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First Clinically Proven Therapy
for the Complications of Peripheral Neurophathy
Medassist
Group today announced the publication of the first clinical study
to demonstrate restoration of sensation in the feet of diabetic
patients with peripheral neuropathy.
Anodyne(R)
Therapy Systems (This landmark study, conducted in Aurora,
Colorado, appears in the March 2002 issue of the
Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association and is
the first to offer hope to patients for what was thought to be a
progressive and irreversible disease.
Diabetic
Peripheral Neuropathy (DPN) is nerve damage associated with
diabetes, the symptoms of which include numbness and/or pain in
the feet, legs and hands. Complications of this devastating
condition are reported to cost the U.S. healthcare system in
excess of 13 billion dollars annually and include wounds that
don't heal for months or years, lower extremity amputations,
reduced mobility and increased risk of falls.
While
drugs are sometimes effective for the pain associated with DPN, no
drug or medical device had previously been shown to increase
sensation once it has been diminished or lost due to DPN. The
reported study showed that, through the use of the Anodyne Therapy
System, clinically significant improvements in sensation could be
measured in 49 of 49 patients after only 12 30-minute treatments
(P < .0001).
This is the
first clinically proven therapy to help patients with all of the
devastating complications of DPN. In 2002, Anodyne Therapy was
granted its own Medicare HCPCS Reimbursement Code for convenient
home use. Medicare as well as more than 100 private insurance
companies have already paid claims for the Anodyne Therapy System.
In addition to home use, Anodyne Therapy treatments are also
available in outpatient facilities, hospitals, wound care centers,
nursing homes and physician offices. For more information, visit
http://www.diabetesincontrol.com/anodyne10_31_01.shtml
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DID YOU KNOW:
What can
happen by just loosing one pound a year
for 8 years, see the results:
In
evaluating 618 overweight individuals who were between 30 and 50
years of age, over a 16-year period, those who lost a pound a year
for 8 years and then kept it off for another 8 years reduced their
risk of diabetes between 37% and 62%. Individuals who lost a pound
a year for 16 years lowered their risk by up to 82%.
"Diabetes and Weight Loss," Nutrition Week, November 3,
2000;30(42):7/Epidemiology, May 2000;11:269-273. 36309A
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