It WAS a tough job, but the Pharmacy Daily team were up to the challenge.
Late yesterday afternoon we were graced with a surprise visit in our Sydney office - a very welcome delivery from Blistex.
Promoting the new 'Melon Happy Lips' Blistex flavour, it was literally a melon which made our lips very happy - complete with watermelon jelly slices, melon lollies, coconut sorbet with honeydew and watermelon and to top it all off, some honeydew melon syringes (pictured below).
We are very happy to report that the melon flavour went down a treat, with Blistex adding it to the existing Strawberry and Mango flavours - so who knows what might come next!
FORGET drugs, it turns out iPads are just as efficient for relaxing children before they go under for surgery.
A French study of 112 youngsters aged 4 to 10 found that those who played on an iPad loaded with games before their operation were just as blissed-out as those who were given sedatives.
Lead researcher Dominique Chassard of the Hospices Civils de Lyon said the games provide a simple and familiar distraction which may make the whole experience feel "less medical and so less threatening".
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