December 2024
Happiest and warmest holiday wishes from FPN to you!
Clinical Research Training Scholarship (CRTS) update!
The CRTS is a multi-year scholarship program providing funding for emerging experts in neuropathy. The scholarships that we fund support research efforts to advance treatments and early prevention of neuropathy. The target on early-career exposure strengthens the case for these experts to stick with PN research—laying the groundwork for more treatments and cures for future generations.
Read more about our 2023-25 scholarship recipients’ research progress.
Top 2024 educational programs
As the year comes to a close, we’re looking back on all the educational content we were able to produce this year.Â
If you missed our summer web series or some of our top-rated programs on medical marijuana or navigating sleep with neuropathy, you can find those and other webinar recordings on our website.
For your year-end gift to FPN, board members Lou Mazawey and Van Salmans will match every dollar you donate (up to $100,000) through the end of 2024.
Imagine the impact that your dollar could have on advancing research, promoting advocacy, and increasing educational content for those that live with neuropathy – it will have TWICE the impact.
So far, we have raised $29,346.27 towards our $100,000 goal.
Help us get there!
Registry’s newest research finding
In November, researchers published a study using data from FPN’s Peripheral Neuropathy Research Registry. This research was to find out if low vitamin D levels are linked to worse symptoms in people with idiopathic PN (a type with no known cause).
Seven warning signs of PN
Although neuropathy symptoms vary from patient to patient, this article highlights seven common patterns that experts see in individuals who are diagnosed with PN. This article also touches on the common causes of neuropathy and some treatment options to consider.
Quoted in this article include FPN Board Member, Gordon Smith, MD of Virginia Commonwealth University and FPN Medical and Scientific Advisory Board Member Eva Feldman, MD of University of Michigan Medicine.
Navigating a chronic illness during the holidays
Chronic illness can be even more challenging during the holidays. Check out this article for some tips on how to prioritize your health and manage the hustle and bustle that is the holidays.