Pharmacy Daily | Dispensary Corner 11 Apr 12

BREASTMILK is better? Well that is of course if the breastmilk is not coming from a home intruder. In a case which has more than a few people baffled, a 24-year old woman broke into a home, but stopped to breastfeed the householder’s two-month old baby. The woman was discovered by the infant’s mother, sitting in the infant’s room and feeding the babe at around 5am in the morning. The mother was able to retrieve her well-fed baby off the woman without drama, and calmly called the police whilst the accidental wet-nurse had a nap on a bed. The police subsequentially arrested the intruder, and have said that they believe alcohol was a factor in the incident. IT’S so good aliens will want it. The Scottish Ardbeg Distillery has sent a batch of whisky into space in order to determine just how well it distills in a zero gravity environment. The experiment began in late October last year, when the whisky’s ingredients were sent up to the international space station. Once they had reached the station, the ingredients were mixed together, and will stay in space until the end of 2013. “This experiment will throw new light on the effect of gravity on maturation,” said Ardbeg’s head of distilling, Dr Bill Lumsden. “We are all tremendously excited - who knows where it will lead?” he added. According to US-based space research company, NanoRacks LLC, who is a partner in the research, studying the interactions of chemicals in zero gravity will lead researchers and alcohol connoisseurs to better understand the science behind flavour and the perfect malt whisky.

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