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The effects of exercise on response to ambient levels of ozone exposure were studied by using a sensitive indicator of the pulmonary effect of ozone, viz., the elevation of reduced glutathione levels in the lungs. Mice were exposed to 0.2, 0.5, or 1.0 ppm ozone for 3 hr daily for 4 days. For exercise study, animals were placed in a rotating cage in which they were alternately exercised and rested every 15 min during exposure periods. The susceptibility of mice to the pulmonary effects of ozone was found to be approximately tripled by concurrent exercise. The results indicate the importance of exercise in the evaluation of health hazards from photochemical smog.
A Japan Collaborative Study of Stroke covering 20 regional and occupational population groups was conducted with the support of the Ministry of Health and Welfare. In this study 17,423 males and 16,856 females, aged 40 to 69, were followed up prospectively from 1975 to 1979. The average annual incidence of all types of stroke was 3.94 for men and 2.52 for women per 1,000 population. The incidence of cerebral hemorrhage for men and women stood at 1.26 and 0.59 and that of cerebral infarction at 1.87 and 1.10 respectively. The difference in incidence between the sexes was large particularly in the age range of 40-49. The incidence of all types of stroke, cerebral hemorrhage and cerebral infarction increased with age. The incidence of all strokes in Japan during the period 1975-1979 appears to have decreased in comparison with that in 1960-1969, but tended to be still higher than that in Western countries.
Platelet count, ADP-aggregation and adhesiveness of platelets, fibrinogen, FDP, and prothrombin time were examined in 50 patients who had undergone open cardiac surgery. Ticlopidine (250 mg/day) and Dipyridamole (1-2 mg/day) were administered prior to the extracorporeal circulation and the platelet inhibitory effects were compared. Platelet count was reduced markedly with the initiation of bypass and the low level was maintained until the 3rd postoperative day. Hyperthrombocythemia was found after a week. ADP induced platelet aggregation and platelet adhesiveness were markedly depressed by the ACC. Fibrinogen showed low level during the ECC but the hyper-fibrinogenemic state was observed in postoperative course. FDP showed an abnormally high value in nearly half the cases, particularly in the cases of valvular replacement. Ticlopidine markedly depressed the ADP-aggregation and Dipyridamole reduced platelet adhesiveness and thus both drugs showed a prophylactic effect in the reduction of platelets.