de su vida y no da ningún síntoma por eso es silenciosa. >> hay una gran diferencia entre la hepatitis a, b y c como el virus de sida como a través de las agujas contaminadas. >> no se puede curar de la hepatitis c?. >> cuando la hepatitis c se vuelve crónica que es el 30% de los casos dura para toda la vida, el nuevo medicamento ha demostrado en algunos estudios que puede reducir el número de virsz ca virus casi a cero. >> por qué se ha tardado tanto en probar la medicina. >> es bueno la pregunta, para poner el medicamento a disposición del público, hay que probar la toco . >> hay que hacer estudios en humanos y voluntarios que duran de 5 a 10 años recién de pasar estos filtros un medicamento se pone a disposición del público. >> qué maravilla tenerlo con nosotros en el programa, gracias siempre nos explica de una manera más fácil, el doctor elmer huerta gracias por estar con nosotros. >> gracias josé. >> vamos a otra pausa pero trauma a la vista para los hijos de arnold schwarzenegger, cómo viven las últimas horas de su vida los que aseguran que este fin de semana empieza el amigos vamos habl

well over 3 million americans have hepatitis "c" which is linked to 3,000 deaths a year. one of the major reasons for liver transplans. >> a countdown to history sunday way in florida. after an initial delay the shuttle "endeavour" is scheduled to launch for the last time tomorrow morning. hundreds of thousands of people are gathering along the space coast this evening including one very special guest. nbc's jay gray has a look. >> the crew of shuttle "endeavour" is back at kennedy space center and preparing tonight for one final historic ride. >> we really appreciate all the hard work by the team that's worked over the last couple of weeks to get shuttle "endeavour" ready. >> that work was focused on a faulty heater near the ship's cargo bay that delayed the original launch april 29th just three and a half hours before liftoff. >> in our minds we're good to go and we have no problems -- no problems expected with this heater any more in this count. >> all systems are go less than 24 hours before what will be "endeavour's" 25th and final mission. >> we're not working any i

because they got aids or hepatitis c. convert visn's into what i call residential treatment centers. -- convert prisons. knock down the gun towers. take down the razor wires. inspired the corrections officers, the people with badges that make $150,000 a year -- inspire their asses. [applause] i am all for the union. i do not like their union. what you do is you rehire people back as correctional workers. what happens is in a state of california, where somebody needs help because they contradict or alcoholic or have a bad temper and they are going to be of their wife or sexually assault her stepdaughter -- whatever their problem is, let's do something about crime before they commit the crimes. they have this urge to do something illegal. they call the police and say, "i need help. i'm drug addicted. an alcoholic. please help me." right? they are directed to this treatment center where they can voluntary commit themselves for three to six months. they will do a workshop -- workup on their health. they need a health care ass

is an important medical development in what doctors call a turning point in the fight against hepatitis "cliver transplants. the f.d.a. just approved a new medicine that could be a major step forward. renee enrolled in a clinical trial for the drug marketed in the name insivic. the doctor says the drug helped stabilize the effect of the disease renee has been battling for the last decade. >> marked the turning point in the treatment of hepatitis "c." right now with the rise of the virun we cure less than half the people in the united states. with the f.d.a. approval of the medication we are going to cure close to 80%. >> doctors say previous treatments for hepatitis "c" had only 46% success rate. >>> state office of environmental health hazards is out with new guidelines for eating fish caught in san francisco bay. some fish in the bay contained mercury. the guidelines haven't been updated in 17 years. among the new recommendations, women of child bearing age and children who are most susceptible to mercury poisoning should avoid eating shark, shark bass and white sturgeon in the bay. othe

she learned she had hepatitis c in 2002.a nurse, the young mother of two was worried. >> like, wow, this could be really, really ugly. >> with the only option, a grueling one-year regiment with the drugs interferon with a slim chance of a cure, she was willing to wait. >> i'm not going to put my life on hold for a year. not sick, going to make myself sick and probably not get rid of it anyway. >> the disease grew worse. >> you think, oh my god, what if you don't see it graduate from high school. what if i don't see her get married. >> an experimental drug might help. became the first to enroll in a clinical trial. he took the drug to interferon and riboviron, she showed no sign of the virus. c-vac was approved by the fda. the drugs have doubled the cure rate and some cases have doubled the treatment time. with analysts expecting the sale of the new drug to reach $5 billion, adding a new drug to a cocktail running around $30,000 would limit access. >> may affect patients with limited insurance or marginal insurance so we need

drugs and shooting up, etc., etc., so i finally get into treatment only to discover that i have hepatitis c." so we want to have that as an integral part because that becomes part of the cultural dynamic. and especially from a religious point of view, because you start feeling that you've been visited by god in a negative way because after all, you finally get your life on a proper course, and boom, you've got to deal with either hiv or you've got to deal with the hepatitides. and when you are dealing with that, that becomes an important part. and the other factors in that sort of i've been doomed by god is also age. as you get older, your body responds differently and what we're finding epidemiologically is that we've got a whole cohort of baby boomers who are flirting with marijuana, prescription drugs and other substances, misuse of alcohol, because they still think they are 25. and they have disposable incomes. and they have the disposable incomes associated with that. so we're finding then this uptick in use of marijuana and other substances. so we need to have treatment programs and p

--la administracion de alimentos y medicinas autorizo un nuevo medicamento contra la hepatitis "c".nocido como "tela-previr". este es producido por el laboratorio "vertex". --segun las pruebas hechas por expertos, su ingesta puede duplicar las posibilidades de curar esta enfermedad capaz de acabar con el higado.--el unico inconveniente es el costo del tratamiento pues puede alcanzar los 49-mil dolares en apenas 3 meses.--la semana pasada, la "fda" aprobo otra medicina contra este mal hepatico conocida como "victrelis" del laboratorio "merck". ---a pesar de que ayer, la junta de supervisores del condado de santa clara, aprobo el uso de un nuevo codigo de area para las nuevas lineas telefonicas, aun no hay nada definitivo.---la ultima palabra sobre la medida que entraria en efecto en el 2012, la tendra la comision de servicios publicos de california.---la votacion del martes tuvo como fin informar a los reguladores estatales de que el condado apoya la opcion de asignar el codigo "669" a las futuras lineas.---esto, en lugar de partir a su territorio en dos, y dejar a la mitad de sus re

. >>> the fda has proved a drug to treat hepatitis c.spite of clean needle programs and other efforts more than three million americans have hepatitis c. the trials show it cures more than 65% of patients when combined with two other drugs. the current treatment cures only about 40% of patients. and it can cause serious side effects. another new treatment is also expected to be approved later this month. >>> the national forest service will re-open 98,000-acres of land burned in the biggest fire in la history. the station fire shown in these pictures killed two firefighters, destroyed 89 homes and burned 161,000-acres in 2009. after three years of restoration efforts, camp grounds, picnic areas and hiking trails on three sides of the national forest will be opened up on monday. >>> santa clara county is getting extra help this upcoming fire season. cal fire is adding six engines to its fleet starting monday. despite increased rainfall in the bay area this winter, temperatures of course will rise as summer arrives. this will dry out the g

two other concerns, one is around hepatitis c. the other had the honor of being appointed to previous years, the hepatitis task force. we had a number of things in it that we think funding them will help save us money down the road in terms of preventing new hiv transmissions, insuring that people currently living with it are aware of their status and have access to treatment, and ensuring that the services that the department provides are optimally coordinated so we are not spending too much money and different things and assuring people who are in health the san francisco have access to the full range of treatments that are available. one of the recommendations in particular around preventing new transmissions to the supervised injection facility has the potential to save the city significant money down the road. the last comment is specific to community policing and how we are deploying police and criminal justice resources. we are spending a lot of money using our criminal justice system to manage public health issues, a mental

there was an incident in las vegas where they gave 30 people hepatitis c in a cosmetic surgery center. that won't happen in an accredited facility. >> what if they have allergies or doesn't ask you questions like that. have you had, i guess, what are some of the things that must be done before the surgery takes place? >> you know, what's tradition these days. called the time-out. we take the patients there and this is so and so and she's here to have a facelift and she's allergic to. that is the time-out that should be done before every procedure now. in an accredited facility, it's required. >> so, you asked for pictures before and after with your first visit to the doctor and we've been talking about major surgeries like liposuction and facelifts. what about botox and fillers. should that be only done by a board certified surgeon? >> board certified surgeon, dermatologists are well qualified to do this. you have to understand the muscles. yes, it's a simple procedure, but many times these are done by people who aren't qualified and don't know the anatomy and don't have a lot of expe

. >> and national news, there are two new drug for the treatment of hepatitis c.y the fda. according to the center for to be easy to-- according to the center for disease control it kills many people per year. >> toyota has launched their own network. it is called toyota friend with the new network, if you are low on battery toppepower, your car can tweet you. beginning in 2012 in japan, toyota drivers will be able to access it from their mobile phone, car-, and the computer. >> keep you up-to-date with what is happening right now, there is one right in the backyard of the dallas suburbs. there is a deep shade of pink, to give you an idea of how intense as this is. take a look at the rain fall and the purchase it--and the protect --precipitation rate. >> our top story at 6:30 p.m.. these are live pictures were a violent thunderstorm and a number of tornadoes raced through the area today. many people have been moved out of the area of destruction, as you can see, there are signs of the tornadoes that ripped through the area almost nightfall there. 60 people have be

. >> he wants to put hepatitis to the forefront, and that's combating hepatitis b and c. physician education and community education. >> alan: theepped be that one in ten asian people infected with hepatitis b, but since i was screened, i take a bill. i went from 15 million copies of the virus attacking my liver to zero. >> leigh: and you're wearing the lapel pin. >> alan: the hepatitis b free campaign. >> leigh: a great day to be out there. late in the afternoon, the sea breeze picked up and everybody getting goose bumps. our live shot from the high definition east bay cam. emeryville, a little fuzzies in as the low clouds and fog move in towards the bay. here's a look at the current readings. 52 in san francisco. 55 in napa. antioch, 58. 52 in livermore. we actually have clear sky in san jose right now. 56 degrees. we'll continue seal the low clouds move in overnight. a gray start at the coast for sunday morning, and then look for mid-day clearing. a breezy afternoon, a cooler day tomorrow as temperatures drop, and we'll continue with this scenario, morning clouds and a

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years he's gone through divorce, had potentially career-ending throat surgery, revealed he has hepatitis crs ago high on prescription drugs. writing a book about lsd and this is not the drug. >> no, no. >> lds is -- >> lead singer disorder. jimmy page wrote that. >> you had it. >> i think we all do as lead singers. we front the band. so therefore why don't they listen to us? we know everything. >> big ego? >> of course. >> tough to work with? >> yeah. >> made trouble when you could have made peace? >> yeah. >> when you look back now was it all just natural, part of the job? >> you're damn right. >> if feuding with the band was part of the job, tyler could have won employee of the year for his stormy relationship with joe perry. the two once dubbed the toxic twins. >> is it fair to say you have spent as much time fighting over your time together as loving each other? >> well, see, he plays guitar in such a way where i'm addicted to it. there is no one like him. he's my own keith. my own clapton. he's there. he's aerosmith. he plays the licks and i go, whoa, wait! [ scatting ] ♪ love in an e