Raise Awareness of Peripheral Neuropathy With 30 million people in the U.S. alone with peripheral neuropathy, it is a wonder that more people are not aware of the condition. We need your help to raise awareness of peripheral neuropathy, and the need for more research to find new treatments and cures. Let’s come together to …
“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement; nothing can be done without hope.” —Helen Keller The Diagnosis I was diagnosed with idiopathic peripheral neuropathy in August 2021. Two years prior to a diagnosis, I kept feeling that my socks were bunching up in my feet. I started buying new sneakers and socks. But …
The Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy (FPN) is continuing its peripheral neuropathy advocacy campaign in 2022, to make funding available for research on peripheral neuropathy. FPN (and the scientific community) were pleased to see that over $8 million was awarded to research focused on PN. Additionally, this funding was provided under the Department of Defense’s (DoD) …
Call to Action 2022! We Need to Keep Our Voices Loud! Read More »
The U.S. Department of Defense’s Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program (PRMRP) included peripheral neuropathy as a condition eligible for research funding for the first time ever in 2021. The Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy (FPN) is proud to have been instrumental in making more funding available for PN research and researchers. For a second consecutive year, …
PRMRP Research Funding FY22: Now Accepting Applications Read More »
The Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy is pleased to announce that peripheral neuropathy has been renewed as an eligible condition for Department of Defense (DOD) funds for the upcoming year. The Bill recently made it into law and FPN is proud that its lobbying campaign this past year was a success! Peer-Reviewed Medical Research Program The …
Chef Bill Nolan shares some ideas on how to cook with meat alternatives and plant-based proteins. Wondering about Meat Alternatives? By now we’ve probably all been exposed to alternatives to meat, if not in our own kitchens, then through the extensive marketing that is done by companies selling these new products. We can all benefit …
Healthy Eating for PN: Tempeh and Meat Alternatives Read More »
The Department of Defense’s (DoD) Peer-Reviewed Medical Research Program (PRMRP) has determined the grant applications that it wishes to award in fiscal year 2021 (FY21). In this first year that applications were accepted for research in peripheral neuropathy, 41 applications out of over 1000 applications received focused on peripheral neuropathy. DoD is recommending awarding a grant …
A study entitled “Oral and Topical Treatment of Painful Diabetic Polyneuropathy: Practice Guideline Update Summary” was published on December 29, 2021, in the journal Neurology®. The Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy (FPN) is pleased to announce that Lindsay Colbert, Executive Director, was among the few esteemed authors on the subcommittee for this important review and update. …
AAN’s New Painful Diabetic Polyneuropathy Guidelines Read More »
Vitamin B6 toxicity is known to be a cause of peripheral neuropathy. There is debate regarding the threshold at which intake levels can cause neurological symptoms through vitamin B6. In a 2021 study from the Peripheral Neuropathy Research Registry (PNRR), funded by the Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy, researchers asked if elevated plasma vitamin B6 levels …
