Dispensary Corner
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Dispensary Corner 11 Nov 22
Friday | Nov 11 2022SPLURGING hard-earned cash on a nice car and nights out may seem like fun when you start your career, but debt can mount up quickly.
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Dispensary Corner 10 Nov 22
Thursday | Nov 10 2022NOV rolls around each year and men around the world adopt quirky facial hair to raise funds to support a variety of health campaigns.
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Dispensary Corner 09 Nov 22
Wednesday | Nov 9 2022A new mum who breakfasted on a poppy seed bagel in the USA the morning before she delivered her baby has been battling with authorities, after a drug test taken on admission to hospital came back positive for opioids.
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Dispensary Corner 08 Nov 22
Tuesday | Nov 8 2022THERE'S been a medical breakthrough of a kind in the USA this week, where a Philadelphia man who ate nothing but a whole roast chicken daily for 40 days in a row has concluded it was not good for his health.
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Dispensary Corner 07 Nov 22
Monday | Nov 7 2022AMERICA'S National Parks Service has issued an unusual new health warning for visitors to some of its parks in Arizona - they've been advised not to lick any of the local toads.
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Dispensary Corner 04 Nov 22
Friday | Nov 4 2022THE cold war potentially dived to an even lower temperature after the recent release of figures showing Cuba is outstripping the USA in terms of average life expectancy.
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Dispensary Corner 03 Nov 22
Thursday | Nov 3 2022PHARMACISTS all learn about the life cycle as they obtain their qualifications - but the concept is not usually taken as literally as the owner of a funeral home in France who has just introduced the country's first "bicycle-hearse" (pictured).
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Dispensary Corner 31 Oct 22
Monday | Oct 31 2022FEARS that drug dealers in the US are targeting trick or treaters as future clients this Halloween are wide of the mark, a North Carolina pharmacist, Dr Catherine Lewis Wente, says.
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Dispensary Corner 28 Oct 22
Friday | Oct 28 2022TRUTH in advertising matters, particularly when it comes to pharmaceuticals - so it's no wonder two US consumers are suing a California cannabis firm for allegedly lying about the strength of its products.
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Dispensary Corner 27 Oct 22
Thursday | Oct 27 2022'HAVE a shower,' villagers in Iran's province of Fars, told 94-year-old Amou Haji, who had not bathed in more than 50 years, fearing soap and water would make him sick.