Nerve Damage
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Study links diabetic foot ulcers with higher risk of death, heart attack and stroke
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Diabetes: Tighter control of blood sugar prevents nerve condition, but at what risk?
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Study examines combo chin, nose plastic surgery
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Mar 15, 2013 |
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Study shows dental implants may cause preventable nerve damage
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Diabetes study: 'Mindful eating' equals traditional education in lowering weight and blood sugar
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Researchers use goal-oriented therapy to treat diabetic neuropathies
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Mar 04, 2013 |
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New clues to causes of peripheral nerve damage
(Medical Xpress)—Anyone whose hand or foot has "fallen asleep" has an idea of the numbness and tingling often experienced by people with peripheral nerve damage. The condition also can cause a range of ...
Neuroscience
Mar 07, 2013 |
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Study reveals therapeutic targets to alter inflammation, type 2 diabetes
New research from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) reveals that B cells regulate obesity-associated inflammation and type 2 diabetes through two specific mechanisms. The study, published in the Proceedings of th ...
Inflammatory disorders
Mar 12, 2013 |
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Researchers identify an early predictor for glaucoma
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Jan 02, 2013 |
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Omega-3 fatty acids could prevent and treat nerve damage, research suggests
(Medical Xpress) -- Research from Queen Mary, University of London suggests that omega-3 fatty acids, which are found in fish oil, have the potential to protect nerves from injury and help them to regenerate.
Medical research
Jan 11, 2012 |
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CDC: Diabetes amputations falling dramatically
Foot and leg amputations were once a fairly common fate for diabetics, but new government research shows a dramatic decline in limbs lost to the disease, probably due to better treatments.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 24, 2012 |
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Social contact can ease pain related to nerve damage, animal study suggests
Companionship has the potential to reduce pain linked to nerve damage, according to a new study.
Medical research
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Nerve injury is injury to nervous tissue. There is no single classification system that can describe all the many variations of nerve injury. Most systems attempt to correlate the degree of injury with symptoms, pathology and prognosis.[citation needed] In 1941, Seddon introduced a classification of nerve injuries based on three main types of nerve fiber injury and whether there is continuity of the nerve.
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