18 - North Shore News - Sunday. January 2, 2000

DR. DEBRA ROVINELL
DR. BART McROBSERTS
DR. CORINNE KNIGHT
DR. NANCY HARDIN

WEST VANCOUVER OPTOMETRY CLINIC

| 9795-2525 1069 24th Street

(24th & Haywood)
Saturday and evening appointments available.

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WELL, NOW YOU CAN AGAIR!
— SHOP BY PHONE, fax, EMAIL
OR OR-LINE!

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From Deep Cove to Lions Bay
Stong’s Express will deliver your
groceries right to your front door.

PHONE: 266-5194 FAX: 266-5199
EMAIL: cori_bonina@bc.sympatico.ca
ON-LINE: www.stongs.com

AVAILABLE MONDAY TO FRIDAY EXCEPT HOLIDAYS
ORDERS MUST BE RECEIVED BY 11:00 AM
AND WiLL BE DELIVERED THE FOLLGWING DAY
SATURDAY DELIVERIES ARE AVAILABLE BUT
ORDERS MUST BE RECEIVED BY 11:00AM FRIDAY.

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Province
approves
Rehetron

A new drug treatment
for British Columbians
with hepatitis C will be
covered by the provin-
cial government.

The drug, Rebetron, is not
a cure for hepatitis C, but it is
an effective treatment for
some patients, according to
vie health ministry. Hepatitis
C is a chronic condition of the
liver for which there is no cure.

Rebetron had _previcusly
been made available to some
British Columbians through a
special Health Canada pro-
gram, which ended on Aug
13. As a compassionate mea-
sure, Pharmacare continued
coverage for patients who had
used the drug through this
program and who qualified for
income or premium assistance.

The provincial government
announced Dec. 16 it will
cover the cost of the drug after
lobbying from some people
with Hepatitis C. About 1, sls

atients per year will qu:
for the dag. The total cost of
covering Rebetron for these
patients is estimated at $9.5
million annually.

Pharmacare will provide
coverage for Kebetron as a fill
benefit by special authority. In
addition, Pharmacare will con-
tinue to provide coverage for
interferon therapy, another
effective treatment for hepati-
tis

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DR. Art Hister, radio talk show host and author of Midlife Man, was one of the
speakers at the recent Menopause Matters talk held in North Vancouver.

Hearing aid travel tips

MILLIONS of people travel each
year, either going on holiday or on
business.

Many of these travellers are hearing aid users.

Foreign countries do not always offer the
same standards of health care that we take for
granted at home.

Finding spare parts, repair labs and hearing
aid batteries can be problematic abroad. That is
why before each journey you should have your
hearing tested by a hearing aid specialist or doc-
tor and have your hearing aid serviced, as well as
taking batteries and a desiccating pouch with
you to protect your hearing aid from moisture.

Hearing aid travel tips include:

§& have your hearing aid checked with a special-
ist before travelling;

TEE ROA F ON

@ take plenty of spare batteries. They are often
very expensive abroad or not available; .
Bi hearing aids are sensitive to heat. Never |
expose them to strong sunlight and de not put
them down on radiators; .
Bi whenever your heazing aid might. get wet, °
take it out: when swimming, in the shower, in
the rain, at the hairdresser’s; :
® hearing aids are also sensitive ‘to impacts.
Don’t just put them down on the table or with-
in the reach of children, but keep them i in the
box provided;

& overnight, always put your hearing aid i in a
desiccating pouch which will extract the mois-”
ture. These can be obtained from your hearing
aid specialist;

BB think about having a spare hearing aid, just in

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