14 - Sunday, August 14, 1988 - West Vancouver Villager

FOCUS: LOCAL HEALTH CARE ALTERNATIVES &

without the use of drugs or surgery

WEST YANCOUVER

residents

who suffer from any

number of ailments have a health care alternative right on
their doorstep: the West Vancouver Clinic of Naturopathic

Medicine.

Dr. Kelly Farnsworth is the
Naturopathic physician who
Operates the clinic at 101-585 16th
St.
**We're an interesting clinic,’’ he
says. “I use natural therapies
rather than surgery or drugs.*”

Such treatments include nutri-
tional counselling, herbal medi-

By PEGGY WHITTAKER
. Villager Reporter

cine, homeopathy (giving minute
amounts of natural substances to
stimulate the body’s self-healing
abilities), manipulating to correct
misalignments of muscle, connec-

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tive tissue and the skeletal system,

Chinese medicine involving the

therapeutic use of water, light,

electricity, ultra-sound, massage
and exercise.

Although there is a strong tradi-
tion of natural healing all through
medical history, it was in 1900 that
medical doctors and practitioners
of natural healing arts formed the
Naturopathic Society of America.
In the early 1920s, naturopathic
medicine was included on the Mcd-
ical Register in British Columbia
and in 1936, it became a self-
regulating profession under the
Naturopathic Physicians Act.

One of the stipulations of the
Act is that naturopathic doctors
(NDs) not administer any drugs on
Schedule F of the Drug List of
Canada or perform surgery.

NDs do prescribe medicine that
has a natural derivative, and
Farnsworth says that nearly all of
their therapies are without side ef-
fect, unlike many drugs or
therapies routinely prescribed by
MDs.

Farnsworth also notes that
naturopathic medicine is more cost
effective than traditional health
care, as studies have shown that
people suffering from the same
complaint often have to make
fewer trips to a naturopathic doc-
tor as they would to a medical
doctor. Further, naturopathic
medicine tries to avert the need for
costly surgery or hospitalization.

Depending upon the dollar value
of the visits, between 11 and 15
visits per year receive 100 per cent
coverage under the Medical Ser-
vices Plan of B.C. On July 1, 1987
a $5 per visit user fee came into ef-
fect. No referral is required .

Farnsworth, who is president of
the Association of Naturopathic
Physicians of B.C., says he is the
only ND in West Vancouver, but
that there are. five practising in
North Vancouver.

An association president, Farn-
sworth says that he would like to
see greater health care coverage
and funding for preventative
health care, and is encouraged by
the $4 million budgeted by Mel
Coulevier to study different factors
in preventative care.

The naturopathic medicine cen-
tre can be contacted at 925-3037.

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DR. KELLY Farnsworth employs a variety of skills and disciplines in his
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of health care.

Chiropractic supported

A NEW support group has been
formed in West Vancouver to pro-
vide an extra voice in support of
chiropractic care.

It’s the Ambleside Chiropractic
Support Group and its president is
T.A. James, local chiropractic en-
thusiast.

The new group’s main focus will
be public education on how to
benefit from chiropractic health
care, sO as to create wider public
acceptance of this drugless branch
of the provincial health care pro-
gram.

The group notes that the major

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obstacle to this form of health care
has been misconceptions about
what chiropractors can. do and
what forms of therapy are
available.

For instance, there is no need
for a referral from a physician, yet
some members of the public still
ask if a referral is required. .

Also some members of the
public are not aware that, apart
from a $5 user fee imposed by the
provincial government, they can
obtain chiropractic treatment at no

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