Dispensary Corner 05 Jun 13
June 5, 2013
A SCOTTISH couple is somewhat
shellshocked after the birth of
their fifth and sixth children,
after Karen Rodgers amazingly
conceived for the third time with
a natural set of twins.
She and her husband already
have four boys - one pair aged
14 and a second set aged 12,
with the 41-year-old mother
apparently defying odds of more
than 500,000 to 1.
The couple say they now plan
to convert the loft of their home
into bedrooms, as well as upgrade
their existing people-carrier to
handle the new arrivals, according
to the UK Telegraph.
IS there a doctor on board?
That’s an in-flight
announcement which is made
more commonly than you might
think, with a report in the New
England Journal of Medicine
saying that medical emergencies
happen on about one in every 600
flights around the world.
Considering the millions of
flights which happen every year
that equates to around 44,000
in-flight health crises annually - or
almost 50 a day just in the USA,
according to USA Today.
Fortunately only about 0.03%
of the emergencies end in death,
with the study reporting on calls
to a medical crisis centre at the
University of Pittsburgh - one
of two in the US where doctors
advise flight crews on how to help
people in medical distress.
In three out of every four
emergencies, health professionals
aboard the plane came forward
and volunteered to help out.
SEVERE motion sickness is likely
to be induced by a new roller
coaster at UK theme park Alton
Towers in Staffordshire, which
features 14 inverted loops.
Ironically titled “The Smiler,”
the hectic ride which opened last
weekend also features a range of
“optical illusions and blinding
lights designed to mess with your
mind”.
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