Hydrocephalus Association eNewsletter | February 2018

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2018 WALK Schedule! Our 2018 WALK schedule is up! 2017 was our most successful WALK season to date. We hope you will join us this year at your local WALK!  Read more National Conference Financial Aid! HA is pleased to announce a Financial Aid Program for those in need to attend our 15th National Conference on Hydrocephalus. Read more

Roadmap to A Cure is the Hydrocephalus Association's critical initiative to accelerate critical research, expant patient support and education, and raise unprecedented public awareness about hydrocephalus. Join us on our journey to raise $20M by 2020.  JOIN IN

UPCOMING EVENTS

2/16 Plantation The Grass is Greener Senior Expo! 2/18 Virginia Community Network Meeting 3/23 Ventura Community Network Meeting 4/15 Charlotte Community Network Baseball Game

7/28 Colorado Community Network Meeting 10/20 Colorado Community Network Meeting

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Conference Early Bird Registration Take advantage of our early bird rates and sign up for our National Conference on Hydrocephalus today! Early Bird Rate ends April 1st. READ MORE

ETV-CPC for the Treatment of Infants with Hydrocephalus To determine if ETV-CPC provided a benefit compared to ETV alone or placement of a shunt, the HCRN conducted a study which was recently published in the Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics. READ MORE

Share Your Story - Vincent 11 "As Vincent recovered, we scoured the internet looking for anything on Hydrocephalus. We had no idea so many people of all ages suffered from this condition!" READ MORE

Tools To Help Patients Make Informed Decisions Dr. Thomas Beez and Dr. Hans-Jakob Steiger from the Heinrich-Heine-University in Düsseldorf, Germany have developed a new health care quality metric for shunt surgeries. READ MORE

2018 Scholarship Cycle is OPEN! Don't forget to submit your application for our 2018 Scholarship Program! Deadline to submit is April 15th. READ MORE

What Does Quality Care Mean to You? Please take a moment to fill out this survey. The goal is to determine what you might want to know about the neursurgical practice where you or your loved one receives care. TAKE SURVEY

CSF Shunt Entry Site Trial The CSF Shunt Entry Site Trial has reached the 75% mark in patient enrollment. That is 385 patients enrolled! READ MORE

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