Pharmacy Daily | Dispensary Corner 14 Sep 10

AUTHORITIES in Kenya have been forced to issue a statement reassuring mobile phone users that receiving calls from certain numbers can cause brain haemmorhages. The Nairobi populace has apparently been panicked by rumours that 27 people had died after answering calls, with an alert circulated by text message urging recipients to “please inform all your friends and relatives soon”. The Communications Commission of Kenya said it had analysed the messages and “established that the warnings are a hoax generated by unscrupulous people bent on causing fear and despondency among members of the public. “In addition, the alleged haemorrhage due to high frequency has no technical basis whatsoever,” the statement said. PEOPLE who want to live longer should really get a grip - a firm handshake, that is. Researchers at the UK’s Medical Research Council have found that elderly people who were able to give a strong handshake and walk briskly were likely to outlive their slower peers. The study pooled the findings of 14 previous research efforts, with those with the strongest grip strengths tending to live longer than those with limp wrists. TWO men have been arrested in Britain after being discovered running an unlicensed fertility company, matching sperm donors with women trying to conceive. Court proceedings earlier in the week heard that nearly 800 women had signed up to use the service which traded over the internet under creative names such as Sperm Direct Limited and First4Fertility.com. Prosecutors alleged that 43- year-old Nigel Woodforth ran the business from the basement of his home in Reading, with the pair being the first to be prosecuted under the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act.

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