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2020-06-18 – This Friday is a particularly appropriate day to take some time for contemplation, as many in our community and around the country mark the 155th anniversary of the day when enslaved people in Texas learned that they had been freed under the Emancipation Proclamation — two years after it was signed…

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2020-06-16 – For Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month, ANA interviewed Dr. Dongming Cai, an Associate Professor in the Department of Neurology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Staff Physician for James J. Peters VA Medical Center. What does the public need to understand about Alzheimer's …

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2020-06-15 – ANA2020 is the top meeting for academic neurologists and neuroscientists at every career stage to convene over groundbreaking research and best practices for success in the field. This year’s virtual event, set for October 4-9, ensures you won’t miss out on the latest neurological research and…

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2020-06-10 – In a recent ANA Webinar, Dr. Eric Landsness interviewed Dr. Shannon Agner, a pediatric neurologist at Washington University in St. Louis, and Dr. Chetan Bettegowda, a neurosurgeon at Johns Hopkins University, regarding how they are pivoting their research efforts toward COVID‐19.  The takeaways of…

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2020-06-09 – Over the past two weeks since George Floyd’s death, I have struggled to find the right words to express my personal anger and outrage, and especially my sense of despondency that our “community” is not really a community at all, but fractured tribes, with the embers of discontent fanned, literally…

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2020-06-08 – ANA member Dr. Nitin Butala recently had a paper published in Innovations in Clinical Neuroscience that discusses how understanding the spectrum of neurological manifestations and impact of COVID-19 on patients with underlying neurological conditions may help to improve outcomes. Read the paper…

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2020-05-29 – The virtual briefing is on Wednesday, June 3 from 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. EDT and will cover how those exposed to COVID-19 may face a heightened risk for a range of brain diseases and disorders. Register for the briefing here. 

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2020-05-22 – Articles Bringing out the best in us during the pandemicAutism risk estimated at 3 to 5% for children whose parents have a sibling with autismCOVID-19 Brings Health Disparities Research to the ForefrontNIH-supported research survey to examine impact of COVID-19 on rare diseases communityNIH-funded…

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2020-05-21 – "We are currently undergoing a significant shift in the way in which we conduct clinical trials for the ALS population. Increasing recognition of cohort enrichment, where a more homogeneous treatment group is identified, is more evident today and greatly increases our ability to find effective…

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2020-05-20 – ANA member Dr. Igor Koralnik is featured in a Medium article discussing the effects of COVID-19 on the brain. “Recovery depends on the age, the comorbidities, what was their cognitive level before that, and if they are smokers." ~ Igor Koralnik, MD, Archibald Church Professor of Neurology, Feinberg…

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