Congressman Vern Buchanan, Vice Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee and Chairman of the Health Subcommittee, issued the following statement after attending the Medical School Nutrition Education Celebration at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), hosted by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Education Secretary Linda McMahon: “As we work to combat the rising chronic disease epidemic, increased nutrition education is critically important for professionals working in the medical field,” said Buchanan. “We need to ensure medical practitioners have the knowledge and resources necessary to help patients lead longer, healthier lives. Improving nutrition education for doctors, students and families is one of the most important steps we can take to make America healthier.” “As chairman of the Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, I have been proud to lead the conversation in Congress about the critical role nutrition plays in preventing chronic disease and improving long-term health. Just months ago, I led a bipartisan group of lawmakers in a letter urging the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education to strengthen nutrition training for future physicians. I’m grateful to Secretary Kennedy and Secretary McMahon for bringing together educators, physicians and policymakers to ensure tomorrow’s doctors are equipped with the knowledge they need to treat patients through prevention as well as medicine.”
people without symptoms. The ASAP Act clears the roadblock, bringing people closer to timely diagnoses, informed treatment decisions and stronger support for families. We are grateful to the many organizations and researchers standing with us and to the congressional leaders driving this work forward.
Leading voices within the Alzheimer’s, aging, research, health care and patient advocacy communities signed the letter urging members of Congress to support Buchanan’s ASAP Act, including several Florida-based researchers: Steven T. DeKosky, MD, Deputy Director of the McKnight Brain Institute and Professor Of Neurology and Neuroscience at the University of Florida College of Medicine; Amanda G. Smith, MD, Director of Clinical Research at the University of South Florida’s Byrd Alzheimer’s Institute; and Gopal Thinakaran, PhD, Eric Pfeiffer Endowed Chair in Alzheimer’s Research at the Morsani College of Medicine at the University of South Florida. “The LEAD Coalition (Leaders Engaged on Alzheimer’s Disease), the Alzheimer’s Association, and Alzheimer’s Impact Movement (AIM) strongly support the ASAP Act and urge you to become a cosponsor,” wrote the signatories in the letter. “We appreciate your ongoing commitment to addressing Alzheimer’s disease and related forms of dementia and look forward to continued collaboration to promote risk reduction, strengthen early detection, improve access to care, and enhance quality of life for individuals and families affected by dementia.”
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