Neurologists can play an important role in addressing the alarming increase in diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN), a troubling result of the obesity and type 2 diabetes pandemics. Eva L. Feldman, MD ...

Handheld devices that can detect the telltale signs of peripheral neuropathy in people with diabetes could have another important function—predicting the risk that they will die within the next few ...

Diabetic neuropathy describes a type of nerve damage in people with diabetes that affects various nerves in the body. Diabetic neuropathy usually develops slowly over time and can cause symptoms, such ...

Diabetic neuropathy was the subject of a dedicated plenary session at the congress of the Francophone Diabetes Society. This already prevalent issue is becoming more prevalent and remains inadequately ...

A $3.6 million award from the National Institutes of Health will allow neurosurgical, neurology and neuroscience researchers at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and College of Medicine ...

You can take steps to slow the progression of diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN). Diabetic neuropathy, or nerve damage, is one of the most common complications of diabetes. If you have diabetes and ...

A study from investigators in Italy sheds further light on the relationship between physical activity and diabetic polyneuropathy risk in patients with type 1 diabetes. Results of a new study in ...

A 67-year-old man with a history of type 2 diabetes, diabetic peripheral neuropathy, and hypertension presents to the emergency department with a skin ulceration on the bottom of his great toe ...

The study adds to growing evidence that some often-underappreciated, 'non-essential' amino acids play important roles in the nervous system. The findings may provide a new way to identify people at ...