04 Feb Super Bowl XLVIII Leaves The Field, but Not the Controversy Over Concussions
The Super Bowl had barely ended before the discussion turned back to football-related brain injuries and player safety....
News & Events
31 Jan Race Car Driver Michael Schumacher Brought Out of Medically Induced Coma
Formula 1 race car legend, Michael Schumacher, who suffered a serious head and brain injury in a skiing accident, is slowly being brought out of a medically induced coma....
08 Jan Dr. Arno Fried Offers Advice to Families
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17 Dec A New Way To Predict Surgical Outcomes for Epilepsy
Researchers have come up with a way for epilepsy patients to receive crucial advance understanding of their chances to improve their symptoms through surgery. ...
25 Nov Dr. Arno Fried gives important advice on brain injury symptoms on CBS The Early Show
[iframe width="500" height="361"]//player.vimeo.com/video/79440375[/iframe] What is an epidural hematoma? It is the condition that resulted in the death of actress Natasha Richardson following a brain injury while skiing. Dr. Arno Fried explains it on the Early Show,...
22 Nov Dr. Arno Fried discusses serious brain injury on Fox News Live
[iframe width="500" height="361"]//player.vimeo.com/video/79439937[/iframe] Dr. Arno Fried appears in this television segment on Fox News Live regarding the fatal brain injury in a skiing accident suffered by actress Natasha Richardson. Fried explains the "talk & die" syndrome,...
22 Nov Pediatric Neurosurgeons at ANA Partner with Friends of Jaclyn to Support Children with Brain Tumors
The partnership between ANA and Friends of Jaclyn entails co-referrals of pediatric brain tumor patients, as well as working together to spread the word about this remarkable program to fellow colleagues....
18 Nov Experts Devise Way to Cut Radiation Exposure in Children Who Require Repeat Brain Scans
A team of experts has developed a way to reduce radiation exposure in children conditions that requires repeat CT scans of the brain without sacrificing the diagnostic accuracy of the images or compromising treatment decisions....
13 Nov Umbilical Cord Stem Cells May Have Targeting Capacity for Glioma
The researchers found that human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells demonstrated excellent glioma-specific targeting capacity in established rat glioma models after intratumoral injection or contralateral ventricular administration in vivo....
02 Nov November is National Epilepsy Awareness Month
November is National Epilepsy Awareness Month. The goal of these 30 days this month is to spotlight epilepsy and raise awareness. ANA is a strong advocate of this effort, and of the epilepsy community. We...
01 Nov Welcome to our New Website!
At ANA, we have invested in a modernized and more complete website to serve our patients, as well as the medical and general community. Our goal is to explain our services and to enlighten those...
16 Oct Neuromuscular Disease
A neuromuscular disease is a disorder that affects the peripheral nervous system. The peripheral nervous system includes muscles, the nerve-muscle (neuromuscular) junction, peripheral nerves in the limbs, and the motor-nerve cells in the spinal cord....
14 Oct University of Minnesota Football Coach Jerry Kill Highlights Epilepsy
Kill, who had previously experienced several seizures during games, suffered a seizure on the sidelines in front of 50,000-plus fans during a game on September 10....
11 Oct Spinal Tumors
Spinal tumors are often referred to by the area of the spine in which they occur. These basic areas are cervical, thoracic, lumbar and sacrum. Additionally, they also are classified by their location in the...
11 Oct Spinal Deformities
The formation and segmentation of the pediatric spine is of paramount importance in understanding these types of deformities. Scoliosis Scoliosis is a side-to-side curvature of the spine that occurs most often during the growth spurt just before...
11 Oct Congenital and Developmental Disorders
Craniovertebral (CV) Junction Anomalies Disorders of this type are a result of the anatomical challenges posed by this unique location in the body, where the skull (cranio) meets the spine (vertebral), as well as the disproportion...
11 Oct Research on Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) Highlights NFL & Sports Concussion Issue
New research sheds further light on the growing interest and controversy surrounding CTE, chronic traumatic encephalopathy—the disease now associated with repeat brain trauma caused by concussions in athletes. The research, detailed in a study that appeared...
05 Oct Advanced Neurosurgery Associates (ANA) Opens New Office
Advanced Neurosurgery Associates (ANA) announces the opening of its new office. The same experience and community care, available to all, is now also featured through our additional location in Morristown. The new office joins our...
04 Oct Recent trends in storytelling
The term minimalism is also used to describe a trend in design and architecture where in the subject is reduced to its necessary elements. Minimalist design has been highly influenced by Japanese traditional design and...
19 Sep Tumors of the Central & Peripheral Nervous System (Brain & Spine) – Procedures/Treatments
Terms for you to know when it comes to pediatric brain & spine tumor neurosurgery: Biopsy Any type of biopsy refers to the removal of cells or tissues for examination by a pathologist. The pathologist may study...