CDC to launch IC awareness campaign
This fall, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, selected the Interstitial Cystitis Association as its partner to manage and direct a 5-year campaign to increase awareness of interstitial cystitis among health care providers and patients.
This fall, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, selected the Interstitial Cystitis Association as its partner to manage and direct a 5-year campaign to increase awareness of interstitial cystitis among health care providers and patients. The multi-faceted National IC Awareness and Education Campaign will employ creative communication strategies to educate patients about asking the right questions and seeking the most appropriate treatment. The initiative will also encourage health care providers to better diagnose and treat IC.
Pediatric urinary microbiome composition is associated with recurrent UTI
September 10th 2024“We hope to learn more about the urinary tract and then be able to correlate predisposition to UTIs or other urological conditions with urobiome composition or marker microbe presence,” says Tatyana A. Sysoeva, PhD.
Advancing bladder cancer care: The importance of integrating mental health support
September 9th 2024"I think the fact that we're having these conversations, that they are being talked about at national meetings, and that we are bringing the patient voice into this is hugely important," says Mary W. Dunn, MSN, NP-C, OCN, RN.
