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Recent studies have proved that statins not only control lipids, but are also potent regulators of inflammation - a key cause of lung deterioration. That's what led Joel Schwartz, an epidemiologist studying pollution and lung function, to examine the effects of statins. He and his colleagues looked at data on 803 subjects involved in the ongoing Veterans Administration Normative Aging Study, all of whom had their lung function measured in so-called spirometer-based breathing tests between 1995 and 2005. "It's interesting that we saw such a big effect here," Schwartz says. The statin users showed half the rate...
Such findings may someday offer hope for millions of American suffering from lung diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), emphysema and chronic bronchitis. Schwartz stresses that his study was not a clinical one with randomized subjects, but lung experts agree that Schwartz's group has highlighted an intriguing association that deserves further study. "These findings will be highly embraced by the pulmonary community," says Dr. Michael Roth, professor of pulmonary and critical care medicine at UCLA Medical Center...
...Josh Schwartz, creator of The O.C., fills the ironic-teen-soap void that's been open since, well, The O.C. was canceled. Manhattan prep schooler Serena (Blake Lively) returns from a mysterious exile and shakes up Upper East Side society. Packing a sharp designer shiv, this clever saga of haves vs. have-mores proves the East Coast can be as enjoyably sudsy as the West...
...days when customers, too, suffered from prejudice--back when African Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans and, at least on Route 66, poor Oklahomans fleeing to California were all denied lodging. "[Innkeepers] are trying to prey on people's prejudice under the guise of patriotism," says AAHOA president Fred Schwartz. His group wages vigorous letter-writing campaigns urging motels to remove the phrase, which is found mostly outside independently owned motels because franchise agreements restrict what signs...
...prop,” Schwartz said, “which in the world of extras is a big deal...