Dispensary Corner 30 Jun 14
June 30, 2014
A special clinic has been set up
in China to treat a new complaint
called World Cup Fever.
Physicians have come up with
the term to describe a condition
which has proliferated during the
FIFA tournament in Brazil, saying
it is a combination of listlessness,
tiredness and insomnia.
The new clinic is in Chengdu in
Sichuan province, where doctors
are reportedly on standby to treat
symptoms which also include
stomach cramps, loss of appetite,
anxiousness and paranoia.
They are also equipped to
handle psychological issues such
as football-induced hysteria.
A whole world in your hands.
Your smartphone carries
up to 80% of your personal
bacterial “fingerprint” on the
screen according to some recent
research out of the University of
Oregon in the USA.
BBC News reports that personal
possessions such as mobile
phones might be useful for
tracking exposure to bacteria with
for example, health workers, as
they carry so many of the trillions
of different micro-organisms
naturally present on and in our
bodies.
Studies have shown people
touch their mobile phones up to
150 times per day.
“We share more than an
emotional connection with our
phones - they carry our personal
microbiome”, lead researcher Dr
Meadow said.
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