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Facebook YouTube Twitter Digg RSS Funding for Disease Research: Together, Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and Parkinson's disease are estimated to impact more than 1.4 million Americans. Congressman Forbes has cosponsored a bill to establish for the first time national MS and Parkinson’s disease registries at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). “This bill is a great first step in being able to better understand both Multiple Sclerosis and Parkinson’s disease,” Forbes said. “Because of the current lack of a national coordinated system to collect data on these diseases, research has not advanced, and programs and services for those who are suffering from the diseases have not progressed further. Data from these registries will give patients, health care providers, and researchers a better overall understanding of the diseases, which will help advance evaluation and diagnoses, as well as treatment of the diseases.” Specifically, the National MS and Parkinson’s Disease Registries Act (H.R. 1362) would amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the establishment of permanent national surveillance systems for multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and other neurological diseases and disorders. Under this legislation, the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) would be responsible for creating each registry. Currently, H.R. 1362 is in the House Committee on Energy and Commerce where it is waiting for further action. To read more about Congressman Forbes’ work on health care issues, visit http://forbes.house.gov/issues/healthcare.htm. |
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