Pharmacy Daily | Dispensary Corner 13 Feb 17

COULD the peanut-shaped robot pillow pictured be the answer to curing insomnia? Known as Somnox, the cuddly electronic-equipped pillow tracks the speed of your breathing before creating its own steady breathing rhythm in response. Apparently your body naturally adopts the steadier breathing pattern of the pillow, helping you to zen out and fall asleep. High-sensitivity sensors can track the quality of the user’s sleep and gather data to help provide customised treatment. While Somnox is still in the prototype phase, the group of Dutch engineers behind it is trying to get enough funding to take it to market. IN AN odd turn of events a Bangladeshi family has been arrested after using a fake penis to trick and convince villagers that a genie had performed a sex change on their daughter. According to the Hindustan Times, the family was then able to set up a profitable business where they healed villagers with their ‘genie’. Police became suspicious and had the girl medically examined where it was revealed she had a fake penis tied to her waist. The trio is now set to be charged with fraud.

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