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I-36: Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis - Where Have We Been and Where Are We Going

Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) is now considered routine in IVF laboratories with micromanipulation capability and access to genetic diagnostic services. The past two decades have witnessed a dramatic increase in the use of PGD, the number of cycles performed, and the indications for which PGD has been used. This increase has been mirrored by a slow, but steady, increase in the range o...

Acute stroke: we have the treatments and we have the evidence – we need to use them

Despite huge global burden, stroke disease has traditionally received little attention in the general medical press. We review a series of four acute stroke research articles published in a themed issue of the Lancet. Claiborne-Johnston and coworkers presented a scoring system to stratify risk of stroke following transient ischaemic attack. Chalela and colleagues demonstrated that magnetic reso...

We have journeyed far.

The article by Goldberg and colleagues found in this issue is a meticulous history of the changes in incidence and in-hospital and long term case fatality rates of myocardial infarction (MI) for a defined New England community from 1975 to 1995 (1). The authors suggest that there is a decline in the incidence of acute MI as well as in the short term and one-year mortality in survivors postdisch...

Have we won?

What have we learnt

Author: Katie Schenk (independent consultant for JLICA) 2122 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Apt 614 Washington DC, 20008 USA Tel: +1 202 468 5537 Email: [email protected] Executive Summary: What have we learnt from evaluations of community OVC programmes? • Approaching twenty years after the first studies drew attention to the issues faced by children affected by HIV, evaluation data from OVC p...