New Study Doubles Survival To Hospital Discharge After Cardiac Arrest
A new seven-city study on the impact of new CPR techniques supports the widespread use of the American Heart Association’s new 2005 CPR guidelines, according to the study authors in a presentation at the AHA’s Scientific Sessions November 4 in Orlando.
Lead author, Tom P. Aufderheide, MD, Professor of Emergency Medicine, and Director of the Resuscitation Research Center in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, presented the data showing a doubling of hospital discharge rates when the AHA’s new CPR guidelines were consistently and effectively applied to 893 patients.
Behavior Therapy Plus Medication May Help Teens With Depression And Substance Use Disorders
The antidepressant fluoxetine combined with cognitive behavioral therapy appears as effective for treating depression among teens who also have substance use disorders as among those without substance abuse problems, according to a report in the November issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.
“Adolescents with substance use disorders (SUDs) have higher rates of depression (15 percent to 24 percent) than adolescents in the general population,” the authors write as background information in the article.
Genograms Connect Family Tree to Health Risks
Everybody knows that family history can be a major predictor of the health issues each of us may someday face. But few of us have all the information we need to get a true picture of our family health history.
According to Dr. Raeann Hamon, a professor of human development and family science at Messiah College in Grantham, Pa., one way to connect all the dots is to create a genogram to assess family heath.
Overweight and Obesity Cause 6,000 Cancers a Year in UK Women
Following last week’s report by the World Cancer Research Fund, evidence of the relevance of obesity to the risk of a wide range of cancers in UK women is published online by the BMJ today.
The study shows that overweight and obese women in the UK are at a higher risk of developing and dying from cancer. In fact, the researchers estimate that 5% of all cancers (about 6,000 annually) are attributable to being overweight or obese.
