ANA News
2020-08-17 – ANA members Drs. Paven Bhargava and Florian P. Thomas were quoted in a recent HealthCentral article sharing tips to prevent an MS relapse. Click here to read the article: "Triggered: 8 Things You Can Do to Prevent an MS Relapse."
2020-08-06 – ANA member Dr. Stephen Silberstein is quoted in a recent Women's Running article discussing Botox for runners with chronic migraine headaches. Click here to read the article, "What Runners Need to Know About Botox."
2020-08-03 – On Friday, July 31, the House of Representatives passed an FY21 appropriations bill increasing funding for the research and treatment of brain disorders. Among the funding approved was $500 million for the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative. The BRAIN…
2020-08-02 – Allison Navis, MD, a 2018 ANA International Travel Outreach Scholarship (IOTS) recipient, recently had an article published in the Journal of the Neurological Sciences. The article is titled "Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome in the central nervous system: Limitations for diagnosis in…
2020-07-29 – The Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research issued the following statement regarding the urgent need for emergency spending for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to address both the COVID-19 pandemic and related disruptions to medical research: The Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research strongly…
2020-07-28 – The ANA is proud to be a sponsor of #BlackInNeuroWeek! The organizers have an impressive lineup of panelists and Black neuro-experts who will share their insight and perspectives throughout the week. Visit www.blackinneuro.com/binweek for more info or to register for any of the many live events…
2020-07-28 – Policymakers and private insurers are making critical decisions about whether to extend or make permanent key telehealth flexibilities that were implemented in response to COVID-19. To help ensure the neurology community’s telehealth priorities are preserved beyond the public health emergency, the…
2020-07-27 – This month ANA talked to Dr. Roy Hamilton, Associate Professor at the University of Pennsylvania in the Neurology and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Departments and Director of both the Laboratory for Cognition and Neural Stimulation (LCNS) and the Penn Brain Science, Translation, Innovation…
2020-07-15 – Earlier this week, the House Appropriations Committee passed two bills with funding for the research and treatment of brain disorders. On Monday, the Committee passed the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies appropriations bill, including $100 million for the BRAIN…
2020-07-14 – ANA President Dr. Justin McArthur was a guest on a recent Neurology Consultant podcast episode discussing the changes that need to be made in the research community to encompass a larger representative cohort, how current events will shape the future of neurology, and how the ANA has responded.…