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Tips for Combating Obesity

Kyle Shea, born with Spina Bifida in Nova Scotia, began Fitness Without Legs (FWL) as a simple Health and Fitness blog aimed at helping to promote a healthier lifestyle for everyday people.

Help Make a Difference

The Spina Bifida Genetics Research Project is starting the second phase of a study to determine if genetic variations in folic acid metabolism account for an increased risk of having a child affected by Spina Bifida. From the results of the study, it may be possible to develop a test that can identify women who may not be adequately protected by standard prenatal vitamins, but who might benefit from high dose folic acid therapy prior to conception.

Neurological Study is Underway!

The LINC Study is a national study to learn about people living with a neurological condition and its impact on their everyday lives.

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.

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Read our latest newsletter, Summer 2009.

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