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Neuropathy affects approximately 30 million Americans at any given time. Sadly, if you have diabetes you will likely have neuropathy as well. Nearly 60% of people with diabetes suffer from diabetic neuropathy. This condition can adversely affect a patient’s quality of life and take someone who was completely healthy and render them helpless. It is important that the medical community focus on this condition and develop more therapies for it. Stem cells are becoming a promising treatment option for patients with neuropathy.

The ankle is one of the most injury prone areas of the body. There are over 1 million ankle injuries each year in the United States alone. It is pretty easy to see why; a simple wrong step on the pavement can cause extreme discomfort. The injury is such an issue that about 20% of sports related injuries are caused from ankle injuries. Ankle ligaments play a large part in ankle injuries as a whole.

Multiple Sclerosis is a devastating disease that completely changes the life of any patient inflicted by the disease. The disease attacks the nervous system and leaves many patients unable to walk or do basic tasks after a number of years. Patients are left with few treatment options that do not cure MS, but just slowly delay the progression of the disease. That can leave patients with little hope that their lives will get better. There is new hope for MS patients though.

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