DISPENSARY CORNER 22 Dec 15
December 22, 2015
WORKING long hours, dealing
with spoilt children, consuming
sugary treats and constantly
carrying heavy loads can’t be all
that good for you and with Santa
most likely fitting into the over
65 bracket, Swedish Scientists are
warning that Father Christmas
may be at risk of falling.
With a third of all senior citizens
his age reporting a fall once a
year, the study by Gait & Posture
titled ‘Jeopardizing Christmas:
Why spoiled kids and a tight
schedule could make Santa Claus
fall’, examines a number of factors
to determine the jolly fellow’s fall
risk.
“Santa Claus faces a
tremendously increased risk
of falling when carrying his
Christmas sack with 20 kilograms
of presents,” read the study.
“It is recommended that Santa
train his strength and balance
before Christmas and also avoid
filling his sack with more than
20kg of presents.”
AN ALASKAN Air Base has been
forced to discard hundreds of
tubes of lip balm, after it was
found to contain trace elements
of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC),
the active ingredient found in
cannabis.
The lip balm was given out
at the base’s Sexual Assault
Prevention and Response Office
and was “mistakenly distributed”
to service members throughout
Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.
Though the SAPR lip balm did
not have enough THC to register
on a drug test, the US Air Force
have called a ban on all products
containing hemp seed oil.
“Not everybody thinks to check
the ingredients on ChapStick,”
commented JBER spokesman
Michael Harrington.
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