The news about the danger of the West Nile Virus in some areas of the U.S. and other countries is known to most of us. Given this news on WNV, it is important that neuropathy patients and those patients with neurological illness, in areas prone to mosquito infestation, take extra precautions […]
Resource Links for Neuropathy Support Groups
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Did FDR Actually Suffer from Peripheral Neuropathy?
The question remains, did former President Roosevelt have Polio or a Peripheral Neuropathy known as GBS and why should we care? In August 1921, at the age of 39, while vacationing at Campobello Island in Canada, soon to be President Franklin D Roosevelt contracted an illness characterized by the acute […]
Zika virus and onset of Guillain-Barré Syndrome
NARBERTH, Pa., Jan. 26, 2016 — The GBS|CIDP Foundation International and its Global Medical Advisory Board is closely monitoring the suspected link between the Zika virus and the onset of Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS). GBS is a rare inflammatory disorder of the nerves outside of the brain and spinal cord with […]
Toxic Neuropathies
Toxic Neuropathies is a very large subject and we will deal only with a few issues in this article. In a conversation I had with Dr. Waden Emery, MD FAAN Neuromuscular Neurologist, we discussed diabetic neuropathy and the many unanswered questions about the cause, as it is now thought the culprit may […]
10 Things You May Not Know About Diabetic Neuropathy
Media Planet’s “Future of Personal Health” a publishing house in New York published the article on “Diabetic Neuropathy” written by Eugene B. Richardson, MED, MS President, Neuropathy Support Network and Waden E. Emery, M.D., FAAN, Clinical Neuromuscular Neurologist, Emery Neuroscience Center. Scroll down to see the article or click on […]
Social Security Disability
Deanna Power, who works with Social Security Disability Help, was impressed with our website and provided this link for help with SSD and Peripheral Neuropathy. I read the link and noted the following suggestions to her. To add to the list of TESTS the SKIN BIOPSY for Small fiber Neuropathy. If […]
Research Report Cites Possible Neuropathy Pain Relief for Diabetics
2015 Update: The Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy in their E News March 2015, noted in a follow up of a 2013 research report published in the Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology and Science Daily, possible neuropathy pain relief for diabetics stating “two low dose rounds of non-viral gene therapy called VM 202 patients had significant […]
Historical Facts About Neuropathy and Agent Orange
Interesting Historical Facts about Peripheral Neuropathy and Agent Orange as was reported by the Neuropathy Support Network prior to the 2012 change in VA law: The Environmental Protection Agency decades ago confirmed the connection between Agent Orange / dioxin with Peripheral Neuropathy numerous times and in their literature they do […]
