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President Joe Biden continues to suffer from neuropathy in his feet and a stiffened gait, White House Physician Kevin O’Connor reported after the president’s annual physical. The health challenges might explain why he struggles to remain upright. Biden tripped, tumbled, and stumbled at least five times in 2023. Peripheral Neuropathy in Feet: “Peripheral neuropathy refers to any condition that affects the nerves outside your brain or spinal cord. This can happen for several reasons, from trauma to infections to inherited conditions. There are also many possible symptoms. Many causes, forms or symptoms of this condition are treatable, but this can...

A population-based cohort study of more than 10,000 persons using gabapentinoids found that their use was associated with an increased risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation. This study supports the warnings from regulatory agencies and highlights the importance of considering this potential risk when prescribing gabapentin and pregabalin to patients with COPD. Gabapentinoid drugs are anticonvulsant drugs indicated for the treatment of epilepsy and neuropathic pain. Despite limited indications, its prescription has surged across North America and Europe, which may partly stem from excessive off-label prescribing. However, these drugs have been reported to cause central nervous system depression,...

New research suggests that patients who have insufficient levels of vitamin D before starting paclitaxel treatment are more likely to experience peripheral neuropathy. According to an analysis of 1,191 patients with early-stage breast cancer—using data collected in the SWOG S0221 study—20.7% of patients with vitamin D deficiency experienced at least a grade 3 level of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN), compared to 14.2% of those with sufficient vitamin D levels. The researchers also found that inducing vitamin D deficiency in an accompanying mice model study caused neurotoxicity-like symptoms. "These results suggest that vitamin D supplementation in patients with lower levels of...

People with diabetes run the risk of nerve damage if they at the same time suffer from vitamin D deficiency, research suggests. Called neuropathy, the nerve problem which gets worse over time, afflicts 50% of patients in the United Arab Emirates, according to Dr. Bashair M. Mussa. Science illustrates that "about 30% to 50%" of patients with type 2 diabetes experience neuropathy at a point in their life, Dr. Mussa states. However, Dr. Mussa's study finds that neuropathy is at the highest documented rate among UAE's diabetes patients. The research involved 600 Emirati patients. The cross-sectional study examined data in...

Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN)—nerve pain, tingling, or numbness in the hands or feet—is a common side effect of certain cancer treatments, including two drugs frequently used to treat cancer—the taxanes paclitaxel and docetaxel. Initial results from a large study that tracked CIPN in more than 1,100 patients treated for breast cancer with a taxane show a pattern of clinically meaningful, persistent sensory and motor symptoms, with patients experiencing more severe symptoms with paclitaxel than with docetaxel. Michael J. Fisch, MD, said "These results are highly relevant because taxanes such as paclitaxel and docetaxel are integral to our treatment of breast...

Former member of the American girl group and dance ensemble, Pussycat Dolls, Jessica Sutta shared her story of how two Moderna shots gave her tremors and neuropathy. Jessica Lynn Sutta, formerly J Sutta, is an American singer, dancer, and actress. In an upcoming episode of Epoch Times’ American Thought Leaders, the 40-year-old actress shared for the first time what she experienced following the clot shot and why she has decided to speak out. “I started developing a tremor. And then the next couple of nights, I started getting involuntary head jerks and leg jerks,” Sutta told Jan Jekielek. According to...

Approximately half of people with type 1 or type 2 diabetes experience peripheral neuropathy—weakness, numbness, and pain, primarily in the hands and feet. Now, researchers have identified another factor contributing to diabetes-associated peripheral neuropathy: altered amino acid metabolism. The team found that diabetic mice with low levels of two related amino acids, serine and glycine, are at higher risk for peripheral neuropathy. What's more, the researchers were able to alleviate neuropathy symptoms in diabetic mice by supplementing their diets with serine. The study adds to growing evidence that some often-underappreciated, "non-essential" amino acids play important roles in the nervous system....

Stephanie Gard was recently injected with Pfizer and just two days later, she was rushed to hospital and diagnosed with Peripheral Neuropathy, which has compromised her brain and nerve function leaving Stephanie unable to feel her legs from the knees down, and unable to walk. She has also been diagnosed with Pericarditis which is affecting her heart. Steph will remain in hospital, working through her treatments to help her walk and function again. She is not the first equestrian athlete injured by the injection… Stephanie Gard: 3rd Equestrian Athlete Severely Injured After Pfizer Vaccine. Stephanie was rushed to the ER...

Wouldn't you know, after all these years, my first post would be a vanity. Hope I'm in the right section, but if not, please move me. My husband has just been diagnosed with Neuropathy, which I understand is a nerve disorder caused by some sort of trauma or disease to his nervous system. So far this has settled in his legs only. I guess there are quite a few symptoms, but for him it's coldness in his legs and an internal twitching which seems to bother him more at night when in bed. I wonder if anyone here has or...

A drug developed at the University of Kansas has the potential to stop a debilitating condition of diabetes that often leads to pain in the extremities and even amputations, KU researchers have found.

Developed by Pfizer, pregabalin, marketed under the brand name Lyrica, is a 3-substituted analogue of gamma-amino butyric acid (GABA) and a compound related to Pfizer's hugely successful antiepileptic drug gabapentin (Neurontin). In July 2004, Pfizer secured Europe-wide approval for Lyrica (pregabalin) for use in the management of peripheral neuropathic pain as well as an adjunctive therapy in the treatment of partial epileptic seizures. Subsequently in December 2004 the company gained FDA approval for use of Lyrica (pregabalin) in neuropathic pain associated with diabetic peripheral neuropathy and postherpetic neuralgia; making it the first FDA-approved treatment for both of these neuropathic pain...

Curing Chronic Illness Can Be Used To Destroy Either Political Party Ladies and Gentlemen: I present to you the world's longest running, and greatest, medical blunder, the cures for incurable diseases, and the Second Coming of Christ. There are 120 million American's with chronic illness. In 1997, researchers at Yale University were studying the clustering of autoimmune disorders in 84 families with Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome (APLA). They stated then that if they knew what caused APLA they would know a lot more about many of the other chronic illnesses. At the same time, I was searching the Internet for information...