Interstitial Cystitis Association Podcasts

Research is essential to find effective treatments for IC and other related conditions. It is a process to design a proposal, submit it, present it, get it approved, and then be able to find subjects willing to participate. Learn about the process and how you can volunteer to be part of a study.

Aloe Vera benefits the body in four unique ways. It has the ability to reach the deepest body tissues; some seven layers deep unlike most lotions, liquid substances, and water will penetrate only two layers of skin. Aloe has six antiseptic agents: Lupeol, salicylic acid, urea nitrogen, cinnamic acid, phenol, and sulfur. It kills bacteria, viruses, and fungus. It stimulates birth of new, healthy tissue up to six to eight times the normal rate, proven by independent research. It also detoxifies and normalizes your metabolism.

Download Dr. Melanie Barton’s Voice of American radio show exploring how IC affects so many areas and people in the patient’s life. Loved ones suffer not knowing how to help. Children of IC/pelvic pain patients grow up missing the normal activities that other families take for granted. Sports events, traveling, or shopping all require more energy and bathroom stops for the patient than the family can tolerate. The family learns to go without the person or to just all stay home. Intimacy between partners becomes strained or non-existent due to painful sex.Tony Tyler new ICA Board member will tell us what it is like to have a dad with IC. Amy Stein, MPT, author of Heal Pelvic Pain will tell us how sexual pain can be lessened or alleviated through physical therapy.