Dispensary Corner 06 Jun 14
June 6, 2014
BRITISH feet bigger.
Do you stock therapeutic
footware in your pharmacy?
You are probably unaware that
you are stocking larger sizes than
you would have in the ‘70s.
According to The College of
Podiatry poll, and reported by
BBC News, the average British
male has nine pairs of shoes
while women have 17, but more
interestingly, the average male
now wears a UK size 10 compared
to a size eight 40 years ago.
The college has said that it
believes that the increased size is
due to the increased load as the
population has grown taller and
heavier.
BORDERING on bizarre.
You gotta hand it to drug
smugglers; they can get creative.
The US Border Patrol found a
Fish and Wildlife Service truck
which looked legitimate but was
actually filled with about 1,451 kg
of marijuana, worth an estimated
US$1.6m, AP reported.
Agents spotted the truck along
a boundary fence in Arizona
this week and when they
tried to contact those inside,
the occupants stopped the
vehicle and fled to Mexico, the
publication reported.
Other smuggling attempts have
included two women stashing
1.2 kg of cocaine under their
wigs when flying from Brazil to
Spain (PD 07 Jan) and what police
described as a “logistical error”
when containers of bananas
delivered to five supermarkets
were found to have 140 kg of
cocaine in them (PD 09 Jan).
OHMYGOSHOHMYGOSH.
With things like automatic
medication dispensers such as
MedVend, the future is surely
upon us.
But perhaps the most exciting
development is the news that
smartphones will have 3D
holographic projectors such as
those featured in the (good) Star
Wars films within two years, the
Telegraph reports.
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