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In order to establish which method o] examining ~ulmonk: b appropriate for early dia~nosls o/small r, splratory airway di~ease~, w, ~de ex~i~tio~ o~ several ~ou~ by ~ing di]jeren~ ap~r~t~¢s and di[fsr~nt I~sts. " The first group c~ted o[ 1517 young men. We exami~d them by MMFR and FEV~ and estab~d th~ MMFR 25-751FVC had d~covered double number with ~ssened ~aes then In the [oarth ~roup a hundred men. aged 50.

The stuaents, faculty and parents at Claire~ont High School a11 said yes to setting up designated smoking areas at the school. But the School Board said no and so the ide~ will be scrapped for awhile. Despite the SUppOrt at the school and in ~he commun~ty~ th~ Board membecs apparent1~ felt setting up smoking areas would be interpreted as endorsement of smoking by students.

Carter, th.e agency argued t~fore the Court that its rules on cotton dust, whl.ch it said caused ~mwn lung disease, n.eed not be subjected m an analysis of its costs as against its benefits. Tberne G. Auchter, the new administrator of the health and safety a~ency, ordered the withdrawal of the cotton dust bvo~ets because be'formal them "offensive," according to James Foster, a spokesman for ~he agency.

And yet there are hints from members of the Administration that they will not seek constant confrontation with the labor unions, environmental groups and consumerists that have formed the constituency in the past decade for regulations aimed at social goals. And it is apparent that the new procedures President Reagan has established to govern executive branch regulatory agencies will encourage a search for better information on which to base new and, with luck, better regulations.

Abstract A multicenter double-blind randomized study was carried out to compare the effect of timolol (10 mg twice daily} with that of placebo in patients surviving acute myocardial infarction. Treatment was started seven to 28 days after infarction in 1884 patients (945 taking timolol, and 939 placebo), who represented 52.per cent of those evaluated for entry; the patients were followed for 12 to 33 months (mean, 17).

At the end of a series of articles catalogoing ha2ax~ and disasters, it is time to look' at pollution in a wider co~text. Longevi~ is increasing and dear& rotes are decreasing in most age.

Those v.ho knew and admired Dr. Harold Diehl were impressed by his outstanding achievements. Dr. Dtehl had a long and distingmshcd career at the University of Minnesnta Medical School. In 1922. he was appointed head of the Deparlmcnt of Preventive Medicine and the first Director of the Student Health Service. He was prometed m quick order to the rank of professor in 1929 and in 1935 assurned the post as Dean of Medical Sciences. During his years with the university.

Several years ago, Simani and associates (1) suggested that the increase they observed in the permeability of the respiratory epithelium after exposure to tobacco smoke was due to damaged epithelial tight junctions. More recently, Boucher and co-workers (2) demonstrated that this altered permeability was associated with structural damage to the sealing strands of the tight junctions.

Bemgn and malignant neoectum. Diagnosis and man- , North Am 58:605-618.

Qu~tzalcoatlus northropi~ a prehistoric pterosaur~ is thought to be the largest flying animal of all time with a wingspan of 11 to 12 metres (Sdentific American February 1981;92-102). The fossiliscd stomach contents of pterosaurs include fishm but how could the flying reptile catch them? In the vivid simile of the article, "The body of a pterosaur makes it about as suita~Sle as a folded newspaper for motion underwater."

A half hour interview program produced and broadcast over ABC-TV and ABC Radio

"In Guyana. they call it ihe yellow perLl -- 12 cigarettes packaged in yellow paper• John Ishmael smoked six packs a day. His lingers were yellow from nicotine. HL.~ teeth were stained an unbeeomming shade of brown. Then, he quit. But when someone ]it up a cigarette, Ishmael would position himself nearby so he could inhale the smoke. ..It took him 10 years to lose the urge to .smoke.

MAC RA~: S~e~ i th~k that sounds ,.lreat becauso T don~t smoke but what obout the s~loker th.~t ~ent 23 HILTON: To elil~indte smokin~ regulations alto!]ether which would mea~ there wou]~ De nc smokLng-nonsl~okin~j area. VAC RAE: That would be HILTON: W~II~ t~atls ~our opinion. That's ~hy the~ call the~ opinion MAC RAE: ~ell~ which one Is our opinion poll? HILTON: The opinion poll that should...there~s the ~uestion ri-]ht there on the screen right in front of everyone~ see it?

British psychologist Hans Ey~enck, 6~, does not know when to quit. His outspoken insistence that race and intelligence are genetically related has been ~dely and sometimes rudely disputed. He was once physically assaulted by.two dozen members of an audience at the London School of Economics before he had uttered a word of his scheduled lecture. Now Eysenck is causing another stir.

The VirgJ.nia Supreme Court has issued a ruling wldch may have national implications for present and former shipyard workers suing employers for damages resulting from asbestos-related disease many years ago. The ruling could cost companies and their insurers millions of dollars.

IN its advanced stages, chronic bronchitis is often complicated by hypoxic cor pulmonale, pulmonary hypertension, and secondary polycy~haemia. Several uncontrolled trials have shown that long term domiciliary oxygen therapy can help to reverse these complications, but until lately there was no controlled trial to determine whether oxygen therapy influenced survival.

Tobacco Institute. the IobbyinB and trade ass~iation of the tobacco industry, ha~ a new president. SamUel D, Chflcote Horace R. Kornegay, a ~ormer Norlh Carol~nu congreS~ma~ wh~ has bee~ the ~nstitute's president since 1969, ha~ mo~ed up to chairman ot the association. Chilcote. 4~. has been pres,- dent o[ the Distilled Splints Council of the United States. an ass~iation ~ich repreal~ is bas~ in Washington.

The Production of Malignant Tumors of the Lung and Pleura in Dogs from Intratracheal Asbestos Instillation and Cigarette Smoking

The campaign to ban cisarette smoking in public places received • bi~ boost last January when Epidemiologist Tal~eshl Hit•yam• of Japan's National Cancer Center published the retults of 14-year study of 265,000 J•panese. He found ttmt no.nsmoki~ wives of heavy tmokers had a higher risk of tier•lapin8 lung cancer than nonsmokin~ women married to men who did not smoke. But now that conclusion is being challensed by an analysis of lur~ cancer deaths published last month in the .lout.

A longitudinal nutrition survey of 403 infants was conducted i~ Toronto and Montreal between 1977 and 1979. Infants who were born'to mothers who smoked cigarettes during pregnancy were found to be statistically smaller• than infants whose mothers did not smoke, The former group of infants was also smaller in weight, length and head circumference than the latter group at 6, 12 and 18 months.

Cigarette Smoking and the Outcom-e 6f Human Pregnancies:

Action on Smoking and Health has filed a formal legal complaint with the Civil Aeronautics Board (C.~,B) against 12 major airlines, charging that they are violating CAB rulos by permitting smoking when the ventilation systems are not fully operaling. ASH has learned, and the Washington Post has reported, that many caniers are cutting back ventilation by a Ihird, with the result that passengers are getting onetenth or less air than ',he pilots--less than the FAA believes is necessary for pilots.

One hundred and ewe'hey nine workers in the fork industry, 69 rural workers, 66 carpet makers, 58 workers in a granite query and 51 workers in a rice husking factory were studied from an epidemiologic point of view.. All were submitted to a standard questionnaire planned to detect respiratory disease due to 'inhalatory causes.