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GELBER HONORED
Arthur Gelber, fast president of the Canadian Conference of the Artsi and current president 6f the Ontario Arts Council, was recently granted the honorary degreie of Doctor oiF Laws at Brock University in the Nia:gara region. He was honored for his "outstanding contribution to the national arts scene."
Gelber, since retiring from business, has been working full time for the Ontario Arts Council. He has been involved in several arts culture organizations including the National Ballet of Canada, National Arts Centre, St. Lawrence Centre, Toronto Arts Productions, and the American Council for the Artis. He is a member of Canadian Jewish Congress and was awarded the Centennial Medal in 1967.
JWB EXECUTIVE PROGRAM
Cindy Chazan of the Toronto Jewish Community Centre staff is one of 15 Jewish communal professionals who have concluded the fourth phase of a JWB executive development training program — a 1-week seminar at Brandeis University.
JWB is the central service agency for Jewiish Community Centres, YM and YWHAs and camps in the United States and Canada, serving more than one million Jews.
AUSTRALUN SEEKS PEN PALS
A 25-year-old Jewish physiotherapist in Australia is interested in corresponding with men and women, 26-36. She; mentions her interests which include theatre, books, dancing, music, and tennis, and sends her address along with Chanukah wishes. Please write to Gilda Hausstock, 2026 Old South Head Rd., Bondi. Sydney, NSW, Australia, 2026.
TAMMY KAROL
TORONTO —
A dlscdyety by Canadian and British re^ searchers has led to a completely new treatment for atopic eczema — a disease complex which ihcludes eczema, asthma, allergies and migraines, and afflicts one in five Canaidians.
The breakthrough was announced last week at a Toronto press conference by Dr. David Hor-robin, a graduate of Oxford University and director of the Efamol Research Institute in Kentville, N.S.
Work on the discovery began in Cana;da, was followed up in Britain and was concluded in a study at Britain's University of Bristol Medical School and the Efamol Institute. Results of tihe study were published in the November issue of the British medical journal The Lancet.
The new treatment consists of gamma lino-leic acid (GLA) in the form of Efamol, a capsule product derived
from the oil of the primrose plant. Grown along the eastern seaboard of the U.S. and Canada, the primrose plant has been used by North American Indians in treating skin and breathing diseases.
Efamol is produced by the Efamol Institute and is available as a nutritional supplement in Canada. It is distributed to pharmacies by Wam-pole and to health food stores by Flora Distributors.
According to Hotro-bbi, this is the first tfane that a safe, efi!'ective treatment for eczema has been found which can be taken orally instead of being applied to the skin.
Horrobin claims that what seems to, be the basic biochemical defect in atopic eczema has been discovered.
The. body normally makes its own nutrient, known as garhma-linole-nic acid (GLA), from polyunsaturates in the food, he said. But patients with atopic eczema, according to Horrobin, are unable to convert polyunsaturates to
NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE —
Winter is here, but the staff at the Shaw Festival is already preparing for the 1983 summer season.
Plays run from May 4 to Oct. 2.
The season opens at Fiestival Theatre with Caesar and Cleopatra by George Bernard Shaw, and Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmund Rostand, translated and adapted by Anthony Burgess/
The Simpleton of the Unexpected Isle and
Candida will be the other Shaw plays at the festival.
On the lighter side, the Royal .George Theatre will present Tom Jones, an operetta by Sir Edward German based on the raucous novel by Henry Fielding.
Rookery Nook by Ben Travers, a British farce from the 1920s, will also run at the Shaw. It is in the tradition of Tons of Money, another British spoof that has been prcr sented there.
Noel Coward's Private
Lives, a classic comedy, is also scheduled to play at the Festival Theatre.
In addition to these plays, the Shaw Fes-' tival/York University
seminartobe held in Nia-gara-on-the-Lake July -22-24.-^;.-v
A 10% discount on all tickets for performances in May, June and September Will be given to those who order for any play before Feb. 28. [Discdont is not applicable to opening nights or special matinees].
Mail orders are now being accepted for the summer season. Checks Or money orders should be payable to the Shaw Festivaland mailed to Shaw Festival Box Office, PO Box 774. Niagara-on-the Lake, Ont.LOSlJO.
Telephone orders will be accepted oh or after Jan. 3 with iadvance payment by Visa, Mastercard or American JEx-press.'. ■ ■
Telephone is (416) 468-3201, or toll free from Toronto 361 -1544.
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GLA in a normal way due to a defective enzyme, and are therefore deficient in GLA and other substances formed from it. • . .
Human milk and evening primrose oil, Hor-; robin said, are the only readily available sources of GLA, and breastfed babies are more resist-antto atopic eczema than non-breastfed babies.
GLA in the form of evening primrose oil was investigated at the University of Bristol in a double blind placebo-controlled crossover study with 99 atopic eczema patients (60 adults, 39 children).
Each patient was given either Efamol or piacebofor 12 weeks and then switched to the other medication for a further 12 weeks.
Doctors assessed patients' redness, stealing and overall skin involvement in the low, medium arid high doses received, but neither patients nor doctors kne;w which treatment was being given.-
Analysis of the results, according to Horrobin, showed that while the lowest dose had Utile effect, the two higher
doses bad highly significant effects on all symptoms monitored, and the levels of GLA were also raised towards normal. .. He said that while 85% of the people who took Efamol for over a year were helped^ those who took Efamol for two to three months only, still experienced discomfort from atopic eczema.
Horrobin stressed that long, continued treatments are needed to correct the effects of a lifetime of enzyme deficiency.
"Our discoveiy is important," be said, "because it doesn't Just siuppress the symptoms, bat it corrects the defects in the body via a sophisticated nutritional treatment."
As well, Horrobin claimed that the discovery explains the susceptibility of atopic eczema to viral inifections, the susceptibility of atopics to the side effects of aspirin, and the interaction between viral infections and the causations of Reye's Syndrome (an illness, occur-° ring mainly in children, which is caused by a viral infection and leads to severe brain and liver damage).
Horrobin said most people in the study did not experience side effects from Efamol. But he n9ted that some people who took the medication had loose bowels and got strong headaches after drinking alcohol .
JUIJUS LOjEB ?-f
(Lobzowski)
The family of the late Julius Loeb would like to thank our many relatives and friends for their kindness and support, and for their donations, in memory of our beloved husband and father.
COMING EViEIMTS
f BETH TZEDEC
Continuing in the Museum - ART EXHIBITION by YEHUDA YOR DAN. Everyone welcome.
WES., DEC. 21, 1:15 P.M. - FRIENDSHIP CLUB PLUS 50. BANK LEUMI Speaker: Stan Haworth. Senior Vice-President of Bank Leumi. Coffee and cake. Non-members $1.
TUES., DEC. 28, 1:15 P.M. - FRIENDSHIP CLUB PLUS 50. SONGS THAT WILL THRILL YOU. Franca Anna Romano, Opera Singer.' NOTE: This is NOT a Musicale Luncheon. No ReserA^tiohs Required. Coffee & Cake. Everyone Welcome. Non-members $1.00.
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WINTER SEMESTER 1983
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A Bird's Eye View of the Hebrew Bible. Rabbi Lawrence troster.
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Introduction to the Jewish Classics. ffa6Z)/\/. Benjamin Friedberg.
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Yehudah Ha'Levy and the Kuzrai./Vo/iessor/van^ Ta//77a5'e. The Structure of Jewish Assimilation in American Literature.
Dr: Morton Manila. To Serve the Lord with the Strength of a Lion: Jewish Prayer.
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