With more than 26 million people in the US living with diabetes, as reported by the Centers for Disease Control, approximately 60-70% of them will develop nerve damage called neuropathy at some point. New research has been published indicating that patients suffering with diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) may experience a significant improvement in their pain […]
A recent article links some nerve damage after hip surgery to inflammatory neuropathy. In this study, researchers examined patients who developed inflammatory neuropathies, where the immune system attacks the nerves, leading to weakness and pain. READ MORE Source: ScienceDaily […]
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If you have diabetic nerve pain in your feet, legs, arms, or hands, consider this: research published in The Journal of Diabetes Complications showed significant benefits of exercise in controlling peripheral neuropathy. The study showed that for people who took a brisk, one-hour walk on a treadmill four times a week, exercise slowed how quickly their nerve […]
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Peripheral neuropathy presents clinically in 30–60% of people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and nearly all AIDS patients have an evidence of peripheral neuropathy at autopsy. HIV-associated sensory neuropathy (HIV-SN) is one of the most common forms of peripheral neuropathy. It has been found that 57% of HIV-infected individuals have distal symmetrical SN and […]
Dr. Eva Feldman, MD, PhD, the Russell N. DeJong Professor of Neurology and director of the A. Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute at the University of Michigan reports that around a quarter of young people with type 2 diabetes also have diabetic peripheral neuropathy, a new pilot study indicates. The prevalence of diabetic peripheral neuropathy […]
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Diabetes is the most common cause of peripheral neuropathy. Researchers at the University of Chicago, found that the use of Chinese herbal medicine for 12 months decreased the onset of type 2 diabetes in patients with impaired glucose tolerance by 32.1% compared with placebo. ‘With diabetes evolving into a serious public health burden worldwide, it […]
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Dr. Xianglan Chang, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, has just published results of a recent study indicating that Chinese men who practice Tai Chi were less likely to die over a five-year period than men who didn’t exercise at all. READ MORE Source: Denver Post […]
Research has long focused on the breakdown of cellular energy factories as a contributing factor in PN. Researchers at Washington University Schoold of Medicine, led by Jeffrey Milbrandt, MD, PhD., James S. McDonnell Professor of Genetics and head of the Department of Genetics, have new research that points to a more central role in damage […]
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Results of a randomized controlled clinical trial are being published to report on the effects of weight-bearing versus non-weight-bearing exercise for people with diabetic peripheral neuropathy. Participants were recruited from a university-based physical therapy clinic. A relatively small study group had six-minute walk distance and daily step counts measured for 12 weeks, with the weight-bearing […]
Researchers studied two separate groups of lab mice to find that social interaction can lessen the pain from nerve damage. Mice who lived with a ‘social partner’ were able to withstand much higher levels of pain. These results imply that simply not being alone can be effective as an alternative treatment for PN. READ MORE […]