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Apr 8, 2022Call to Action 2022! We Need to Keep Our Voices Loud!
The Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy (FPN) is continuing its campaign to make funding available for research on peripheral neuropathy.FPN (and the scientific community) were pleased to see that over $8 million in grant… -
Mar 17, 2022
PRMRP Research Funding FY22: Now Accepting Applications
The U.S. Department of Defense’s Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program (PRMRP) included peripheral neuropathy as a condition eligible for research funding for the first time ever in 2021. The Foundation… -
Mar 9, 2022
PN Renewed in DOD Bill
The Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy is pleased to announce that peripheral neuropathy has been renewed as an eligible condition for Department of Defense (DOD) funds for the upcoming year. The… -
Mar 7, 2022Healthy Eating for PN: Tempeh and Meat Alternatives
Chef Bill Nolan shares some ideas on how to cook with meat alternatives and plant-based proteins. Wondering about Meat Alternatives? By now we’ve probably all been exposed to alternatives to… -
Jan 21, 2022DOD’s PRMRP Neuropathy Research Awards
The Department of Defense’s (DoD) Peer-Reviewed Medical Research Program (PRMRP) has determined the grant applications that it wishes to award in fiscal year 2021 (FY21). In this first year that… -
Jan 7, 2022AAN’s New Painful Diabetic Polyneuropathy Guidelines
A study entitled “Oral and Topical Treatment of Painful Diabetic Polyneuropathy: Practice Guideline Update Summary” was published on December 29, 2021, in the journal Neurology®. The Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy… -
Jan 7, 2022PNRR Study on Vitamin B6
Vitamin B6 toxicity is known to be a cause of peripheral neuropathy. There is debate regarding the threshold at which intake levels can cause neurological symptoms through vitamin B6. In… -
Dec 7, 2021A Million Dollar Gift with Impact
FPN receives a transformational legacy gift to support research.