What can be offered to couples at (possibly) increased genetic risk?

O5: Technical Accident Reconstruction-What Can be Learned to Improve Medical Treatment in Trauma Patients

Annually, more than 1 million people were killed in road traffic accidents worldwide every year and an uncounted number were severe injured. In 2012 fatal injuries caused by road traffic accidents are under the top ten lists of causes of death in the world. It´s expected that in the near future road traffic accidents become one of the main causes of death in the world. Most of these fatal injur...

Who should be offered genetic screening?

General The conditions dealt with here are those where detection of women or couples at risk of having children with burdensome disorders with little or no curative treatment, is feasible. One objective of screening is avoidance of birth of affected individuals by identifying those at risk, prospectively. As important is the reassurance which can follow negative tests. Voluntary participation o...

What can be done to reduce the risk of SUDEP?

The epilepsies constitute one of the most common serious brain disorders; the condition knows no age, racial, social class, geographic, or national boundary [1]. Approximately 50 million people worldwide have epilepsy. Between 70 and 80% of people who develop epilepsy and are appropriately treated enter remission, whereas the remaining patients continue to have seizures and are refractory to tr...

Violence to women--what can be done?

Preservation of Fertility in Female Cancer Patients Desiring Future Child Bearing; What is Available and What can be Offered

The aim of this review is to present an overview of available methods for preservation of ovarian function and fertility in female cancer patients who desire to maintain their child-bearing capacity for future pregnancies. A Medline search was conducted. Published articles from American and European studies from 1976 to present were reviewed. The effect of cancer treatment on the ovary, as well...