The effects of vibrating shoe insoles on standing balance, walking, and ankle-foot muscle activity in adults with diabetic peripheral neuropathy - Hatton AL, Chatfield MD, Cattagni T, Vicenzino B.
BACKGROUND: Peripheral neuropathy is one of the most common complications of type 2 diabetes, which can lead to impaired balance and walking. Innovative footwear devices designed to stimulate foot sensory receptors, such as vibrating insoles, could offer a... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 15, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
Nerve Decompression May Ease Painful Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy
THURSDAY, March 28, 2024 -- For patients with lower-extremity painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN), nerve decompression is associated with reduced pain, although these effects may be partly due to a placebo effect, according to a study... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - March 28, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Is Vitamin D Deficiency Linked to Peripheral Neuropathy? Is Vitamin D Deficiency Linked to Peripheral Neuropathy?
Vitamin D deficiency may affect large nerve fibers in patients with diabetes and peripheral neuropathy.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Diabetes Headlines)
Source: Medscape Diabetes Headlines - March 22, 2024 Category: Endocrinology Tags: Diabetes & Endocrinology Source Type: news
Stroke Mimics Tied to More PTSD Than Stroke Stroke Mimics Tied to More PTSD Than Stroke
Patients experiencing stroke-like symptoms who are diagnosed with migraine or peripheral neuropathy appear at higher risk for PTSD than those with an actual stroke.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines - February 5, 2024 Category: Cardiology Tags: Cardiology Source Type: news
The Psychology of the Cold-Weather Shorts Guy
When Tom Holland, a 54-year-old exercise physiologist, shovels snow at home in Connecticut, someone always starts shouting at him. A neighbor—lots of neighbors, actually—will drive by, roll down the window, and ask: “Really? You’re in shorts?”
Holland is, in fact, in shorts, as he is 364 other days of the year. He’s been wearing them in all temperatures since he was a kid—maybe for attention at first, he admits, but now because he runs hot and is simply more comfortable pantsless. He’s in shorts when he walks his two dogs, goes for a run in below-freezing temps, or cleans ...
Source: TIME: Health - February 2, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Angela Haupt Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Pioneering cooling boots and mittens to help stop painful chemo side-effect
Brian Conroy's hands and feet are being deliberately cooled in a clinical trial looking at reducing one of the most debilitating side-effects of chemotherapy: peripheral neuropathy. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - December 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Epidemiology and functional impact of early peripheral neuropathy signs in older adults from a general population - Bronge W, Lindholm B, Elmst åhl S, Siennicki-Lantz A.
Peripheral neuropathy (PN) becomes more common with increasing life expectancy, but general population prevalence estimates are lacking. We investigated an epidemiological distribution of signs of PN among 2996 community dwelling participants in Good Aging... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 8, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
A Role for Neurologists in Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy A Role for Neurologists in Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy
The rise in diabetic neuropathy over the last few decades has paralleled the obesity and related diabetes pandemics, one expert says, and neurologists have a role to play in controlling it.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Diabetes Headlines)
Source: Medscape Diabetes Headlines - November 22, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery News Source Type: news
Burn injury related growth factor expressions and their potential roles in burn related neuropathies - Chaker SC, Saad M, Mayes T, Lineaweaver WC.
In the context of burn injury, growth factors (GFs) play a significant role in mediating the complex local and systematic processes that occur. Among the many systemic complications that arise following a burn injury, peripheral neuropathy remains one of t... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 21, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news
CIPN Tied to Compromised Executive and Neuromuscular Function CIPN Tied to Compromised Executive and Neuromuscular Function
Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy is linked to a decline in executive and neuromuscular function, new findings that may compromise mobility and increase fall risk.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines - November 14, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery News Source Type: news
Identifying trajectories and predictors of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy symptoms, physical functioning, and falls across treatment and recovery in adults treated with neurotoxic chemotherapy: the PATTERN observational study protocol (NCT05790538) - Winters-Stone KM, Krasnow SM, Horak FB, Mancini M, Cameron MH, Dieckmann NF, Stoyles SA, Roeland EJ.
BACKGROUND: Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) is a debilitating and dose-limiting side effect of systemic cancer therapy. In many cancer survivors, CIPN persists after treatment ends and is associated with functional impairments, abnormal g... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 13, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Vitamin D for Neuropathy; Good & Bad News for CAR-T; New Labeling for Surgical Mesh
(MedPage Today) -- Vitamin D supplementation may help lower the risk of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy in patients treated with paclitaxel. (Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network)
At the same prostate-specific antigen... (Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology)
Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology - November 10, 2023 Category: Hematology Source Type: news
Vitamin D Insufficiency Linked to Paclitaxel-Induced Neuropathy
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 8, 2023 -- Pretreatment vitamin D insufficiency is associated with an increased incidence of grade≥3 chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) from paclitaxel, according to a study published in the November issue of the... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - November 8, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Low Vit D Linked to Paclitaxel-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy Low Vit D Linked to Paclitaxel-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy
The analysis, which evaluated patients with early-stage breast cancer, suggests that correcting vitamin D levels before treatment might help prevent peripheral neuropathy.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines - November 7, 2023 Category: Neurology Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
Neurological manifestations induced by nitrous oxide abuse: a case series and review of literature - Pichon M, Majhadi L, Menn AM.
We report the clinical presentations, biological, radiologic and electrophysiological... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 17, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
