Chef Bill Nolan provides yet another recipe to FPN! We are living in extraordinary times, which has required us to adapt to new rules, circumstances, and ways to go about our normal lives. Key in this is how we look at and prepare the food we eat. It is my hope that this has been […]
Following our latest Ask the Expert session, the Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy‘s Executive Director, Lindsay Colbert, asked its Scientific Advisory Board Chairman, Dr. Ahmet Höke MD, PhD, additional questions which came directly from the Foundation’s patients. We are continually learning about COVID-19 and its impact on peripheral neuropathy patients. We hope that you find the […]
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Earlier this week, the Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy‘s Executive Director, Lindsay Colbert, sat down with its Scientific Advisory Board Chairman, Dr. Ahmet Höke, MD, PhD, to learn more about COVID-19 and its impact on peripheral neuropathy patients. We confirmed that people with peripheral neuropathy are not at an increased risk of being infected with COVID-19, […]
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In the Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy’s March 2019 e-newsletter, Dr. Joseph Breitenstein, a professor of psychology and licensed psychologist at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, and two of his students, Jimmy Conway and Anna Larson, invited people with peripheral neuropathies to participate in a survey on coping with peripheral neuropathy. The main part of the […]
Van Salmans joined FPN’s Board of Directors on February 1, 2019, bringing valuable expertise as a Chicago businessman and PN patient. Van serves as a consultant to Salmans & Associates, a cheese marketing and sales company, which he founded and sold after 40 plus years in the dairy industry. Van received his B.A. in economics […]
Small study offers hope to patients with small fiber neuropathy Many patients diagnosed with small fiber neuropathy, one of the many forms of peripheral neuropathy, ask their physicians about their prognosis. Physicians are usually not sure how to answer, since there is not a lot of research to back whether the condition will improve or […]
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The Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy is pleased to announce the addition of A. Gordon Smith, MD, FAAN to the Board of Directors, effective March 1, 2018. Dr. Smith is Professor and Chair of the Department of Neurology at Virginia Commonwealth University. Prior to this role, he served as Vice Chair for Research, Chief of the […]
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Data from the Peripheral Neuropathy Research Registry (PNRR) helps scientists examine the relevance of mutations in sodium channels, yielding a new discovery in peripheral neuropathy research. In 2012, the Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy (FPN) initiated and funded the Peripheral Neuropathy Research Registry (PNRR) to advance research in acquired axonal peripheral neuropathies, which affects millions of Americans. […]
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An Update from the President November 7, 2017 As President of the Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy, I can’t wait to share several exciting recent developments with all of you. First, our patient conference on October 21 was a great success. Featuring five speakers from the fine medical faculty at Northwestern University, more than 200 attendees […]
Falls are the most common cause of injury in elderly adults (age 65 and older). As many as one third of elderly adults fall each year and the risk of falling triples if you have a neurologic disorder like peripheral neuropathy. Twenty to thirty percent of older people who fall, suffer moderate to severe injuries, […]