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September 2022 FPN’s Advocacy Program: Spotlight on a Peer Reviewer Ron Lissak, one of FPN’s board members, has served as a patient expert of our government-funded Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program (PRMRP), that is focused on peripheral neuropathy as one of the topic areas. Read his spotlight here. EBike Tour Video: From Carson City in …
August 2022 Congratulations Gregory! Dr. Gregory Maassen, FPN supporter and e-bike enthusiast, completed his 4,500 mile transcontinental e-bike tour across the Lincoln Highway on Tuesday, August 2, in San Francisco! We are deeply grateful to Gregory for helping raise awareness and much-needed funds for peripheral neuropathy. Read about Gregory’s PN diagnosis and e-bike tour here. …
July 2022 2021 PRMRP-Awarded Research Grants In 2020, Congress for the first time included “peripheral neuropathy” as an eligible condition for study through a $370 million fund administered by the Department of Defense (DoD) known as the “Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program (PRMRP).” This important breakthrough was a direct result of the nationwide advocacy of …
June 2022 CLINICAL HIGHLIGHTS: PNS Meeting 2022 The Peripheral Nerve Society (PNS) Annual Meeting was held in Miami in May 2022. The Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy is pleased to be able to provide a summary of some of the clinical studies presented at the conference. Read more. The Global Burden of Polyneuropathy FPN’s Executive Director …
May 2022 Q&A with Dr. Shanna Patterson During FPN’s most recent webinar, Lindsay Colbert, FPN Executive Director, was able to get answers to many popular patient questions from Dr. Shanna Patterson. Watch recording. Addressing Low Vitamin D Levels to Reduce PN Risk Researchers found that low levels of vitamin D and the …
April 2022 Advocacy Update: Call to Action FPN is continuing its campaign to make funding available for research on peripheral neuropathy. We need your help… again! FPN (and the scientific community) were pleased to see that over $8 million in grant funding was awarded to research focused on peripheral neuropathy under …
March 2022 Healthy Eating for PN: Tempeh and Meat Alternatives Ready to try something new? Chef Bill Nolan shares another recipe in his series of tips for healthy eating. This month’s article highlights meat alternatives, with a recipe for tempeh tacos. Learn about tempeh, and try Chef Bill’s tempeh tacos. Bariatric Surgery …
February 2022 DOD’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 for fiscal year 2021. In this first year that applications were accepted for research in peripheral neuropathy, 41 applications out of over 1000 applications received focused …
January 2022 PNRR Research 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 a 2021 study from the Peripheral Neuropathy Research Registry (PNRR), funded by the Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy (FPN), researchers asked if elevated …
December 2021 President Joe Biden Diagnosed with Neuropathy Recently, President Joe Biden was diagnosed with mild sensory neuropathy (a form of idiopathic neuropathy) in both feet. FPN is coordinating efforts to do the appropriate follow-ups, and we will keep you posted in the New Year. Learn more about President Biden’s diagnosis …
