--particularly on the old Braintalk, and been quoted in a number of articles about the subject; sadly, they haven't gotten much distribution.

The new Internet possibilites do hold out hope, though.

I do think a great part of this is that neuropathy is considered to be secondary to many other conditons and not a condition in its own right. Mary Tyler Moore is very involved in promoting diabetes research, for example, but I suspect looks upon her neuropathy as simply a consequence of diabetes.

And, I've made some criticisms of the Neuropathy Association for the way they've gone about trying to get publicity; it hasn't been very consistent or organized.

Take a look at:

http://jscms.jrn.columbia.edu/cns/20...os-neuropathy/

And this other thread we had here about the subject:

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/showthread.php?t=9611