Dispensary Corner

FOREVER in green jeans?

It doesn’t quite have the same ring as the familiar song, but Indigo dye, which is used to make blue jeans blue, involves some “pretty nasty chemicals” according to researchers at the University of California, USA.

They have consequently created another “greener” method of producing an indigo dye using engineered bacteria that produce a compound called indoxyl.

Although not yet practical on an industrial scale, it offers promise for a cleaner greener fashion-forward future, authors claim.

See the research at nature.com.

A SWEDISH man escaped death after suffering ‘concussion of the heart’ when he was struck in the chest with a tennis ball.

Doctors believe his life was saved because three quickthinking doctors happened to be at the same tennis courts and recognised his symptoms.

Skane University Hospital doctors said sports players rarely survive cardiac arrests, due to lack of accessible defib equipment.

The doctors published the case in the Journal of Medical Cases because survivors are rare, due to a lack of defibs in close proximity.

Thanks to CPR and defibrillator they were able to get the heart pumping again.

Thank you ball boys, linesmen and doctors.