Dispensary Corner 28 Feb 12
February 28, 2012
A MAJOR public health campaign
the South-East Asian country of
Cambodia has banned the
roasting of cows in public.
Prime Minister HunSen has
instigated the new prohibition
becuase the practice “runs
contrary to Buddha’s teaching on
the sanctity of life”.
Restaurants in the capital
Phnom Penh commonly operate a
massive spit roast out the front to
attract customers, but the PM
also condemned this as being
extremely unhygienic.
BAD breath not all bad.
Scientists in Japan have
discovered a new use for
hydrogen sulphide, the main
constituent of halitosis.
A report in the Journal of Breath
Research cites their study which
saw them investigating the use of
the bad smelling gas to convert
stem cells from human teeth into
liver cells which could be used to
grow a new organ.
The researchers from the
Nippon Dental University in Tokyo
said the gas increased the purity
of the stem cells and made them
more useful for their research.
MOUNT Everest, the world’s
tallest natural marvel, is also
home to a new biological marvel
of equal astonishment - the
world’s oldest man to be declared
the world’s shortest man.
Chandra Bahadur Dangi has
been measured by Guinness
World Records judges as standing
at a microscopic 54.60
centimetres, beating (if you can
call it that) the previous record
holder by a full 5 centimetres.
Hailing from a remote part of
Nepal, Dangi has become a local
celebrity, travelling on a plane for
the first time to his national
capital for his record-setting
measurement meeting with
Guinness judges.
“I want to travel around the
world and spread the name of my
country,” Dangi said.
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