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 We started the IC Optimist magazine in 2004 because we received many requests from patients who wanted a printed resource that they could share with their families and friends. And, of course, it's one way that patients without access to the web stay connected. But, most of all, it's how we fund the free IC support services offered on our website. When you purchase the IC Optimist, you're saying that you believe that patients need support and, with this purchase, are helping to make that happen.
We did we call it the IC Optimist?? Because we are very optimistic about the future of IC and the tremendous advances that are being made each month to help us get to the bottom of this condition. We want to you to find direct, immediately useful information in every edition. We include the latest research, urgent consumer awareness alerts as well as practical stories on self-help, diet, exercise and more. You'll also find stories by the best writers in the IC movement including Stacey Shannon, Bev Laumann & Julie Beyer RD. Each issue runs between 28 and 40 pages! - Jill O., ICN President
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IC Optimist - Spring 10 Edition BY EMAIL
The Spring 2010 issue of the IC Optimist includes several new articles and resources for patients. If you're interested in a natural approach to treating IC, you'll find the interview by Diana Brady fascinating as she shares two decades worth of experience in holistic strategies. Susan Bilheimer contributes an article on chronic pelvic pain. You'll also learn about a new safety alert about compounded DMSO. Julie Beyer shares IC friendly gardening tips and Bev Laumann tackles the complex issue of soy and IC. Of course, we have the latest IC research, IC news and a new self-help tip of the month! Enjoy!
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IC Optimist - Winter 2010 - EMAIL Version
The Winter 2010 issue of the IC Optimist includes several new articles and resources for patients including The Latest IC Research, Feature Story: It's A Girl - She's Having A Baby Part 3, Is The IC Diet Making You Angry?, Can A Medication Trigger an IC Flare?, An IC Disaster Kit, IC Friendly Ezekiel Bread, Book Review of Ending Female Pain, Hot Drinks to Warm Your Spirits & a Self-Help Tip of the Month - The Ultimate IC Friendly Bathroom.
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IC Optimist - Fall 2009 Edition by Email
The 2009 issue of the IC Optimist includes several new articles and resources for IC patients, including: the New 2009 IC/PBS Food Guide, How Nurse Practitioners Tackle IC, IC & the Military Healthcare - One Patients Experience, the latest IC research, a report from the 2009 International Continence Society Meeting, A Self Help Tip of the Month on How to Avoid Unnecessary Surgeries and a Fresh Tastes by Bev Column on IC Friendly Breads.
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IC Optimist - Summer 2009 BY EMAIL
This issue is chock full of feature stories on a wide variety of IC topics including: Back to School Strategies For Students with IC, Ketamine Bladder Syndrome, AUA 2009 Conference Report, The Latest IC Research, IC Friendly Steak Barbecues and Marinades, Five Ways to Calm Vaginal Burning, Book Reviews and more!
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IC Optimist - Spring 09 By Email
The IC Optimist is your source for the latest IC news and practical self-help strategies. The Spring 2009 issue of the IC Optimist shares: The Treatment and Mistreatment of Chronic Urgency and Frequency (feature story), "On Faith" (editorial), She's Having A Baby: One Woman's Story With Pregnancy, Finding an IC Friendly Wine, The Latest IC Research, IC in the News, Put Some Spring Into Your Step, Great Ways with Eggs (A Fresh Tastes Column) and I Refuse to Wear Granny Panties (Self-Help Tip of the Month). Of course, it also shares the latest new IC resources to be found in the ICN Shop.
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IC Optimist - Winter 2009 By Email
This theme of this issue of the IC Optimist is SURVIVAL. ICN writer Stacey Shannon has contributed a great article about surviving IC catastrophes such as what do when you can't find a restroom, when you lose your doctor and when you can't find the right foods to eat. Our self-help tip of the month provides some great ideas to keep your head and heart moving in a positive and encouraging direction. Of course, we've also covered the latest IC research including another possible new name for IC, hypersensitive bladder syndrome. More articles cover the use of probiotics, IC friendly winter sports, a new time release supplement Q-Urol and a great IC Friendly Winter meal! Last but not least, our ICN Editorial covers the woefully inadequate coverage of IC in many medical schools.
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IC Optimist - Fall 08 Edition - BY EMAIL
The IC Optimist is your source for the latest IC news and practical self-help strategies. This expanded issue of the Fall 2008 IC Optimist includes: A New Approach to IC and Prostatitis (Feature Story), IC Awareness Week (Editorial), How the Bowel Can Trigger Bladder Pain, The Latest IC Research, Is Your Car IC Friendly, Holiday Foods and Parties along with book reviews for Healing Pelvic Pain by Amy Stein PT and Confident Choices: A Cookbook for IC and OAB by Julie Beyer RD! Also includes our holiday resource catalog.
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IC Optimist - Summer 08 Edition BY EMAIL
This expanded Summer 2008 issue of the IC Optimist offers articles, including The Natural Vs. Traditional Approach to IC, Conference Reports from AUA 2008, NIDDK Int'l Symposium and ESSIC, American As Apple Pie - A Fresh Tastes Column by Diet, The Latest IC Research, Self-Help Tip of the Month, Summer Friendly Recipes and more!
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IC Optimist - Spring 08 Edition BY EMAIL
This expanded Spring 2008 issue of the IC Optimist offers a wide variety of new articles, including The International IC Experience, Why Weight Gain (Or Loss) Occurs in IC, The Unhealthiest Drink in America, IC & Pregnancy: It Can Be Done, The Latest IC Research and more!
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IC Optimist - Winter 08 Edition BY EMAIL
Includes: Surviving The Economic Crunch: IC Patients Share Their Money Saving Strategies, Reducing The Costs of Prescription Medications, The Latest Research, IC In the News, Heparin Recall Affects Patients Using Bladder Instillations, Patient Assistance Programs, Generic Medications, Fresh Tastes by Bev & More
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IC Optimist - Fall 2007 Edition by EMAIL
Includes: Holiday Survival Tips, IC in Older Adults, Vitamins, Supplements and the IC Diet, Managing Dry Mouth and Dry Eyes, Fresh Tastes by Bev Laumann, IC Lifestyles by Gaye Sandler, IC Research News, Self-help Tip of the Month
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IC Optimist - Spring 2007 Edition by EMAIL
Includes: New Emerging Therapies for IC: An Interview with Dr. Moldwin, About Eosinophilic Cystitis, FDA Warnings, Fresh Tastes by Bev - Nuts, Frannie Rose - Help with Pain, IC Research News & New Clinical Trial Announcements
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IC Optimist - Summer 2006 Edition by EMAIL
Includes: Understanding Irritable Bowel Syndrome and IC, Inside AUA 2006, Childhood Abuse and PFD, Are You a Teacher with IC?, IC In the News, Tomato Tricks by Bev Laumann, and New Clinical Trial Announcements
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IC Optimist - Spring 2006 Edition by EMAIL
Includes: When Sex Hurts:Intimacy and IC, Artificial Bladders Become a Reality..Sort Of, IC Research Update, IC Documentary Review, Coffee Break News by Bev Laumann, Things You Should Never Say to Someone with IC, An Interview with Cindy Sinclair -President of ICU Texas, Self-Help Tip of the Month, Botox, Interstim, Ask Frannie Rose
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IC Optimist - Winter 2006 Edition by EMAIL
Includes: Dr. Theoharides About the Bladder, Hunner's Ulcers, Are Physicians Being Bribed?, IC in the News, Broccoli by Bev Laumann, IC Research Update, Starting Over in a New City, Ask Frannie Rose, Making Rescue Instillations More Comfortable
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IC Optimist - Fall 2005 Edition by EMAIL
Includes: Dr. Lowell Parsons Approach to IC, ICN Guide to Surviving the Holiday Season, Can D-Mannose Hurt or Help?, Bev Laumann Creates and IC Friendly Holiday Feast, IC in the News, Ask Frannie Rose
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IC Optimist - Summer 2005 Edition by EMAIL
Includes: AUA 2005, New Findings on Neuromodulation, Medical Costs of IC, Self-Help Tip - Burning Underwear, Bev Laumann Bladder Friendly Mexican Cuisine, Weight Loss and InterStim, Ask Frannie Rose
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IC Optimist - Spring 2005 Edition by EMAIL
Includes: IC in the Work Place, Scholarship Enables IC Patient To Attend College, You Know You Have IC When... , My Body on the Line by Meredith Small, Bev Laumann discusses Cranberries Tamer Cousins, FDA Safety Alerts for IC Patients, IC Research Update
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