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• New! January 26, 2004 - NIDDK Dedicates $1,000,000 To Study Epidemiology of IC
• January 26, 2004 - Interstitial Cystitis in 2004 - Need For Clarification

• October 7, 2003 - IC Covered in Prime Time by the Dr. Phil Show, Does having IC justify your partner having an affair??
• NIH News - Interstitial Cystitis Study Finds Limited Benefit in Two Oral Drugs
• AUA News - Expert to Present Data on Engineered Bladder Tissue, Sphincteric Muscle
• AUA News - Study Finds no Differences in Penile Sensitivity for Circumsized and Uncircumsized Men
• AUA News - Elective Cesarean Sectoin Reduces Risk of Postpartum Stress Urinary Incontinence
• April 2003 - Medtronic For Some Bladder Control Problems, Sacral Nerve Stimulation Should Be Considered Sooner
• January 2003 - SSA Announces New Ruling for Interstitial Cystitis

• New! December 11, 2002 - Tony Buffington Discusses the UCLA Grant to Study the Role of Stress in IC and IBS
• November 25, 2002 - NIDDK dedicates $5,000,000 to fund new IC research studies
• Nov. 6, 2002 - Stanford Clinical Trial Will Test Promising Treatment for IC
• Nov. 2002 - National IC Organization Begins in Mexico
• October 28, 2002 - UCLA Receives NIH Grant to Create First National Center for Neurovisceral Sciences and Women's Health Treatments for Damage, Disease
  
• October 2, 2002 - Tined Lead For Interstim Therapy Enables Percutaneous Implant
• Sept. 2002 - NIDDK launches breakthrough collaboration between IC and prostatitis research. $3.2 million allocated for IC studies.
• August 2002: Human Replacement Bladders Near Reality
• May 26, 2002: Interstitial Cystitis Unites Patients and Providers Throughout the World New Diagnostic Criteria Survey Launched During AUA 202.
• May 25, 2002 - Vaccine Reduces Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections in Adult Women
• May 25, 2002 - Study Calls for Regulation of Nutritional Supplements
• May 25, 2002 - Young Cigarette Smokers with Prostate Cancer Have More Aggressive Disease
• May 25, 2002 - Univ. of Pittsburgh Researcher Use Botox to Treat Overactive Bladder
• February 4, 2002 - Medtronic Launches E-Training Tool for physicians learning about Interstim
• February 1, 2002 - Bioniche Begins Clinical Trials for Cystistat in USA.
• January 31, 2002 - NIH Press Release - Rural Women's Incontinence Improves
• January 23, 2002 - NIH Press Release - New Parenting Booklet Released by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
• January 3, 2002 - Medicare Sets National Policy for Sacral Nerve Stimulation as Treatment for Urinary Control Problems

2001

• December 12, 2001 - Boston IC Educational Forum Results! Event Summary!
  
• November 14., 2001 - Consumer Awareness Alert - FDA Recalls Batches of Atarax
• November 5, 2001 - ICOS Acquires the licensing rights to RTX, a new treatment for bladder disorders and possibly IC. Initial clinical studies favorable.
• October 30, 2001 - Pain Management Classes For Doctors - A new pain care law signed by the California Governor.
• October 12, 2001 - ICN Editorial: A Critical Need - Revising the Diagnostic Criteria for IC.
• October 4, 2001 - New Strain of E-coli may be contributing factor in resistent UTIs
• August 24, 2001: A Glance at IC & IC Support in Australia
• July 26, 2001: ICN Editorial: US-ICA Expands Their Corporate Board of Directors
  
• July 10, 2001: BAUS 2001 - DMSO & Pentosan: A new bladder coating? Scottish research promising!
  
• July 8, 2001: ICN Lesa Delivers A Healthy Baby Girl & Completes Her Innovative IC Pregnancy Journal
  
• June 13, 2001: AUA 2001 - Italian Company May Revolutionize Bladder Treatments - Physion
  
• June 5, 2001: AUA 2001 - On Course For Better Health Begins
  
• June 3, 2001: AUA 2001 - Elmiron Dose Ranging Study Final Results
  
• June 3, 2001: AUA 2001 - A potential link between C. Pneumoniae and Interstitial Cystitis
  
• June 2, 2001: AUA 2001 - A unique 3-D dissection of the human pelvis
  
• May 31, 2001: New IC Clinical Trials Announced - Sodium Hyaluronate (SH) solution (SI-7201)
  
• April 23, 2001: Survival Strategies for Flying - by ICN user Matt Ewing
  
• March 13, 2001: ICN Editorial: Understanding The Complex Issues of Nerve Stimulation
  
• January 23, 2001: ICN Editorial: Honor Your Strength in 2001. 14 Strategies To Improve Your Life

2000

• Nov. 1, 2000: Interstim nears Medicare Approval For Urinary Control
• Oct. 20, 2000: ICN Receives Highest Commendation / Medical Peer Review
  
• July 20, 2000: $7.5 million NIDDK Epidemiology Study for IC
  
• July 20, 2000: $3 million NICHD Clinical Trials Network on Female Pelvic Floor Disorders
  
• May 10, 2000: Cystistat Receives Approval for Use With Other Bladder Diseases
  
• May 2, 2000: Elderly Patients Express Satisfaction with Interstim Therapy
  
• May 2, 2000: AUA 2000- InterStim Therapy Shows Long-Term Benefit
  
• May 1, 2000: AFUD Honors IC Activists with Presidential Award
  
• April 30, 2000: AUA 2000- Interim Results in Elmiron Dose Ranging Study
  
• April 2000: ICN Editorial: Back to the Garden by Rev. Kathleen Eickwort, Ph.D.
  
• Feb. 2000: Urosurge's PercSans FDA Approved (No Longer Available)
  
• Feb. 2000: What Are Clinical Trials.
• Feb. 2000: ICN Editorial: The Value of Time by ICN User Julie B.
  
• Jan. 2000: ICN Editorial: Picks and Pans of 1999

1999

• Nov. 1999: ICN Honored as GII Health Finalist
  

• Aug. 1999: ICN Editorial: A Sense of Empowerment by ICN User Lesa
  
• June 1999: The Challenges of IC Research: Past, Present and Future.
  
• May 1999: What IC Patients Look For In A Doctor
  
• May 1999: ICN Editorial: Hope Can Come From Unlikely Places by ICN User Lisa G
  
• April 1999: Elmiron & The New Program Turning Point
  
• May 1999: ICN Editorial: There's Something About The Word "No"
  
• March 1999: ICN Editorial: Safety Awareness for Women
  
• March 1999: Urine Culturing Methods by Paul Fugazzotto, Ph.D.
  
• Feb. 1999: Do you know where your donor dollar is going?
  
• Jan. 1999: Nutriceutical, Alternative and Complementary Therapies

1998

• June 1998: ICN Editorial: The Dark Side of the on-line IC Community
  

• May 1998: ICN Editorial: Transitions at the ICA
  
• April 1998: ICN Editorial: A Titanic Experience
  
• May 1998: One in Four Adults Report Symptoms of Overactive Bladder
  
• April 1998: Reactive Hypoglycemia (RHG)
  
• January 1998: How Bacteria May Cling to Tissues.

1997 & earlier

• Fall 1997: Two Breakthrough Discoveries on Interstitial Cystitis
  

• Spring 1997: How to Prevent Denials in Treatment (HMO's)!
  
• Fall 1996: Elmiron Approved by the FDA
  
• May 1996: Female Urethral Syndrome: The female prostate glands??
  
• Winter 1996: A Difficult Case to Diagnose: Dr. Larrian Gillespie - LA Times

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