News in brief

Two US physicians have recently traced the source of eye injuries in autistic children to a type of therapeutic swing. Noticing separate presentations of metallic foreign body injury in the eyes of autistic spectrum children, the doctors found that each patient had been using a therapeutic swing with metallic suspension which resulted in metal fragment exposure. 'Raising awareness of this potential source of injury in children with autism is paramount,' stated author Dean Bonsall of Cincinnati University as reported in this month's Journal of the American Association of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus.

A service has been launched to explain what the three main political parties are promising for healthcare over the next few years. The Election 2010 health tracker website (www.2020health.org/events/election2010) will be updated as policy becomes clearer.