Dispensary Corner

FOR those who have always felt receiving urgent medical treatment can be quite stressful, your prayers have just been answered by an ambulance service in La Crosse, Wisconisn.

Ambos in the area have recently been equipped with six different types of essential oils that can help treat pain, nausea or anxiety.

Medical director for Tri-State, Dr Chris Eberlein, said he noticed paramedics were often giving small doses of narcotics like fentanyl to patients who ended up not needing a prescription for pain medication.

“We started reviewing ‘Why are they giving narcotics?’ and really it came down to the fact that they didn’t have many other things they could do in the ambulance ride,” Eberlein said.

There is no word yet as to whether hot stone massages will be offered in the future. NUDE NUTS and desert-heads rejoice - researchers in the UK have discovered a potential new cure for baldness.

According to a report in

PLOS Biology, the University of Manchester team have found a compound called WAY-316606 which reduces the activity of the SFRP1 protein, a growth regulator which affects hair follicles.

Human trials are still required, but lab tests found the drug significantly stimulated growth in samples from more than 40 male hair transplant patients.