Slow diabetic neuropathy by keeping blood sugar controlled 
Sioux City Journal
DEAR DOCTOR K: I have diabetes. Lately I've had some new, unpleasant symptoms. My doctor says they're due to diabetic neuropathy. What is this? And what can I do about it? DEAR READER: Diabetic neuropathy is nerve damage that results from diabetes.
Walking patterns of diabetics may hold key to alleviating pain CTV.ca

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NeuroMetrix CEO Discusses Significance of WellMed Adoption of NC-stat(R ... 
MarketWatch (press release)
Tv at: http://www.ceonews.tv/nuro/ WellMed is integrating NC-stat DPNCheck into their patient evaluation program to help identify patients with diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN), one of the major complications of diabetes.

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Research team discovers unexpected source of diabetic neuropathy pain 
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Nearly half of all diabetics suffer from neuropathic pain, an intractable, agonizing and still mysterious companion of the disease. Now Yale researchers have identified an unexpected source of the pain and a potential target to alleviate it.

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Phase 3 Data Show NUCYNTA® ER (tapentadol) Extended-Release Tablets Provide ... 
MarketWatch (press release)
Over time, people with diabetes can develop a type of nerve damage called neuropathy. Approximately 60 to 70 percent of people with diabetes have some form of neuropathy(3). The most common type is diabetic peripheral neuropathy, which causes pain or ...

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Neurometrix Focuses on Diabetes-Related Nerve Damage 
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The company currently markets products for the detection, diagnosis, and monitoring of diabetic neuropathies such as diabetic peripheral neuropathy and median neuropathy (carpal tunnel syndrome). Below, President and CEO, Dr. Shai Gozani is interviewed ...

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NeuroMetrix Announces WellMed Medical Management's Integration of NC-stat(R ... 
MarketWatch (press release)
The NC-stat DPNCheck is a fast, accurate and quantitative point-of-care test to detect systemic neuropathies, such as diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN), at an early stage and to determine disease severity. DPN affects more than 50% of people with ...

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Insight into why diabetics suffer from increased pain and temperature sensitivity 
News-Medical.net
Painful diabetic neuropathy (PDN), which is abnormal and persistent pain experienced by roughly 50% of patients with diabetes, impairs patients' quality of life and affects sleep, mood, mobility, ability to work, relationships, self-esteem and ...
Scientists shed light on painful side-effect of diabetes Netdoctor

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Pregabalin Fails to Improve Diabetic, HIV Neuropathy 
Medscape
May 8, 2012 ? A phase 3 clinical trial of pregabalin (Lyrica, Pfizer) failed to meet its primary endpoint of improvement in mean pain scores relative to baseline in patients with inadequately treated painful diabetic neuropathy, the company announced.
Lyrica (pregabalin) No Good For Diabetes Or HIV Associated Neuropathic Pain Medical News Today
Lyrica Fails in Pain Trials MedPage Today
Pfizer's Lyrica disppointing in diabetes study MarketWatch
A Sweet Life  -Washington Post  -PMLiVE 
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National Poll Shows Delayed Diagnosis, Inadequate Pain Care, and Distressing ... 
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
While there are over 100 known types of neuropathy, the poll shows 49% of the patients say their neuropathy is "idiopathic" (an unknown cause). At 15%, prediabetic/diabetic neuropathy is the second most common type reported by patients.

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Valley Presbyterian Hospital's Amputation Prevention Center Observes ... 
MarketWatch (press release)
Peripheral neuropathy usually affects the hands and feet, causing weakness, numbness, tingling and pain. Peripheral neuropathy can occur at any age, but it is more common among older adults. While there are several causes of neuropathy, diabetes is the ...

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