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Neurological Study is Underway!

The National Population Health Study of Neurological Conditions (NPHSNC) is well underway, and the LINC Study research team lead by Dr. Tanya Packer and Dr. Joan Versnel from Dalhousie Univeristy is looking for your help to assist in recruitment.

2010-2011 Financial Statements & Annual Report

2010-2011 Financial Statements are available to view and download here (PDF).

2011 Annual Report is available to view and download here (PDF).

2011/2012 Board of Directors

Study indicates Surgery may benefit babies

A new study in the New England Journal of Medicine indicates that a delicate surgery performed on a fetus can improve the health of children born with spina bifida.

The study, which appeared in the online journal Feb. 9 and will be released in the print edition March 24, compared children who have the surgery after birth with children who had the surgery performed in the uterus. The study shows that the prenatal surgery improves the likelihood that a child born with spina bifida will be able to walk and lessens the risk of other neurological complications.