyst.org - USA

• The CPPS Website
• New! Doctor Directory
• New! Endometriosis Assn Houston Support Group
• New! CFIDS Assn - On-line Resources
• Prostatitis Foundation
• Angela Kilmartin - Author of Cystitis, the Complete Self Help Guide and other books on general cystitis.
• Healthy Life Publications - Publisher, You Don't Have to Live With Cystitis.
• Sjogrens Syndrome Foundation
• National Sjogrens Syndrome Association
• Dr. Glazers Vulvodynia Website
• The Vulvar Pain Foundation - Information on vulvadynia, vulvar pain, vestibulitis! Many new resources, including a cookbook featuring the low oxalate diet.
  
• IncontiNet
• Fibromyalgia & Myofascial Pain Website - Developed by Dr. Devin Starlanyl, MD
  
• The Candida Page - Links to dozens of resources on yeast!
  
• Dr. Ruth On-line - Sex and relationships by Dr. Ruth
  

• American Medical Association - Doctor Finder - Looking for a physician by state, city or zip code? AMA Physician Select provides an excellent free search service, which includes more than 650,000 listings in the USA. Physician credentials, medical schools, residencies, licensing & more included. This DOES NOT sort by physicians who treat IC.
  
• New! Medscape Drug Search - Very useful searchable drug database!
  
• Medical Dictionary
  
• The Alternative Medicine Digest - A giant resource for those pursuing alternative strategies.
  
• CenterWatch Clinical Trials Listing Service
  
• QuackWatch - A review of websites that contain doubtful information.

• Elmiron-Baker Norton (USA)
• DMSO-Dr. Stanley Jacob
• Green Healing Center, Inc. is now offering the chinese herbal tea first studied by Dr. Kristene Whitmore MD, Dr David Gordon MD and Dr. Shi. This site offers information on the research studies as well as purchasing information. Please note that the ICN has no direct knowledge of this treatment and specifically disclaims any implied or express warranties about it.
• Prelief
  
• Thrive Online - An lifestyle & uplifting webzine!
  
• MedAlert Bracelets
• The Zone Diet

• Bladder Control for Women - A collection of easy-to-read publications for patients and professionals. Some Spanish versions available. Also provided in PDF format.
  
• Impotence
• Impotencia - Impotence (in Spanish)
  
• Interstitial Cystitis
• Kidney Stones in Adults
• Peyronie's Disease
• Prostate Enlargement
• Prostatitis: Executive Summary, Chronic Prostatitis Workshop
• Urinary Incontinence in Children
• Urinary Incontinence in Women
• Urinary Tract Infections in Adults
• Urinary Tract Infections in Children
• Your Urinary System and How It Works

• If you are thinking of suicide, read this First
• Suicide Awareness\Voices of Education Tom Arsenault
• Suicide and Depressive Illness: Self-help and Family Coping Strategies
• Haveaheart's Home, A Rest Stop for the Depressed and Suicidal  Stephen L. Bernhardt
• Handling A call from a Suicidal Person

• The National Depressive and Manic Depressive Association -Local & National Support Groups
• National Alliance for the Mentally Ill - over 1100 groups throughout U.S. and Canada
• Harbor of Refuge Support for People with Bipolar Illness and the people who love them
• Winds of Change Resource Files, Chat, and Support in this award-winning site begun by a woman who is the significant other of a man with bipolar illness
• Walkers in Darkness Support for depression, bipolar disorder, and other related mental illness.  Includes an e-mail list, a java-based chat room, and resource files
• Hypericum (St. John's Wort) and Depression Homepage
• National Foundation For Depressive Illness
• On-Line Depression Screening Test
• Wings of Madness: A Depression Guide
• Andrew's Depression Page
• Worst Things to Say to Someone Who Is Depressed
• Best Things to Say To Someone Who is Depressed