'Will we ever become parents, or are we casualties of rationing?' (rationing of resources for healthcare; first in series on the state of the National Health Service)

Article Abstract:

The rationing of resources for healthcare is becoming an increasingly public issue as the purchaser/provider split between health authorities and hospitals grows wider. Many health authorities are now limiting services such as fertility treatments and cosmetic procedures, even though doing so will only slightly reduce their expenditure. Many observers believe that this is paving the way for increasingly difficult decisions to be made about healthcare in five or 10 years.

Management, United Kingdom. National Health Service

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Magic hands with a healing touch

Article Abstract:

People disabled by strokes, brain tumours or head injuries received in accidents appreciate the therapy of magic. The tricks and routines depend on speed, accuracy, eye-motor co-ordination, memory and planning. These skills could help disabled people and the performance helps them resume socialising. Two half-hour sessions a week help patients maximise movements for which brain patterns have been lost. Project Magic began in Kansas, USA.

Health aspects, Methods, Usage, Disabled persons, Rehabilitation, Volunteers, Magicians, Rehabilitation centers, Magic, Volunteer workers in rehabilitation

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Backpackers beware: bilharzia lurks in the lake

Article Abstract:

British doctors are becoming increasingly concerned about the growing number of young visitors to Africa who are becoming infected with bilharzia. This is one of the most common illnesses in the world, and kills 200,000 people a year. Many of the cases seen in the UK are traceable to Lake Malawi, but the Malawi government is unwilling to admit that there is a problem, for fear of damaging the tourist industry.

Schistosomiasis

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