06 Castlegar News rebrvor 2,1 Weather doesn'tiRyTI | aca) influence colds trcrnone ses s210% TORONTO (CP) The scenario goes something like this: A teenager, miserable with a cold, comes home from school to hear a parent scold. ing: “I told you not to go out last night in the cold with wet hair.” But studies of cold in. fection by a University of Toronto professor may de- bunk that old notion that getting a chill produces an almost instantaneous cold. In four years of studying the occurrences of colds in about 500 first-year students at the university, Barney Gilmore says preliminary data indicates it takes two days from the time of ex posure to a cold virus before symptoms develop. “This meaus that the chill you got while outdoors yes. terday or last night while sleeping cannot be the cause of the cold you developed this morning because the incuba tion period is too short,” Gilmore said in a lecture. “If chilling really does in. crease the risk of infection, that chilling would very probably need to occur two days or more before the cold is first noticed, at the time of infection.” While some studies sug gest cold temperatures may facilitate development of colds, other studies have shown that they do not directly produce colds, which are caused by any of hun dreds of viruses. ASA STUDY In Arctic climates during the winter, for instance, in. habitants have no colds about six weeks after their last exposure to outside influ. ences, he said, noting that colds begin recurring in the spring when contact with the outside world resumes. But a notable drop in temperature may be a factor ments, Gilmore said, In 1983 and 1985, the first two years of the study, results showed pressure peaked two days before cold symptoms appeared — about the time of infection — sug. gesting that stress may in. crease the likelihood of be- coming infected, he said. In 1983, respondents noted in cold di » Gilmore said. Yet his studies linking weather changes to cold de velopment indicate tempera ture drops occurred not at the time of exposure to the virus, but two or three days earlier — or four or five days before cold symptoms ap peared Gilmore also studied psy chological factors by having students fill out daily ques tionnaires for about six weeks outlining how they felt emotionally, environmentally and physically leading up to the outbreak of each cold They also recorded symp. toms from colds for the entire school year Students were asked, for instance, “How much were you feeling sad and unhappy during this day?” and “How much were you feeling re. laxed and unconcerned?” The answers were combined to create a-single psychological stress measure. They were also asked to report how much time pres sure they were experiencing result of deadlinesa work and commit as a school Doctors advise LONDON (AP) A six year study of more than 5,000 British doctors failed to find evidence that ASA can cut heart attack risk, but re. searchers said the study does not contradict a U.S. study showing ASA could cut the risk almost in half. Sir Richard Doll, emeritus professor of medicine at Ox ford University and one of the directors of the British study, said: “I think we had bad luck. If you take all the evidence, I have no question, no doubt in my mind, that taking aspirin daily can re duce the risk of heart attack It's absolutely clear to me.” ASA stands for acetyl salicylic acid. The drug is known in the United States and Britain as aspirin. In Canada, Aspirin is a trade mark of Sterling Drugs Ltd The British study was published in the British Med ieal Journal. In an accomp anying editorial, Dr. Michael Orme, professor of| clinical pharmacology at the Univer. sity of Liverpool, wrote: “I advise caution in the routine use of aspirin until more details of the American study are known.” The American study, pub. lished last week in the New England Journal of Medicine, included 22,000 U.S. doctors It found that an ASA tablet taken every other day can cut the risk of heart attack by 47 per cent STUDIES DOCTORS The British study involved 5,139 doctors over a six-year period from 1978. Among the 3,429 who took ASA daily, 148 died from heart attack or stroke. Among the 1,710 who did not take ASA, 79 died of heart attack or stroke Asked about his team's finding that ASA did not appear to cut the risk of heart attack, Doll said: “That was the result of our study, but I don't believe that.” However, Doll added both the U.S. and British studies indicated ASA increased the risk of stroke, which he’said outweighed any possible benefit for healthy people in psycholog stress had sud. denly elevated at the time of infection, two days before cold symptoms began. The same was found in 1984, except that respond ents report that two days before exposure to the cold — or four days before symp. toms — they felt an unusual sense of well-being “So pronounced was this effect, it suggested that the real risk factor for infection might be sharp changes in stress from low to high,” said Gilmore, “that perhaps when things are going un usually well our minds or our immune systems take a holi day from work, and when stress hits we are unusually susceptible to it until we re- accustom ourselves to more normal stress levels.” However, in 1985, re. spondents did not report marked elevation of psy chological stress in the four days leading up to getting a cold, he said, suggesting that viruses rampant in 1985 may have “had different rules of contagion.” caution cutting their risk of heart disease. “And I personally am not taking it,” he said, referring to the idea of healthy people taking an ASA tablet a day to avoid heart attacks The director of the Ameri. can study said the British study, which had about one. quarter the number of par. ticipants, was too small to arrive at any conclusion “You don’t have enough heart attacks in the group to distinguish with great as. surance whether nothing is going on or whether there's a small to moderate effect,” said Dr. Charles Hennekens of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass Doll said both studies indicated ASA does not sig nificantly reduce the risk of death from heart attack and stroke combined The benefit, he said, is in protecting those who sur. vived a heart attack from suffering a second attack Acne cream triggers avalanche of inquiries BOSTON (AP) News reports that a prescription acne cream can restore wrinkled, sun-damaged skin have triggered a flood of in quiries to dermatologists, druggists and plastic sur geons around the United States. Some doctors warn, how ever, that the drug Retin-A is no miracle-cure for people trying to regain youth-look. ing skin. Retin-A produced by Ortho is not licensed for use in Canada as are two other antiacne drugs with the same active ingredient, tret inoin Vitamin A Acid by Rorer and Stievaa by Stie fel. University of Michigan re. searchers reported last week that the cream smoothed wrinkles, erased spots and gave skin a rosy glow in 30 patients with sun-damaged skin who uses it daily for four months. The first news reports were on a Thursday. The next day, every one of Dr. Arthur Sober's patients SR tm ae asked about the drug. He is the associate chief of derma tology at Massachusetts General Hospital The greatest interest is in the southern states with older populations and af. fluent areas such as Palm Beach, Fla., Newport Beach and Beverly Hills, Calif. In St. Petersburg, Fla., pharmacist Mary Rivero said she had to quadruple her stock of Retin-A to keep up with demand. “Even my drug clerk and my mother want it,” Rivero said. “One lady came in and said she wants to look 16 again,” she said. “But I tell them they have to go see a doctor. They should have their skin checked. I even tell my mother the same thing.” In the retirement com munity of Sun City, Ariz., the three dermatologists on staff of the community's hospital, Walter O. Boswell Memorial Hospital, reported that patients are “swarming in” to get Retin-A. Dr. Stephen Blender, a dermatologist at Good Sa maritan Hospital in West Palm Beach, Fla., said he has noticed one unfortunate side effect from the publicity over Retin-A. Many of his skin cancer patients are hopeful that the drug will cure them. Blender, who said he has conducted informal studies with the drug, is skeptical of any benefits of Retin-A. Some dermatologists said the drug is bound to dis. appoint many patients. “It will not make a 60-year. old look like a 30-year-old,” said Dr. Nancy Silverberg, a Newport Beach, Calif., dermatologist. She said she has used it for years for cosmetic purposes. “It's not like a face lift,” Silverberg said. “It's just good for the fine wrinkles around the eyes and the mouth. It's usually three to six months before you see the results.” Silverberg said she also warns patients of the drug's side effects: initial and some- times severe patches of red- ness, peeling and sensitivity to the sun. ioreaeaaicidieemunimin on ae ECTORY Coatl News Busi: ative Library, at Uldgs., 2B. 501 Bellevirr. St copy ch be accepted up to for the m., Wesday, Feb. 23 for the month of March. Rocky View Tax & Optometrist Typesetting ML LeRoy Bookkeeping Services * Small Business & Contractors * Personal * Farm-Logging No. 06-1845 Columbia Avenue astlegar, B.C. 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A wood stove very quickly and spread. ignited a garage but the tire department responded Stove ignites blaze By BONNE MORGAN Staff Writer Darrin Davies was at neighbor Colleen Estabrook’s house borrowing a drill Friday morning when he looked up to see his garage on fire. “We looked out the window and saw the smoke,” said Estabrook, who lives across the street from Davies’ north Castlegar home. “So we took off over there.” The fire, which consumed about 15 to 20 per cent of the garage, was caused by a wood stove, said Castlegar Fire Chief Bob Mann. The older-model stove, “wasn't installed properly,” said Mann. “It was installed too close to combustables . . . the wood frame of the garage.” The roof of Ravies's garage at 172 Crescent St. was in flames by the time they got there, according to Estabrook. Davies called the fire department and then drove his truck out of the garage. The Castlegar Volunteer Fire Department received a report of the fire at 9:55 a.m. and responded with one fire truck and later with another pump truck. However, Mann said the fire was There were no injuries. doused the blaze before it could CosNewsPhoto by Ron Norman under control with the first-response truck “within 10 minutes.” “And, you couldn't get any closer toa hydrant,” he said. There was a fire hydrant immediately in front of the house Davies is renting from his grandparents, John and Jenny Buckna, of Trail. “He lit the stove to warm up the garage so he could work on the truck,” Estabrook explained. Davies was about to “put in a baby seat for the new baby coming home (from the hospital),” Estabrook added. No one was hurt in the incident Task force studies ferries By CasNews Staff i hold any public hearings before sub- mitting its findings at the end of this month, says the group's chairman. Dr. Don Kasianchuk said the task force gathered the necessary infor mation by speaking to local MLAs, and visiting each of the ferries. Kasianchuk said Admiral Robert Yanow of Victoria visited the West Kootenay just before Christmas. Yanow rode the Castlegar-Robson, Balfour, Harrop and Glade ferries to get an appreciation for the “role of the ferries" in the various communities, Kasianchuk said. The task force is looking at the levels of service and staffing, the roles of the ferries, and ways to control costs. However, Kasianchuk said the task force will accept written briefs. In addition, Municipal Affairs Minister Rita Johnston sayge anyone with concerns about the ferrfes should contact Highways Minister Stephen Rogers. continued on pege A? COMMITTEE CONCERNED Abortion policy confuses doctors By BRENDAN NAGLE Staff Writer The Castlegar and District Hospi- tal’s therapeutic abortion committee will continue to function, even though a recent Supreme Court of Canada ruling makes the law governing abortion committees unconstitutional. “At the present time we are func. tioning with an abortion committee in place and they're performing the same function,” said hospital administrator Ken Talarico. Supreme Court judges ruled Jan. 28 in a 5-2 decision that the Canadian law governing abortions is uncon stitutional and violates the rights of women under Section 7 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. However, Dr. Jon Van Vliet, the B.C. Medical Association representa tive for the West Kootenay, said it is still too early for the members on the Castlegar and District hospital abor. tion committee to know just exactly what the latest developments mean. “The whole situation is confusing right now,” he said. Provincial Health Minister Peter Dueck — an avowed anti-abortionist — originally said abortion committees in B.C. hospitals would continue to function as they had in the past, deciding whether a woman needs an abortion based on medical necessity. If the committee agrees that a woman requires an abortion because it is a matter of health, the government will provide funding. According to the Supreme Court decision, these com mittees are no longer necessary be- cause the Canadian law governing them was found to be a “profound interference with a woman's body.” Dueck has since modified the provincial ministry's requirements for abortions. He now insists that medicare coverage applies only if an abortion has been approved by some other medical ROBSON WORRIED review committee that decides which abortions the government will fund. As well, Dueck says the government will not fund any abortions performed out- side B.C. hospitals. However, the B.C.M.A. says it will not comply with Dueck’s latest re- quests. The B.C.M.A. interpretation of the decision is that all abortions are covered under medical plans. “We're (the B.C.M.A.) not going to be the ones to determine whic! abortions the government is going to pay for,” Van Vliet said. With the Castlegar and District Hospital therapeutic abortion com- mittee continuing on as before the Supreme Court decision, the com mittee members are not forced to make a decision on what abortions the B.C. government will pay for. All abortions passed by the therapeutic abortion committee, under the old provincial continued on page AZ Post office may move By RON NORMAN Edi r A Regional District of Central Kootenay decision to deny Canada Post Corp.'s rezoning application for a new Robson post office has sparked some concern in the community that the post office may close its doors for good later this year. However, a Canada Post spokes man says the post office, which has one full-time and one part-time employee, will not close. “We have no plans to close (it),” Tommy Lam said in a telephone inter. view from Vancouver. “What we're trying to do is find some property.” Lam said the lease on the present post office building is up in November and Canada Post wants to move its business into a double wide trailer at another location Lam said that while the trailer isn’t in the area yet, “we're all ready to put it in.” Canada Post ran into a roadblock on its original location when the regional district turned down an appli cation to rezone a parcel of land on Waldie Road just north of the present post office. The land, which is presently zoned residential, is not owned by the Crown corporation. Area J director Martin Vanderpol said the application was rejected because the location isn't suitable for a post office. “It is not the most ideal spot to have a post office,” Vanderpol said, adding that it is close to the Robson elementary school and on a “nearly dead-end street.” He expressed concern that resi dents driving to pick up their mail could present problems. Vanderpol said the application didn’t go toa public hearing because all of the provincial authorities opposed it, including the Ministry of Highways, Ministry of Health and the Area J advisory planning committee. Vanderpol also said he is con cerned that rezoning the property could leave it open to any kind of development if Canada Post should not locate its new post office there. He called it “definitely detrimental to the interest of the community” to locate the post office and rezone the property. “We have to look at community here.” Meanwhile, Lam said Canada Post is looking for another site on which to locate the new post office. the total gram a chance. decentralization. has shifted to the region.” “Many of you are to you and me.” Johnston asked the leaders to tell her how they intend to use the new “communications link.” “You tell me how you think we can improve government services for the Kootenays or how we can improve the regional infrastructure to attract economic opportunities to the Kootenays.” Johnston said she hopes to have the two regional development groups in place and meeting regularly by next month. The groups will include representatives from the 23 municipalities and three regional districts, along with business, tourism and labor spokesmen. “One group will deal with economic infrastructure MINISTER SAYS DECENTRALIZATION NEEDS AREA INPUT By RON NORMAN Edit itor Rita Johnston, Minister of State for the Kootenay Development Region, called on area leaders Thursday to give the provincial government's decentralization pro- “Let's be positive and constructive about this new process,” Johnston told about 100 people at the Fireside Inn, which included area mayors and aldermen, and representatives from Selkirk College, school boards, hospitals, business, labor and the arts community. Johnston was in the area for 4 week-long tour that began in Kimberley Monday and ended in Grand Forks Friday to bring regional leaders up to date on the Johnston stressed that the “onus for decision-making ill waiting for a document or directive from Victoria on what the government is going to do. How this program develops and where it goes is up said. new concern. regional concern. RITA JOHNSTON ideas and the other with government services,” Johnston “It's going to be regional people advising the government on issues of regional significance.” She emphasized that the groups will deal only with issues of regional significance when Warfield Ald. Erie O'Dell raised the question of the West Trail approach. “That is not the type of issue that would normally go to the committees,” Johnston said, saying it is‘a “local” Instead, she pointed to the Castlegar Airport as a continued on poge AZ