Thanks to breakthroughs in medicine and nutrition in recent years, we are living longer than ever before. But this increase in life expectancy also brings an increase in the number of diseases, ...

When you have diabetes mellitus, which is referred to as diabetes, your blood glucose level is consistently high. Untreated, a high sugar level damages your nerves. Blood vessels that take oxygen to ...

A few days ago my doctor directed me to double the dose of my chemo. I hate when that happens. I was tolerating the amount that I was taking and there is always a risk when you increase the dose. I am ...

Neuropathy causes tingling or numbness, especially in the hands and feet. It affects about one to two percent of Americans and is caused by damage to a single or multiple nerves. There are different ...

The National Institutes of Health estimates that 20 million Americans, most over age 65, suffer with some form of peripheral neuropathy, a painful chronic nerve disorder. Peripheral neuropathy is a ...

As far as ailments go, neuropathy may not be one that everyone has heard of or even knows much about, yet the Neuropathy Association estimates at least 20 million people — roughly one in 15 nationwide ...

Question: I am a 68-year-old man who was recently diagnosed with “peripheral neuropathy.” I do not have diabetes. I now take two capsules of evening primrose and a multivitamin daily. Is there ...

Studies look at women with peripheral neuropathy after treatment for early-stage breast cancer I can’t believe it. I can’t believe it. For years, I have watched new cancer studies, hoping to see one ...

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