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Stayin’ Alive Can Save Your Life

From BBC News --
Research says it contains 103 beats per minute, close to the recommended rate of 100 chest compressions per minute. A study saw 15 doctors and students performing CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) on mannequins while listening to Stayin' Alive. They were asked to time their chest compressions with the beat. Dr. David Matlock of the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria is responsible for the song going through your head right now.

At a recent American College of Emergency Physicians conference, Dr. Matlock announced that the Bee Gees song “Stayin’ Alive” from the 1977 hit movie Saturday Night Fever could help save a life.  With 103 beats a minute, the song has almost the perfect pace for performing chest compressions on a person who has had a heart attack.

An author of the study said many people were put off performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) as they were not sure about keeping the correct rhythm. He said CPR could triple cardiac arrest survival rates when performed properly. Five weeks later, they did the same drill without the music, but were told to think of the song while doing compressions.

New Website for Organics
from the Organic Trade Association Newsletter --
Something exciting is in store for consumers looking to learn more about organic agriculture and products. The Organic Trade Association this week launched a new consumer web site. Launched in beta format, http://www.organicitsworthit.org offers a wide range of informational resources, including basic facts about organic, tips on using organic around the house, and organic recipe ideas. The site also features the latest in organic news and trends, as well as a poll, allowing consumers to share their thoughts on a variety of issues related to organic agriculture and products. In addition, the site boasts a “Featured Expert” section, where consumers have the opportunity to learn directly from experts from across the organic community.

“This is an exciting step for us,” says OTA’s Executive Director Christine Bushway. “It allows consumers to have a dynamic, interactive experience, where they can get the facts, learn directly from organic experts, and share their own thoughts about organic.” Plus, she says, the site enables consumers to better understand the story behind the organic system. “Through this site, we make it possible for consumers to make connections between the people and places involved in organic production and learn, firsthand, the attributes that make organic worth it.”

Brain Activity Exposes Promise Breakers

from Science Daily --
Scientists from the University of Zurich have discovered the physiological mechanisms in the brain that underlie broken promises. Patterns of brain activity even enable predicting whether someone will break a promise.

the study conducted by Dr. Thomas Baumgartner and Professor Ernst Fehr, both of the University of Zurich, and Professor Urs Fischbacher of the University of Konstanz, was published in the journal Neuron on December 10, 2009.

The promise is one of the oldest human-specific behaviors promoting cooperation, trust, and partnership. Although promises are generally not legally binding, they form the basis for a great many everyday social and economic exchange situations. Promises, however, are not only kept, but also broken. Material incentives to deceive are in fact ubiquitous in human society, and promises can thus also be misused in any social or economic exchange scenario in order to cheat one's interaction partner. Business people, politicians, diplomats, attorneys, and private persons do not always behave honestly, as recent financial scandals have dramatically demonstrated.

Despite the ubiquity of promises in human life, we know very little about the brain physiological mechanisms underlying this phenomenon. The researchers carried out a social interaction experiment in a brain scanner where the breach of a promise led both to monetary benefits for the promise breaker and to monetary costs for the interaction partner. The results of the study show that increased activity in areas of the brain playing an important role in processes of emotion and control accompany the breach of a promise. This pattern of brain activity suggests that breaking a promise triggers an emotional conflict in the promise breaker due to the suppression of an honest response.

The most important finding of the study show researchers that "perfidious" patterns of brain activity even allow the prediction of future behavior. Indeed, experimental subjects who ultimately keep a promise and those who eventually break one act exactly the same at the time the promise is made -- both swear to keep their word. Brain activity at this stage, however, often exposes the subsequent promise breakers.

Cancer  Screenings Essentially
Have No Benefit
from NaturalNews.com --
Dr. Otis Brawley, chief medical officer of the American Cancer Society, recently participated in an interview with the New York Times concerning a Journal of the American Medical Association analysis of breast and prostate cancer screening. The study questioned the legitimacy of such screenings in saving lives, a notion confirmed by Dr. Brawley as legitimate.

Adding that the supposed benefits of screening have been "exaggerated", Dr. Brawley's comments have fueled a firestorm of controversy since they fly in the face of what the organization has been saying and promoting for years.

Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) cancer screenings are considered by many to be ineffective in identifying legitimate cancers and in reducing prostate cancer deaths. Eric Larson, a physician serving as executive director of the Group Health Center for Health Studies in Seattle, is one such person.

Because there has been no demonstrated benefit to screenings (and they often lead to needless procedures and complications), Mr. Larson continually refuses to receive annual PSA cancer screenings until any alleged benefit can be proven scientifically. Since PSA screenings first began, the number of prostate cancer diagnoses have increased while advanced and late-stage cancers have remained roughly the same.

Breast cancer screenings, primarily in the form of mammography, have a similar track record of failure. The journal report notes that since screenings began, there has been a 40 percent increase in diagnoses and a near doubling of early-stage cancers with only a 10 percent decrease in late-stage cancers that spread throughout the body.

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