Word: emphysema
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Most researchers now classify the dangers of marijuana as on a par with those of alcohol. However, so far there is no scientific evidence on whether long-term use can produce effects comparable to alcohol's cirrhosis or tobacco's cancer and emphysema. Marijuana's active ingredients?chemicals known as tetrahydrocannabinols (THC)?can cause LSD-type psychotic hallucinations when administered in pure form. (Such a reaction can happen considerably more easily with hashish, a concentration of dried Cannabis resins some six times as powerful as marijuana.) Pot affects the sense of time, but not motor and perceptual skills...
Died. Leo McCarey, 71, screenwriter and director; of emphysema; in Santa Monica, Calif. McCarey said that every film should be something of a fairy tale and he was as good as his word in Belle of the Nineties, Ruggles of Red Gap, The Bells of St. Mary's, The Awful Truth and Going My Way, the last two of which won him Oscars. "I'll let someone else photograph the ugliness of the world," he once said. "It's larceny to remind people of how lousy things are and call it entertainment...
...studio audience discuss their withdrawal symptoms ("It was a bath of fire," moaned one man) and other problems (weight gain, anxiety). They also hear testimonials from ex-smokers. In addition, to make his message more visual and urgent, Frederickson projects film of cancer-riddled lungs or of an emphysema patient who does not have enough breath to blow out a match. From time to time, a Laugh-In-style "crawl" message crosses the bottom of the TV screen with a variety of warnings, such as "41% of heavy smokers die before...
...cliches sell cigarettes? That's the point. The voiceover during the 60-second spot has been saying right along: "Cigarette smoke contains some interesting elements: carbon monoxide, formaldehyde, benzopyrene, hydrogen cyanide. Cigarette smoke has been related to increased rates of lung cancer, coronary heart disease, peptic ulcers and emphysema...
...Fourteen emphysema sufferers took part in Bass's experiment. When they started, some of them found breathing so difficult that all physical activity was an arduous chore. But during the gradual exercise buildup, they all showed improvement. Their hearts now function more efficiently. Work has become easier, and their bodies require less oxygen for a given task, presumably because their lung tissue has been stimulated to greater efficiency. Bass does not recommend his treatment for all of the 400,000 Americans troubled by emphysema, many of whom have other serious disorders. His patients, however, have no such compunctions. Like...