Pharmacy Daily | Dispensary Corner 08 Oct 14

ELEPHANTS in Martin Place. If you saw a group of elephants just hanging out in Martin Place last week, don’t fret, you weren’t experiencing an unknown side effect to medication but instead laying eyes on a project by the Australian Private Hospitals Association (AHPA) to get people talking about mental health. The Association placed four blow up elephants in Martin Place to symbolise that despite one in five Australians suffering from mental illness this year, the topic remains the elephant in the room. Nearly 200 private hospitals would break the stigma around mental health and provide information to the public, it said. A TALL story. Don’t rush to change your door sizes yet, although you could raise some of those hanging advertising banners in your pharmacy to accommodate the very tall. Research published in the journal Oxford Economic Papers showed that the average height of men has risen by almost 11 cm since the mid-19th century, BBC News Health said. Based on data of men from 15 European countries, the average height at age 21 rose from 167.05cm in 1871-75 to 177.37cm in 1971-75, the article said. Dr John Middleton of the UK’s Faculty of Public Health said “Does how tall we are really tell us how healthy we are? This interesting research suggests that it’s certainly a factor.” The research also identified a range of social factors that may also have influenced the trend.

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