Show Page 22 —The Herald Journal Logan Utah Tuesday March 28 2000 am 't:'' i' By Scrippa Howard News Service nent to continent” she said “There’s indino doubt that a vidual could experience some probed There are few people who look forward to shots but they’re a necessary part of our modem medical arse- nal lems” And when it comes to administering immunizations no one needs diem more than children especially in the first year of life “There are significant childhood diseases still out there that are most said "definitely Baity Moiak a family practice physician in Abilene Texas “Other diseases such as smallpox have been ensures your child’s good health at later As you would take care of anything of value preventative maintenance offered by a carefully scheduled series of injections can help keep your child safe said Janet Robillard nurse manager with Abilene’s health department “In today’s world we have people who travel a great deal from conti In die quest far good health there is no place for complacency Robillard said “Just because we haven’t seen a case of philHhnivt nwlgy for example in quite some time doran’t mem that die potential is not out there and very read" she said “Prevention is what we are after and that requires us to treat the threat” The key to Wing immunizations ' work their best is getting than done early Although Hepatitis B injections are no longer given at birth they are the first in a series of vaccinations usually given starting at two months and continuing through a child's first birthday or a little beyond Moak eaHiar than rBrnwimwidwH iwt Modem awareness campaigns We 'said In that time immunizations PertusTetanus to make more people aware of served Diphtheria against sis Haemophilus Influenzae Type B die importance of childhood immuand others are administered in several nizations Robillard said “Certainly doses to give your child a strong we are seeing more people who foundation of immunity to stave off understand die need for timely injesuch diseases ctions” she said “But there are -- more or less eliminated through immunization efforts A cognizant program of immunization woks and “During that first year your child will be getting plenty of shots” Moak said “A few such as the immunization for chicken pox around one year after birth are optional Most are most definitely not” In some cases the older your child is the more options are available for how theyncan get their vaccines Oral polio medications for example can be iven as your child approaches ' or her first birthday After 18 months things slow down considerably with boosters for several diseases becoming necessary only at the age of 6 years and then again around 11 or 12 if any previous boost-era We been missed or given ‘ 4-- oenpps nowira Rwrinon always individual families who for some reason don’t get the word mid wait until the last minute We can always improve things” Immunization requirements for public schools have “improved compliant considerably” Moak said “For die most part our kids do get he said “But l’t and when it comes time to go to school they have to scramble to nuke up for lost time Awareness is better than it has been but we still have a long way to go before every child is getting all of their injections when they need them most” to Happenings $23 for children aged seven and eight and $40 for year-old-s Mail-i- n forms available are at the registration recreational center who Spring Training for 11 and are interested in playing for major league teams are April 6 from 6:30 to 9 pm pm each day and costs Kiwanis Meeting 9-- 12 A representative from Fonnsbeck Greenhouse will be giving tips on spring gardening this week at the Logan Kiwanis Club The Kiwanis Club meets at noon Wednesdays at the Copper Mill SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — When vision declines with Mingliang Pu As people age age the cause may be due to changes in the brain as well as in the eyes University of Utah because of cataracts retinal 3-- Immune system seminar An immune system disorder seminar is at 7 pjn Wednesday at the Garland Fire Station 72 N Main Garland Utah Topics will include the latest treatment by immunologists for such disorders as cancer chronic fatigue lupus and more This is free to the public For more infor- -' mation call The Herald Journal on Tuesdays Thursdays and Sundays on a basis Concise announcements should be typed or neatly printed and brought or mailed to The Herald Journal 73 W 300 North Logan at least three business days prior to desired publication Submissions can be sent by fax or to hjhappenhjnewscom Happenings will not be accepted over the phone For more information call Meredith Purintun at space-availab- 800-701-79-10 le 753-66- WBBA Baseball signups v Logan WBBA baseball registration will be in the Logan Recreational Center’s game room from now until April 1 Signups are from 6 to 9 HELP Continued from Page 11 mention from Mexico to Brazil Under die directum of office manager Rita Braker and nurse Lisa Keller the evening hummed along Translators assisted patients with paperwork then took them in to the doctors — Wood and Jeff Ben- nion — for a screening An audiologist was next although this was optional seeing as some of the children had been tested (which may have been why they were there) Then the patients stopped at a fourth station a speech specialist’s If surgery was necessary it could be scheduled and the paperwork completed This was progress Before HELP for instance it would take time to schedule surgeries for patients referred by the Community Health Clinic the standard first stop More progress to Cowdell’s way of thinking would be to have all transla- tion done by Hispanics themselves Increasing numbers are becoming homeowners here — perhaps benefiting from conferences she arranges with The study which’ involved young and old rhesus monDeadlines explained keys also indicates driver Happenings are published as a free service in license tests fail to detect mortgage companies — and are taking a hand in community affairs Hispanics can be reserved but not always — the cancer says but she also had to legal- last year’s Cinco de Mayo bash at Lincoln Elementary School in Hyrum To many newcomers how- vision-impairi- ng “They test your optics — how well the eyes transmit information to your brain But there is absolutely nothiitg that tests how well your brain is interpreting what you are seeing” said Audie Leventhal a professor of neurobiology and anatomy at die university “If you have perfectly good vision when you are 80 you will pass your driver's test but you may not drive as well” ize the clinic and this took “February to June of really because your brain’s visual hard work to get the papercortex is less able to distinwork through We had to redo and redo and redo” In the process Wood was struck by all the avenues of assistance For instance' the screening clinic drew 300 women There is decent atten- dance at other Miller’s functions although none so grand as the 500 that turned up at 42 brain degradation in elderly motorists guish shapes and the direction of objects in motion he said ' The study was released Monday and will be published in April’s issue of Nature pharmaceutical company Leventhal conductAlcon for instance donates ed the research with doctoral medication to the clinic The hospitals turn over their Neu-toscien- ce student Matt Schmolesky surgery facilities and assistant professor Health Care works with Wang schools to troubleshoot the Intermoun-tai- n ever access to services and help is an impenetrable mystery At Lincoln sometimes it’s not until Cowdell intervenes that children with vision problems get care the bills picked up by the Lions Club She helped spread the word about the clinic which was advertised in the media and by fliers in English and Spanish The ongoing advertising operation — a brochure is next— was the final step in a process that started 14 months ago in Estes Park Cola There at a doctors’ conference Wood heard exhortations to “do some good” and so when he returned it was with their vision can decline damage or other problems within the eye The study shows that regardless of eye damage “the cells in your visual cortex that help you understand what you see don’t work as well when you get old” Leventhal said : “Once we’ve determined which cells in the brain don’t do as well in the elderly we can begin to work on treatments for limiting their break- down” he said Judith Finkelstein who directs the program on age-relat- ed sensory and motor disorders at the National Institute on Aging which helped finance die study said investigating the ways vision declines is important because the elderly population is growing and old people use their eyes for everything from “dri- ving to reading books and newspapers and reading directions on medicine bottles “These can have consequences as well as quality-of-lif- e considerations” she said Leventhal said a Mg part of vision is “’Where’s Waldo’ life-and-de- — picking Waldo out of a bunchof other stufL ‘ “The job of the eye is to take a picture rtf the page with Waldo somewhere on it The job of the brain is to find Waldo” he said That study found that in monkeys — and by implication in humans — the aging Main has more trouble interpreting what the eyes see — finding Waldo — even when the eyes remain healthy and can see the page containing Wakla While anesthetized each monkey looked at a computer screen Bars appeared on the screen and moved at different speeds and directions Electrodes in the monkeys’ brains measured the activity of nerve cellsinthe visual cortex— the outer portion of the back of die brain In young monkeys certain brain cells fired a nerve impulse mostly when the monkeys saw a horizontal bar Oth- ers fired mostly when a vertical bar was seen Yqt others fired mostly when the ani- mals watched angled bars Other cells in young monkeys fired mostly to help interpret the direction of moving (objects state offers the Childrens’ Health Insurance Program “There have been no negatives from anybody” he says And with the clinic up and running the positives are only beginning 3T A Inside every human 1 DOZEN ROSES ARRANGED ®H FRED’S FLOWERS i hero' 41 North Main Logan tk bdevr evay hdMM Imi Ac pomsil Oil 752-624- 2 totfcpemdaveitifc Pint befcevc la the fad Ciw by ollim with contribution' Cache Valley Residents an intention of turning his specialty into community service The first step was obvious — call health activist Frankie Clark “I can organize” she ears-nose-thr- Help Can’t Wait lWN0V Please help the LoganCache County Fairgrounds plan for its future Mp— id—M You ®! (ia£aDEgQaia3HswBW are invited to participate in a needs assessment of this facility Publfc Meetings to be held at the LoganCache County Fairgrounds Pavilion ' 400 South 500 West Wednesday March 8 Wednesday March 29 Tuesday April 18 7:00 pm - Presentation 7:30 pm - QuestlonAnswer 9:00 pm - Meeting Closes 9 Y All meetings are open to the public m For more information call Mike Twitched t fV'jtaf ataririfiaiiritiri) If It § r r r r r r v f r ' r i r r rr n' r v 757-857- 4 |