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U.S. cardiac arrest rate unchanged 30 yrs. ANN ARBOR, Mich. (UPI) -- Only 1-in-13 people survive out-of-hospital cardiac arrest -- a U.S. rate unchanged in the last 30 years, researchers said. The study by the University of Michigan Health System in Ann Arbor concluded the chance of surviving an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest has not improved since the 1950s. The analysis of 79 studies involving 142,740 patients, published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, found 23.8 percent of the patients survived to hospital admission and 7.6 percent lived to be discharged from the hospital. While half of cardiac arrests were witnessed by a bystander, only 32 percent received bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation. "Increasing bystander CPR rates, increasing the awareness and use of devices to shock the heart and keeping paramedics on scene until they restore a person's pulse needs to occur if we are ever going to change our dismal survival rate," Dr. Comilla Sasson, the study's lead author, said in a statement. Cardiac arrest -- when the heart stops beating -- is different from, but may be caused by, a heart attack, where blood flow to the still-beating heart is interrupted. Copyright 2009 by United Press International
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Experts blame alcohol for cancer rise LONDON (UPI) -- Binge drinking habits and cheap alcohol are partially to blame for the increasing number of cancer cases in England, medical experts said. Experts warn that alcohol consumption is likely related to increases in the numbers of cases involving cancer of the mouth, breast, colon and liver, The Daily Mail reported Monday. Case figures reveal the number of oral cancers diagnosed in England each year has increased by 53 percent since 1997. That year, England saw an average of 3,225 oral cancer cases compared with the current rate of nearly 5,000 annually. Similar increases were seen in the number of cases involving cancer of the esophagus, liver and colon, as well as female breast cancer cases. Experts said heavy drinking can lead to a 50 percent greater risk for colon cancer, while heavy drinkers are 250 percent more likely to suffer from liver cancer than non-drinkers. Experts also said men who consume at least seven alcoholic beverages daily and women who consume at least five are four times more likely to be diagnosed with oral or esophagus cancers compared to those who do not. The Mail said since the 1950s, alcohol consumption in the United Kingdom has doubled. Copyright 2009 by United Press International
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Urine test for sleep apnea in kids CHICAGO (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say screening urine may help diagnose obstructive sleep apnea in children. Lead author Dr. David Gozal of the University of Chicago says the sleep disorder usually requires overnight testing using polysomnography to distinguish it from habitual snoring. "This would alleviate the need for costly and inconvenient sleep studies in children who snore, only about 20 percent to 30 percent of whom actually have obstructive sleep apnea," Gozal says in a statement. The study, published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, involved 90 snoring children referred to the sleep clinic to be evaluated for sleep disordered breathing and 30 healthy, non-snoring children that served as controls. When the researchers used an electrophoresis technique to screen urine for hundreds of proteins simultaneously, they found a number of the proteins expressed differently -- biomarkers -- in children with apnea versus snoring or non-snoring children. "It was rather unexpected," Gozal says. "However, the field of biomarkers is one that is under marked expansion and this certainly opens the way for possible simple diagnostic screening methods in the future." Copyright 2009 by United Press International
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Study: Magazine alcohol ads target youth BOSTON (UPI) -- Alcohol companies are aiming their magazine ads at youth, researchers at Boston University and Baltimore's Johns Hopkins University found. Study co-author Dr. Michael Siegel, professor of community health sciences at Boston University School of Public Health, said the study provides strong evidence the companies are targeting underage youths. The researchers compared 13,513 alcohol advertisement placements in 118 magazines from 2002 to 2006. In magazines with the highest levels of youth readership, youth alcoholic beverage types -- such as premium beer, low-calorie beer, rum, vodka, and flavored alcohol beverages -- more than four times more likely to be advertised than non-youth types of alcohol -- gin, brandy, whiskey and scotch. As youth readership increased in a magazine, so did the number of youth alcoholic beverage advertisements, the study found. "Alcohol companies are deceiving us," Siegel said in a statement. "Contrary to their public statements, they are targeting youth through their advertising. They are saying one thing, but doing another." The findings are published in the Journal of Adolescent Health. Copyright 2009 by United Press International
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