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The Neuropathy Association is the leading national non-profit organization serving the peripheral neuropathy community. We provide support and education, advocate for patients’ interests, and promote research into the causes of and cures for neuropathy. Learn more about The Neuropathy Association… |
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Association News
Association President and CEO to Serve on NIH Research Committee
The Neuropathy Association is pleased to announce that it’s president and CEO Tina M. Tockarshewsky has been invited to serve on the Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee for the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This committee resulted from Pain Care Act language incorporated into the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and has been a long-sought initiative within the pain community. The Committee, which is expected to work for two years, is also charged with addressing the pain research recommendations identified in the Institute of Medicine report on pain that was released on June 29, 2011.
Proceedings of the Neuropathy Summit’s Physicians Conference to be Published in JPNS
The Neuropathy Association proudly announces the publication of a neuropathy supplement -- the “Proceedings of the Neuropathy Summit’s Physicians Conference” --in the Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System, the official journal of the Peripheral Nerve Society. Last December’s Neuropathy Summit in Washington, D.C. was a milestone event for the Association, and the supplement extends the reach of the educational and research content presented at the Summit.
"Talk Neuropathy" Interviews Actress-Turned Nun, Award-Winning Journalist, And Acclaimed Writer
For National Neuropathy Week, May 16-20, 2011, The Neuropathy Association launched a "Talk Neuropathy" campaign featuring patient-guided interviews with Association spokesperson and former star of screen and stage Rev. Mother Dolores Hart, O.S.B., Emmy-Award winning journalist Pia Lindström, and critically acclaimed author and poet Sarah Manguso. These interviews were part of a national campaign to bring visibility to neuropathy. |
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COMMUNITY RESOURCES
New Support Groups Launched in California and Florida
We are excited to announce the launch of new neuropathy support groups in California and Florida. Providing support for people with neuropathy and their family members is a critical facet of our mission to bring help, hope, and healing to the neuropathy community. By bringing together members of the neuropathy community, our nationwide network of 140 plus support groups provide an invaluable community level resource. Read more...
Neuropathy Support Network Website, A Repository of Information
The recently launched website, by Lt. Col. (Ret.) Eugene Richardson—Florida-based neuropathy support group leader and founder of the Neuropathy Support Network—is designed to support the mission of The Neuropathy Association by providing support, guidance, counseling, and information to people with neuropathy, as well as neuropathy support groups. Eugene’s efforts continue, with broad inputs welcome, to make it a repository of useful information, including the Coping With Chronic Neuropathy DVD many of you may be familiar with.
AAN Foundation Develops Guidebook and DVD for People with Diabetic Neuropathy
Hosted by “Leave it to Beaver” star Jerry Mathers, the American
Academy of Neurology Foundation has launched its newest patient
education video and guidebook aimed at answering important questions for
people battling diabetic neuropathy. Mathers, 62, shares his inspiring
battle with diabetic neuropathy, the leading cause of neuropathy in the
U.S. It is also one of the most common complications of diabetes
affecting approximately 60-70% of all diabetics. |
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Peripheral Neuropathy is one of the most common chronic diseases in the U.S…over 20 million Americans have it. Peripheral neuropathy or “nerve damage” disrupts the body’s ability to communicate with its muscles, skin, joints, or internal organs. Peripheral neuropathy can be compared to the body’s electrical wiring system breaking down, causing numbness, pain, weakness and poor coordination. Learn more about Peripheral Neuropathy...
Did you know that "neuropathy" is frequently misspelled by people searching for information about causes, symptoms and pain treatment online? It's true! Some of the most common misspellings we frequently see are neuropothy, nueropothy, neurophy, neuopathy, nuropathy, neurapathy, neurothopy, nueropothy, nuropothy, neoropathy, and neropothy.
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