When it‘s Waterloo you want, it‘s Waterloo we‘ve got. Warts are annoying benign growths caused by a virus. They have a rough surface on which tiny dark specks may be seen. Warts on the bottom of the feet (called plantar warts) grow inward from the pressure of standing and walking, and are often painful. Since planâ€" tar warts are caused by a virus, they are contaâ€" gious and are usually contracted from the damp floors of showers, changing rooms, gymnasia, or the surrounds of swimming pools. 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He and throat have been particularly hard hit. . patients People have been trying to cure warts for thousands of years. The ~"success" of folk temedies for warts is due to the fact that warts often disappear by themselves, especially in young children. The spontancous disappearâ€" ance of plantar warts is less common in older children and adults Plantar warts are difficult to treat. There is no fully satisfactory, efficient or guaranteed method, but with patience and persistence a cure can be effected in many cases. The treatâ€" ment used on your warts depends on their ® 6 nots o Puration, logation add size, ao well ab theoics> LINDA BARTON, WART CLINIC Your #1 choice for quality physiotherapy * Motor Vehicle Accidents * Neck & Back Pain * Sport & Industrial Injuries H olping your body junctio PROâ€" REHAB 201â€"92 King St. S. Waterioo (Across from Waterioo Town Square) (519)746â€"9133 Physiotherapy Centre 851 Fischerâ€"Hallman Road Suite 202, Kitchener, On. 570â€"1056 ro place an ad on this feature page which appears the 2nd Wednesday of every month, call Saabira or Kim at 886â€"2830 ext. 212 h TRADITIONAL CHHINESE MEDICINE _ Cuinic â€" ACUPUNCTURE & HERBS M. D (China) Dr. Ac JEAN AL = Toy{ Practinioner * Acupuncture e Herbal Remedies e Auricular Therapy e Moxibustion "If you even lose one body in terms of a specialty group, it can have a huge effect if you‘re not getting a new younger body in there," said Wurtele, adding there are two more orthopedic specialists fast approachâ€" ing retirement age. "They‘re holding on and hoping that someone actually takes over their practice but that‘s getung harder and harder to do," she said White finds himself in a similar situaâ€" tion. He has no one to refer his curtent patients to forspecialized freld tions which have already been tried. The final choice depends on your wishes, and the docâ€" tor‘s medical judgement. WART CLINIC 731 Yictoria 5. 8. Kitchener, ON N2M 5N4 ... , , PHONE. 7444000 .. . ALAN F. WATSON o PLANTAR WARTS (SOLES OF FEET) > COVERED BY 0.H.1.P. Dr. A.F. Watson 751 VICTORIA ST, SQUTH KITCHENER WART CLINIC tests and surgery that he does "The only problem 1 have had is that there‘s nobody to take over my practice," he said. "I‘ve attempted to find another ophthalmologist but 1 can‘t, so l‘ll just be closing the doors." Wurtele said there is only one solution â€" expand enrollment in exiting medical programs _ "It‘s a long ume coming to expand pro grams," she said "They never should have been cut in the first place." e