Playing doctor-patient was your favourite past time as a kid. But if the sight of blood and the thought of having to rip people apart gives you goose pimples, consider a milder profession - one that involves dishing out those red, yellow pills and syrups to patients.

Yes, we are talking of pharmacists. Contrary to popular perception pharmacists are not people who couldn't make it as doctors. These are people with a genuine interest in life sciences.