ANA News

2019-12-03 – Appropriators and Congressional leadership will continue efforts to finalize FY 2020 spending under a CR that extends through December 20, and following an agreement between Appropriations Committee chairs Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) and Rep. Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.) on topline funding levels for all…

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2019-11-22 – "Sleep is a brain state — believe it or not! Hence, neurologists and neuroscientists need to be actively engaged in understanding the mechanisms of sleep — including narcolepsy. A knowledge of symptomatic presentation of patients with narcolepsy, early diagnosis, and early treatment can make a…

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2019-11-22 – Supriya Ramesha, MBBS, of Emory University, with mentor and ANA Immediate Past President David Holtzman, MD, of Washington University School of Medicine (WUSTL)   In a new event for its Annual Meeting, the ANA hosted a Mentor-Mentee Breakfast at ANA2019 in St. Louis on October 14 to enable…

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2019-11-21 – Your brain has the capacity to store a lifetime of memories, covering everything from the name of your first pet to your latest computer password. But what does a memory actually look like? Thanks to some very cool neuroscience, you are looking at one. The physical manifestation of a memory, or…

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2019-11-13 –  World-renowned neurologist and ANA's past president, Dr. David Holtzman, will talk about how targeting immune cells may be a potential therapy for Alzheimer’s disease at the 16th Takeru Higuchi Memorial Lectures at the University of Kansas School of Pharmacy on Thursday, Nov. 14.  Learn more here…

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2019-11-05 – Groundbreaking research at academic medical centers has led to new treatments for the millions of athletes, veterans, and car accident victims suffering from the debilitating effects of head trauma. Read full article here: Hope for patients with traumatic brain injury

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2019-11-05 – Our world has never witnessed a time of greater promise for improving human health. Many of today’s health advances have stemmed from a long arc of discovery that begins with strong, steady support for basic science. In large part because of fundamental research funded by the National Institutes of…

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2019-11-05 – The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director, Francis Collins, issued a statement regarding the retirement of the agency’s aging Alamogordo Primate Facility (APF) chimpanzees. The full statement can be read here. According to the NIH statement, "a panel of NIH veterinarians, independent of the…

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2019-10-17 – Dr. Justin McArthur, incoming ANA President has a message for members.

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2019-10-15 – Washington, DC -- Representative Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) introduced the Biomedical Innovation Expansion Act of 2019 this afternoon with Representatives Mike Levin (CA-49) and Abigail Spanberger (VA-07) to invest $10 billion over the next ten years in the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to…

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