[printfriendly] MRI Diagnostic Imaging CT Scan MRI Diagnostic Imaging What is an MRI? Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a medical imaging technique used to produce high quality images of the inside of the human body. A scanner emits a strong magnetic field inside the brain (or elsewhere in the body) and produce signals that are …
A recent article links some nerve damage after hip surgery to inflammatory neuropathy. In this study, researchers examined patients who developed inflammatory neuropathies, where the immune system attacks the nerves, leading to weakness and pain. READ MORE Source: ScienceDaily
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has required the drug labels and medication guides for all fluoroquinolone antibacterial drugs be updated to better describe the serious side effect of peripheral neuropathy. This serious nerve damage potentially caused by fluoroquinolones may occur soon after these drugs are taken and may be permanent. The risk of …
Research has long focused on the breakdown of cellular energy factories as a contributing factor in PN. Researchers at Washington University Schoold of Medicine, led by Jeffrey Milbrandt, MD, PhD., James S. McDonnell Professor of Genetics and head of the Department of Genetics, have new research that points to a more central role in damage …
Long before gastrointestinal symptoms of gluten intolerance begin, neurological damage may already be done. The Gluten Free Society calls gluten a ‘potential neurotoxin’ and gluten damage can range from dizziness to numbness in the hands and feet. Approximately 10% of people with Celiac disease develop neurological symptoms. Gluten neuropathy is characterized by nerve damage to …
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Early screening seems to be having a positive impact on the incidence of new cases of colorectal cancer over that past 2 decades. Unfortunately, the treatment of choice, Oxaliplatin, produces serious side effects such as chemo-therapy induced peripheral neuropathy. Clinical trials have been done that concluded a calcium and magnesium infusion, given before the Oxaliplatin …
Diabetic neuropathy may be an added risk for hypothermia because neuropathy can impair the body’s ability to control body temperature. Neuropathy also poses a risk for frostbite. There are several winter complications to be aware of if you suffer with diabetic neuroapathy…. Â READ MORE Source:Â Diabetes Take It On!
Oxaliplatin has become the standard of care for people with advanced colorectal cancer. It appears to cause nerve damage that may be permanent and worsens even months after treatment ends. Dr. Michael Polydefkis, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine professor and researcher, is leading a team to find ways of preventing or slowing the damage …
At Kerman University of Medical Sciences in Kerman, Iran, researchers investigated the possible effects of olive leaf extract on in vitro and in vivo models of diabetic peripheral neuropathy. Their results suggest that olive leaf extract inhibits high glucose-induced neural damage and suppresses diabetes-induced thermail hyperalgesia, an increased sensation to pain. READ MORE Source: PubMed
Univeristy of Michigan neurologist, David Fink, MD, leads the team studying treatment for nerve damage related to diabetes and chemotherapy. They will join Diamyd Inc. in a project funded by the NIH to develop a new treatment for preventing nerve damage. “This is a case of ‘bench to bedside’ research,” Dr. Fink says. READ MORE …
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