Washington, DC — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) appointed ten new members to the Advisory Council on Alzheimer’s Research, Care, and Services, including Ricardo A. Hanel, MD, PhD, a nationally recognized neurosurgeon who serves as Director of the Baptist Neurological Institute, Co-Director of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Surgery, and Endowed Chair of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Surgery at Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville, Florida.

Washington, DC — Seventy-five national clinician and professional medical organizations – led by the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS), the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS), the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA), and the American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) – sent a joint letter to Senate Republican leadership urging the Senate to include a critical provision to protect access to care for seniors and individuals with disabilities who rely on traditional Medicare.

Chairman Buchanan, Ranking Member Doggett, and members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to provide comments on how access to digital health data can help improve patient health and the challenges associated with adopting such technology.

Slap fighting is a new-age combat activity that is rapidly gaining national and international popularity. The activity features two fighters (striker and “defender”), wherein the striker inflicts an aimed, full-powered, flat-handed strike to the face area of the defender, who is standing stationary with the target area exposed.