The Independent-News, Volume 120, Number 43, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 9 March 1995 — Page 13

J Health & Nutrition 3 by Judith Sheldon

[NAIL ING” DOWN INFECAvON: Nail salons have become a ' U growth industry in recent years. £ Mifortunately, there’s also been an c^-reasing incidence of nail infecf/ns including fungal, bacterial, and , 4al, which have been traced to nail ips that don’t sterilize their equip--2— nt properly, or use emery boards, ^mge sticks, and other manicure ""“plements for more than one cusner. _n New York, several steps have ■■in taken to deal with these health l^blems. Some of the new rules that U?st now be followed by salon Earners are, (1) An emery board can- . tbe used for more than one cus- \ her; (2) Chamois buffers, credo j^ives (which are razors for ^-jiicures) and pumice stones are y lined; (3) Nail-whitening pencils ' |ist be sharpened after each use; (4) liger bowls for soaking must be “"linfected after each use. Manicurists must also be licensed, th licenses up for renewal after

JTCH AND DOUGIE by ALEX HOWELL you WANT TO PLAY’? I MAW... 1 . O CHECKERS? \ X J "WO Jg Mg>cL -— luA =JT ON A LIMB by GARY KOPERVAS jscvwl cmeeWi / \ iw.ovCm&^y Nl J § ■psY 51 L JI AMAS BO YZ by JERRY CRAFT I'M SORRY, MOM, I DIDN'T \ /Tm SORRY I K^G^TOPCKW v I ^T^ KNON YOU FRIT THIS WAY. J, DIDN'T KNOW ^FTtR YOURSELVtS' \ f / Ara_ — \tmfpfwasa ^tAM YOUR MOWER, / M 47 ^k 7/—®^ 8 DIFFERENCE' V®)// mS T 1 W / WWSb) 7?i il 1 iF.D. by MIKE MARLAND NOSENSETOIN’TO < 3 DRIBBLEIUQDUGH YALEG6 Fff J HE LITTLE KING 000 ®H ZF FR |FX zLZjla ihihel T the Iggn HIS MAJESTY U, - — r JFnO ROYAL M FJ THCKINO>— j f ffl Yw M _ *— LL / X'v/ 1 11 t —Z4Z__ < / _ A- l_-^^°4V27 — l«! "CZ _

two years. Some customers have begun bringing their own manicure kits to make sure they are the only people using these implements. Other states that have not already put similar rules into effect, are expected to do so in the near future. Apropos of health legislation, although this column is not political, I must take issue with Speaker Newt Gingrich who recently spoke against some of the policies of the FDA (the Food and Drug Administration). He said the failure of the FDA to act quickly on new drugs impacts on drug companies and affects jobs. He also said it was unfair for patients needing these drugs to have to wait so long to get them. He felt the FDA’s role in these matters should be cut back or cut out. However, Mr. Gingrich should be reminded that because the FDA is relatively slow in assessing safety and effectiveness of drugs, this country has escaped some of the tragedies that have affected populations where government regulations are not so strict. Two examples come to mind: Thalidomide (touted as a safe aspirin

substitute for pregnant women) was held up for further testing by the FDA after its introduction in Europe. Within a year, thousands of malformed children were bom to the European women who took the drug. There was also an ulcer drug which was widely available in Canada and on the Continent, but was held back by the FDA.

Your Health by Lester L. Coleman, M.D.

Q. I can’t get myself to discuss this problem with my doctor. I have a vaginal discharge which is causing me a lot of anguish. Can you make any suggestions? A. I most certainly can. But first let me discuss your problem. Do you have any idea how many hundreds of thousands of women have a vaginal discharge which can be readily diagnosed and cured? I doubt that you, even with your hypersensitivity, would not gain satisfaction knowing that you are not alone with this problem. I hope that your anxiety will be assuaged long enough to induce you

to seek the medical help you obviously need. The two most common vaginal infections are caused by the trichomona and the candida organisms. Once the distress of itching and discharge become apparent, it is very easy to have a smear made to establish the diagnosis and start intensive treatment. The new drugs that are now available are quite remarkable both in the efficacy in curing the infection and preventing recurrence. Mature adult women must know that a vaginal infection is nothing to be ashamed of. There is no need to keep it hidden. Your doctor will certainly keep in confidence this and any other problem you have. It is difficult to believe that in this day of sophistication there are still people who will not reveal a “personal problem” to their physicians. It is remarkably naive to believe that your doctor will find this medical problem sufficiently interesting to make it a topic for social discussion. ©1995 by King Features Synd.

This Week In History

On March 6,1836, the siege of the Alamo ended; the entire garrison was slaughtered ... March 6, 1857, The U.S. Supreme Court ruled, in the Dred Scott Decision, that a slave did not become free when taken into a free state, Congress could not bar slavery from a territory, and blacks could not be citizens ... March 11, 1888, a great blizzard began raging in the eastern part of the United States ... March 12, 1912, the American Girl Guides (later to become the Girl Scouts) was founded ... March 6, 1933, all banks in the U.S. were ordered closed by President Franklin D Roosevelt ... March 9, 1933, Congress began its special “100 days" session, aimed at passing the New Deal social and economic measures to battle the Depression ... March 11, 1941, the Lend-Lease Act was signed, providing $7 billion in military credits for Britain ... March 12, 1947, the Truman Doctrine was spelled out when President Truman asked Congress to aid Greece and Turkey to combat Communist terrorism March 12,1956, massive resistance to Supreme Court desegregation rulings was called for by 101 Southern congressmen ... March 10, 1971, a Constitutional Amendment lowering the voting age to 18 in all elections was approved in the Senate by a vote of 94-0... March 12,1993, Janet Reno, a Florida state attorney, became the first woman to serve as Attorney General of the United States when she took the oath of office on this date.

Minds that have nothing to 1 confer fund little to perceive. —William Wordsworth

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MARCH 9, 1995 - THE INDEPENDENT NEWS -

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FAMOUS HAND South dealer. Neither side vulnerable. South dealer Neither side vulnerable. NORTH ♦ A8 VAKQJ ♦ Q 2 ♦KQS43 WEST EAST ♦ QJ 1072 *964 ▼ 43 V 10985 ♦ A J 10 98 6 473 ♦ — *A962 SOUTH « K 53 ▼ 762 ♦ K 64 ♦ J 1087 The bidding: South West North Eaat Paia 1 ♦ Dble Pass 1 NT 2 4 3 4 Paaa 3 NT Opening lead — ten of diamonds. Here is a remarkable hand from the France-Italy match in 1967. It features an example of brilliant defense by the Italian star, Giorgio Belladonna, who sat West. Belladonna, from time immemorial an aggressive bidder, opened with one spade and the French North-South pair got to three notrump on the bidding shown. Belladonna made his first good move when he led a diamond instead of a spade. Declarer won with dummy’s queen and returned the three of clubs. East could have settled declarer’s hash then and there had he grabbed the ace and returned a diamond. But East played low and declarer won with the jack as Belladonna discarded the queen of spades! South realized he would surely go down if he persisted with clubs, so he shifted his attention to hearts, cashing the A-K-Q-J. Belladonna had to make two discards and threw a diamond and a spade. Declarer’s only chance for a ninth trick was to endplay West. Accordingly, he cashed the A-K of spades, planning to put Belladonna on lead with a third spade to force him to concede a diamond to the king But on the A-K of spades Belladonna dropped the J-10, retaining the seven. When declarer then exited with a spade, East won with the nine and returned a diamond to put the contract down one. At the second table, the Italian North-South pair also got to three notrump, but when West chose the queen of spades as his opening lead, declarer had no difficulty making ten tricks after forcing out the ace of clubs. The more abstract the truth you wish to teach, the more you must allure the senses to it. —Friedrich Nietzsche The first woman to hold the post of Chief of Protocol in the Department of State was former child star Shirley Temple Black, in 1976.

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