Physicians in Taiwan have published a new study that finds that getting active may actually help alleviate some pain, including that related to nerve damage. Researchers, including Yu-Wen Chen, PhD, studied... read more →
Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, led by Marc Freeman, PhD, have discovered a gene - dSarm/Sarm1 - responsible for activly promoting axon destruction after injury. Degeneration of... read more →
Researchers at the University of New South Wales have new reserach that may lead to new therapeutic approaches for treating patients with diabetic neuropathy, reported Professor Matthew Kiernan in Diabetes. They tested nerve... read more →
A sytematic review of enhanced glucose control, studied at the University of Michigan and reported in The Cochrane Library, suggests that it is possible to prevent neuropathy by strict control of... read more →
A new UK study, published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine shows that obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is independently linked to diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) in patients with Type 2 diabetes.... read more →
Duloxetine, known commercially as Cymbalta, has been shown to relieve neuropathic pain caused by chemotherapy in 59 percent of patients in a recent study at the University of Michigan. Lead... read more →
EpiCept Corp. has received formal scientific advice from the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) that are aligned with the recent guidance... read more →