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jrrv- r- x t m j the stouffville sun tuesday march 4 2003 page 5 main st pharmacist has right prescription in book by hannelore volpe stouffville sun shortly after stouffville pharmacist farid wassefs book breaking the age barrier was released last month he took his strategies for healthier aging to tv audiences he was a guest last week on chtvs body and health program on channel 11 and on global tvs evening news talking about his ideas oh staying healthy and active even late in life hell soon be travelling across canada to promote the book and talk about his ideas on complementary therapies and medicines more than 3000 copies of the book flew off the shelves of major canadian book stores within two weeks of its release in the book subtitled strategies for optimum health energy and longevity mr wassef has distilled the knowledge hes gained in his 15 years as a pharmacist at houston pharmacy on stouffvilles main street and his 20 years of research into the roles of lifestyle stress reduction nutrition and alternative med icines and therapies on increasing wellbeing and health the book is coauthored by fellow pharmacist sherry torkos who practices holistic pharmacy in the niagara region mr wassef believes since diseases arent triggered by just one factor successful treatment has to be multi dimensional too integrating both traditional and comple mentary therapies stress diet environmental factors and lifestyle all con tribute to producing chronic illness many diseases including allergies cardio vascular disease diabetes hypertension migraines fibromyalgia and osteoarthri tis develop because a chronic inflammatory process occurs in the body the increasing pain and fatigue most of us experience as we grow older is due to chronic systemic inflamma tion the authors write certain lifestyle factors such as prolonged stress smoking insufficient rest arid relaxation not enough water and too much caffeine and alcohol can make it harder for the body to shut down inflammation chronic inflammation is the major factor that leads to diseased aging according to mr wassef his interest in comple mentary methods of treat- farid wassef ment grew from of his years working alongside his dad lou wassef who has been practising pharmacy for 50 years 33 of them in stouffville after a few years of learn ing about medicines and helping to fill prescriptions the younger wassef was eventually led to the question why despite the best and most carefully selected drug therapy do people continue to do poorly as a teenager he endured a painful bout of osteoarthri tis in his knee brought on by sports injuries which eventu ally involved operations and chronic use of antiinflamma tory medicines thats when he was prompted to research alternate ways of healing and by integrating other thera pies was able to heal himself to a great extent- in the 10 years hes run his consulting practice at the pharmacy he has witnessed some dramatic healing sto ries this is where my moti vation and my excitement comes from he said whereas diseases were formerly thought to be in large part genetically deter mined research shows peo ple can greatly influence their health mr wassef relates the case of a patient who went from being covered with pso riasis to having clear skin without having to take any more cortisonebased creams after a year and a half of treat ment another persons severe autoimmune disease which caused a painful break down of the connective tis sues was reversed after treat ment by mr wassef because it took time to develop an unhealthy state it is going to take you some time to get well mr wassef noted numerous medical practi tioners have referred their patients to mr wassef right now we are not doing all we can in medicine to help improve peoples health he said the biggest challenge fac ing health care professionals in the 21st century is integrat ing the overwhelming amount of information that exists science and medicine have become so fragmented he said that we have to put it together like a jigsaw puzzle and that is what we the authors have done published by viking canada of penguin books breaking the age barrier retails at 27 and is available at all major book stores and at houston pharmacy in stouffville ii right now we are not doing all we can in medicine to help improve peoples health farid wassef stouffville pharmacist m tip of theweek on the count of one alto gether everyone push or pull hos e winters 6401867 new to your community be sure to call m mlcome wagon since 1930 dianne 6403521 karen 6401657 our hostess will bring gifts and greetings along with helpful community information fail with the purchase of regency wood product or reinpte control or thermostat with repurchase of any regency gas product save up toyjjhjlu mm value i limited time only i cannot be combined with as ffa i i i i i i i mt luissv 1960 ellesmere unit ev scarborough 59054729432 4162890009 ii i a roadhandler passenger tires on sale excludes more 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