TY - JOUR T1 - Highlights from this issue JF - Thorax JO - Thorax SP - 529 LP - 529 DO - 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2021-217537 VL - 76 IS - 6 AU - The Triumvirate Y1 - 2021/06/01 UR - http://thorax.bmj.com/content/76/6/529.abstract N2 - Many of the Thorax readership will have been in short trousers when the Rocky Horror Picture Show first hit the screens in 1975. Although panned by the critics on its release, the film has gathered a cult following—with cinema goers dressing as characters from the film and extensive audience participation. The film is still shown in cinemas, making it the longest-running theatrical release in film history (though no match for Thorax which is 75 this year). This month we bring you a “Rocky Horror Airwaves”. As you read it, feel free to dress in character…The preposterous plot of the Rocky Horror Show involves Dr Frank-N-Furter who has been creating “Rocky” (a muscular creature) in his lab. The muscle bulk of current and former smokers is the subject of a paper by Mason and colleagues in this month’s journal (see page 554). The authors measured pectoralis muscle bulk (on CT) in almost 6000 current and former smokers and found that acute exacerbations of COPD are associated with accelerated skeletal muscle loss. Pulmonary rehabilitation appears to protect individuals from excess muscle decline. There is no rehabilitation option for Rocky at the end of the movie. He … ER -