ne ‘operations fail, -aay / Northern: “Ontatla, doctors:

- Vasectomy ;

“ “relatively. safe and simple. . ~ Means ‘of permanent con- " traception, _ approximal ly One ..per. cent . Of

ae

should be, aware. of thls

possibility, 80 they - can:

avoid” accusations ; of.’ ‘ine.

- fidelity ‘that - -may ©. sition “ because . of: us xp

: Writing “in,

‘Fevlew. ‘the:::-lalest : » formation. available. ‘on the:

. safety of: vasectomy, an Sg operation:in. which. the vas .

:, deferens “=; the ‘tube that .

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“cut and tid off,’ More than

30,000 ‘Canadians undergo vasectomies. each yéar, - iMeMullen fand:Abourbih

. pay” “recent: - fears” that

_ vasectomy. can increase the .

* Tikelibood , of hardening of

cui vasctaiy i is ac

. Gaon _ Family" Physician,’ they: ins

"the! arteries-and’ hédrt ‘at:

tacks are not supported by

the evidence. Those fears -

are based on studies done . :

with-one particular species... - of Monkey,’ ‘they. nate, -ad- >;

ding that ‘go studies to date:..

“have © made: simijlar ‘con-"; clusions about man.” ‘ One -extensive " stindy

~ completed. recently in.

Seattle fownd.no- inergase of.

heart - attacks. in. \vasec-

torized men, while another involving- 5,000 “men: who have had vasectomiesfor-15 _ years s\ also: finding: no:

fneréased rate of car-.

dlovaseuls problems © on

psychological. problems;

. libido, Impotence, or, at the

other" ‘end of. the: scale,

sexual ‘byperactiyity.. _

“In our Northern Ontario.

community the incidence of

such syndromes appears to be very low and: we-cannot .

recall 8 case of seriogs post-". .

vasectomy . mye cal, “marital oy: problems,” i “the foctors, write. : - . ms be" reverged ‘in’ about “, per.

- cent of canes, (they pay;and: :/f°

about ‘half. als event ‘who:

. vincibility,,” ‘but. the equip. : ment itself is. not the cause °

‘of: the numerous - Bertoua: ' neck and “spine’ injuries.

which’ have ‘hit “young | Canadian hockey players in ©

"the last few years, saya a

' study of the ways:in which

_ 7 the gear might. change, the: . biomechanical |

| characte ristics of the neck;

In the last three’ sepgons, more than 40 ) YOUNG hockey

. players across Canada haye-

* been _ paralysed during games.

Jyoung hockey

spine-injured and

“Using both a mechanical” ‘model of a head and film of

players -

”akeating with: and> without

‘helmet: and face shield, -

_-Pesearchers. studied. the * possibility that wearing the > equipment might produce a ‘ vulnerable, forward taaning

‘They “also”: atudied the.

ie ‘possibility: ‘that: equipment’.

might change the way ‘the: ‘neck moves if the player'is | ‘hit by a check or any other

blow to the body.

“alates if the head and could.” .

that:wearing @ helmet does , change *

“The researchers; ed: by’ Patrick J.‘ Bishop, ‘found: *

some: ' of the * ‘biomechanical : characte-.

cause strain-on the neck.

a ‘These’ achanges, however,

protective”

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enough.

. China says sovereigniy. over or Hong Kong i is not tiegotiable. “ _ Britain accepts China's claim on the New Territories after ; 1997,.But it polats out the:'Hong Kong. colony. itself has been. “" peded to Britainc perpetuity. At the same time, the British’ |”

. readily. acknowledge that. Hong ‘Kong without the ‘New: -

Territories i not an economically viable proposition. Tt also

is indefensible,

“So, Jefe: ta ‘negotiation ‘Is‘an arrangement’ under which “China would rule in-Hong Kong without unduly disrupting the city's life: and’ funetion:as a’ freé port and An in- ;fernational monetary. and trade centre, Whether the system of government now in force would survive and whether the - British would be allowed to play a residual role in Hong . Kong are among the main unanswered. questions: —

The latest: two-day round ‘of confidential talks on the; future af Hong Kong started in Peking an duly 1 12 and is scheduled to ‘resime :thére. duly 25.

4: ‘The Chinese called the first session “usetial” and “eon: 7 “ structive," but Indicated the talks are not expected to produce any ‘substantial agreement in the near future, —

The - British establishment in Hong Kong takes: a

‘Canada features. new movie

‘A movie. thriller - which

sete a small-town Ontario

girl in the midst of political , intrigue in a fictional Latin ~ American _- Squntry ;

‘The young Canadian film such as anxiety, decreased’ making team of Sturla

Gunnarson and; Steve Lucas |

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“altered thes’ ‘aature of ihe". “#ame of, ice hockey; piving- . players sucha’: ‘feeling of.” /tnvinelbit that: they take”

HONG. KONG (CP). "This is: a city on deadline. Mn | The target’ year 1s 1997, when the 99-year Brit[zh lease ori * 90 per cent af the colony's ‘Chinese territories expires, But : the psychological couitdown has already ‘begun. 3 Worrying 4 years ‘ahead of time, ‘here know for sure that life after 1997 will not be the same. _ What they don't know is just how radically. different. it a .» might get and whether there will be wee for them under: a" Chinese Communist: government. Given the fact that 98 per cent of the popillation is Chinese and atleast a third of them are refugees from the mainland, - "the future has. thus become B daily preoccupation, _ With the growing worries also have come the realization ‘that the people,’ most of them British .citizens;-will have little or no say in’ the final determination of their. future. “The political perimeters: af the: situation seem, mysimle

. recently: returned from a

“the stript for the movie; to: . be” _Ammunity, |

. ” After the. Axe, the’ Oscar: ~

excessive sad unwarranted

risks “during games’ and practices, the researchers wrole = “the, -Canadig

Sciences: ;

the 5.2 million people ’ ‘thinking.

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~-in- ‘the can before the raitiy’ ‘season starts in Mexico, 80 ‘he must be back in Mexico by February... Diplomatic Immiinity will” be a ‘co-production, pelvis

five-month-research trip to Central America to flesh out’

called - Diplomatic

“).Gunniargon, whe helped: “Canada and a Mexican film > studio, . Conacite, | “although *’ “other partners may ‘, . Shooting costs = are

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They point out ‘the fate of Hong Kongi is: politically linked ; “to China’s claim‘to’Taiwan'and that Peking’s benevolent. _ @tiltude to Hong, Kong: would undercut its unification hopes

The uncertainties of the situation. are already having a : negative effect.on the city's life and possibly its future, The — --once double-digit economic: growth has dropped -to-a-mere- - 2.4 per cent, with the Hong Kong dollar ‘sinking to record. minutes, Graham found. lows against its‘U.S. counterpart. Unless a substantial and satisfactory agreement is. reached by the end of 1994, in- _fluential members of the trade and financial circles predict - "that capital‘and. skilled labor might léave.. ‘, ; Already,. inquiries , or applications to emigrate have. ‘Canadian, Australian and ‘U.S. consulates. About" 170,000 government workers in ‘Hong - Kong wondar. what ‘will Happen to their obs,

careers and

-. But, they are. still risking their lives to reach Hong Kong; although only those with relatives in the West have hopes of eventually feaving dl the detention camps. _

estimated at about ‘million: in Mexico, * Gunnarson. says a similar ifilm’ would .cost about 4 million: it; Canada. .

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However, ; he. adds; the : findings might be explained . _.. in part by” the’ fact .. that

: A’ British law-that: veal int ‘effect earlier this year bars although the women formed emigration of Hong Kong’ residents to Britain, except for an

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