ANA News
2019-05-23 – In the month of May, we are also drawn to awareness of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease or motor neurone disease, as it causes the death of neurons controlling voluntary muscles. The ANA tapped Laura P.W. Ranum, Ph.D, former chair of the Scientific Program…
2019-05-22 – In observance of Huntington’s disease (HD) awareness month in May, we turn our attention to a disorder that has been recognized since the Middle Ages and described in English in 1872. This autosomal dominantly inherited disease is named after the 22-year old physician, George Huntington. The…
2019-05-22 – Director of Alzheimer’s Disease Centers Program at the NIA, Nina Silverberg, PhD, May 15 shared an updated about a new resource for Alzheimer’s science at NIA. The website, ADORE (Alzheimer’s and Dementia Outreach, Recruitment, and Engagement Resources), is “a searchable, online toolbox developed…
2019-05-20 – The research on brain stimulation is advancing so quickly, and the findings are so puzzling, that a reader might feel tempted to simply pre-order a genius cap from Amazon, to make sense of it all later. In just the past month, scientists reported enhancing the working memory of older people, using…
2019-05-13 – Coffee is the best Monday motiviation. Check out 9 health benefits of cold brew coffee from @Healthline, featuring research from the ANA! Learn more here: 9 Impressive Benefits of Cold Brew Coffee (Plus How to Make It)
2019-05-09 – The House Appropriations Committee this afternoon amended and approved its FY 2020 Labor-HHS-Education spending bill, 30-23. Labor-HHS Subcommittee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) noted this spending bill has not been the first “out of the gate” in years. The committee adopted 6 of 17 amendments…
2019-05-03 – The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) approved the ABPN’s proposal to accredit fellowship programs in the new subspecialty of Neurocritical Care at a February 2019 meeting. The medical specialty of Neurocritical Care (NCC) is devoted to the comprehensive multisystem care…
2019-04-23 – The conversation around disclosure of conflicts of interest (COI) in the medical community continues to be a dynamic one, particularly as transparency initiatives like the Open Payments database from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and ProPublica's Dollars for Docs make…
2019-04-19 – "Parkinsonism is a more general term we use to describe anyone who has the signs or symptoms of Parkinson's disease," says Dr. David K. Simon, a professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School and director of the Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Center at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical…
2019-04-18 – Tissue support system preserves limited function in an isolated postmortem animal brain. Read more here: NIH BRAIN Initiative tool may transform how scientists study brain structure and function