a FORT NELSON, B.C,

i! | COP) — - Mémbera of, the: ‘ * foral.: Chamber. of, Com-. “Merce: have” begun: callitig

” Fort Nelson-ihe Hub of the ° "North and ambitious plans. ;

are under. ‘wily to ensure it - deserves: ‘the monicker.

. Located on-either side of. . * fhe Alaska Highwta’).orte: .- sastern . British , Columbia, > this town of 5,000 people,

four. ‘sawmills, “10 - gas

"> gtations, and’ Bl hotels : ‘has long ‘béen a ‘service centre“

__ for traffic to the Yukon and Alaska. - “ Now. there. da: talk of éx-

tending -a- highway’ east to- | 7 gediements * "regard Fort - Nelson as, something of a- metropoll, vith the: movie

' create a shorteut.from ‘B.C. to Northern Alberta. ’_And earl summer the $90-

. New upside- -down chair

A Canadian company has come up with a chair for . people sirffering, from back pain, but it’s not the sort you'll use in the office.

- The chair is designed: to

tilt backwards: s0 that its

octupant, sécurely belted,

‘is placed at'a steep angle.

- With head down andheels up

' tn the air. The result of this,

" nearly upside-down position - [8 that, the weight of. the ‘upper body puts. the lower

straightening

ching it and relleving pain.

‘Amateur Canadian In- ventor, Walter Sieber of <-

‘kdlometes Uard Highway -

tnta °~ the: Northwest > : Territories «ig sto ‘Open | ‘of » fielally, linking Fort. Nelson: . to the N:W.T; Settlements of.

Fort Lard and Fort ‘Siinp-

son,

The Fort Neleon tourist industry. Stands: to get a: boost; says’ Chamber” of’ ‘Commerce président Glen. -Campbell, ° Who is also’

manager of the - Coach

‘ House Enon,

“And we expect a of ‘at ; people: from. Simpson and:

_ Liard will do their ir chopping

“here, We

Sears

New * antl-meningitia vaccines ; being developed. by Canadian scientists could, save ‘the. -lives of - thousands of young children

around the world each year; — .. Meningitis ls an infection. and. inflammation. of the -membrane around the brain.

and spinal cord.”

In "Canada, early

diagnosis ‘and the ready. availability: of antibiotics © ensure that only one.or two . per. cent ‘of children who . develop the disease actually:

Elmira; Ont.; ‘created “the , oni:

. chair.In 1978 as a way of alleviating. his’ own. back problems.: Since then, : the

chair“has undergone ex- tensive testing and im-

provement in - several hospitals across. Canada and the U.S., including the Arthritic and Orthopaedic Hospital in Toronto. |

The. chair. looks. like an -_ airline Seat. or. plush | den-.. tist's “chait ‘with = ain elongated back and a wide, padded. seat belt’.

The chair tilts back slowly until ‘the desired angle is achieved; The person then stays in. the . unside-down position for two. to, 15 minutes... :

' ”.The makers of the chair _ say’ at least four people out .of five. get so Sede from ‘the sledo therapy.

The aoe ‘manufactured .

"and: “distributed by Inver. ° chair: Inc. of , Cooksville, . Ont., sells for $4,600.

- Plok one up. ata: Newsstand fe ony

The most dangerous ° :

period for meningitis {s' between three months and two years of age, Before

three months, the child is. —— protected. vameinst the in-

mt "Dae should restr antibodies .recelved. from tm y

-fecting

the mother’. After age two, immunity-systems become more effective in producing the necessary antibodies.

Fairly effective vaccines.

against meningitis are

already available for‘adults - -and. older :.diildren, }-who ~ have lesa need for pratec--

Hon! Pbgat 7 "Dr. 'Henry Jennings of the | wil. National & ich Council

wal belleves these vaccines can be ‘adapted ta protect infants and young: children. “The vaccines are based on

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disease’ die and many. survivors -- show: . Signs of .

‘theatre, a . - restaurants,

cheaper ‘groceries" ses. _Unrestrictéed liquor. sales... The highway - ‘has been.

passable’ ~ all” -- winter, ©. _ bringing ‘seores of visitors . from the NWT!

Fort’ ‘Nelson / is. not - ‘a

tourist attraction in itself, a

, year-old’ Hudson Bay ‘Company - living . quarters

belng the chief historic site.

But. (he: NWT. ‘govern- .

ment has ambitious plans to bring <‘bus* tours “thre oh Fort: Nelson, ‘north o

oo new: highway” through - the

Tard River’: Valléy, then

"southwest - down - the: - Mackenzie Highway to

Edmonton,

a complex sugar motecule

or polysaccharide . taken . from the outer coating of the’ . micro-organisms that cause ‘meningitis, = *

.The National Research Council team has found. a

‘way of - increasing. ‘the strength of the vaécine’ by - Joining the polysaccharide-~

to a protein carrier; This

increases the vaccine's . _ ability to stimulate. antibody -

production, particularly in children, Jennings belleves,

‘Field trials of the. new vaccine will soon be started in’ the U.S, by Cohnaught

- Laboratories, a ilarge “Canadian Pharmaceutical . company.”

“The hopefut ‘outcome of:

“the project. is that world. . wide immunization (against

meningitis) could. “take place within the decade,’’ .

Jennings says in a report in

the Canadian . Medical. .

Association Journal: "

headaches, " diabetes, diarrhea, high - blood pressure and nausea: ~

Fort Nelson called hub of,

‘The - - government. “atic bene the Dota edn of

merous.” hee Also,’ the NW. T..

ment is: developing Ita pte : “campground - : - between’ *.'the two “se - tlements,-- across the | Fiver. “from Nhanni National Park.

“To° celebrate- the. ‘new road, ‘the ” ‘Fort ‘Nelson - ‘Chamber of. Commerce

. plans a -motor: parade’ hell

Fort | ‘Simpson... -June.

“earrying 900°: ‘people, ° hoe

cluding the scticol band, the -

_ gun club, the dart club anda

handful of. politicians. . After a. « Hibbon-euting

Canadian, Medical:

Association Journal, Gowdey says there is good evidence . that -placebo medications - ‘gan have’ a

positive effect on. a wide’

range of illnesses © and

medical problems including

the: common ‘cold,. asthma, epilepsy, ‘migraine —

Placebos are particularly

', effective in treating:-pain. ‘People with pain. resulting ©

from. arthritis, ulcers. and

- surgery have often ‘showed ”

improvement on placebos, Gowdey Bays. :

_ Placebo medications can: ‘also. have unwanted side effects such as nausea,

rash, . : Bumbness ~and.

diarrhea. |

placebo or dummy. drugs...

effect deserves ~~ more recognition, says “Dr. Charles. Gowdey,.. ‘a

‘professor in the department .

of ‘toxicology: and phar-

. macology at the University - of Western Ontario in

London.

‘the very -word (placebo)

makes ‘ some ‘physiclans - uncomfortable” and many - "patients resent the.ldea that - their doctors: may ‘one

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‘drug spectalist suggests. | The power of the placebo

. Gowdey Goncedéa - “that. - .

. insemnia,-

border, “the. ‘parade - will’.

‘continue to Fort Liard for: a

Plans for ihe citdbrations

“have alarmed some N W.T,

officials :who say. -ihe- final L = Iayer of gravel will not:be - ‘ spread on the highway until

. August ‘and: most sérvices

“will ‘not be ready before :

then.

‘The ‘government does not : want to attract “tourists |. ‘prematurely in case they go

- home disappointed. : But Campbell said nobody

‘has ‘expressed queh . reser:

offered

casionall prescribe “augar . -pills” for them;. But, writing’ ‘in the

In predicting who will” Le respond to placebo “drugs - | aiid who won't, doctors are |

wrong as often: as hey are, . tight, Gowdey saya. .

(One. study of - eancer

patients, he saya found'that | a

men . were slightly ‘more

likely to react to ‘placebo ~

drugs than were women,

. The same study found that

non-smokers' were more

_ Susceptible than were “smokers. ;

“Although 30 to’ 30. per ~

cent of patienis respond to

Placebos In a variety of:

situations, they are not

always the same people,”

Gowdey BAYS.

~The effect of real drugs ig. algo probably due in part to -a placebo effect created in “the minds of. latieats who *. believe their doctor can help co

them. tle

: the north - u

ue T: vations to hin,

"He has’ ‘invited N Ww 7. -: Commissioner: John Parker | » te ‘ride: in: the® parade: ‘with: * the’ ‘other. officials. So far oe Parker has not replied,

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