sickle cell anemia is a generalettely associated disease. it is present in populations whose ancestors came from places where there is high prevalence of malaria. if you look at a map of africa that shows the prevalence of malaria, you'll see that it is present in west africa but not in south africa and see that there is sickle cell anemia in other countries where there is a high prevalence of malaria. india. even some countries in southern europe so it is not a black disease at all. it can affect anyone whose anest is corors came from malaria-present regions. in greece, the rate would be much higher. tavis: what disturbs you most? i'm sure there is a long list -- if we had the time you could offer me a list of things, but what troubles you most about the way this federal invention is being played out politicalfully the era of obama because if if race is a political construct and not a genetic construct, there must be things concerning you about the way it is playing itself out as we speak. >> exactly. now you got on the the heart of my book

. >> reporter: we spoke to one patient with sickle cell anemia. me was very disappointed to see nurses fill these picket lines instead of hospital rooms. rallying or on a picket line, the one day strike encompassed several unions. but one of the patients these nurses say they are standing up for was disappointed to see temporary nurses caring for him. >> nurses are slow, they're new to this. getting my medication is slower, i had to wait for them. i've been coming since i was 10, i'm 20 now. >> reporter: in order to make patients had uninterrupted care they hired 500 workers. at no cost, the hospital would not elaborate. >> we knew that the unions were unlikely. i think if you look at the fact that they're striking 36 hospitals that this is really a move for the unions to shut down health care. >> reporter: nurses defend their right to straight to save patients and their contracts in the end. >> i get the benefit of having weekends off and i'm stuck with this employer all that time and waited for the day when i didn't have to work. they're trying

. >> i've seen anemia, dehydration.an have electrolyte abnormalities and severe cases heart problems and death. >> reporter: when the weight comes off, it's likely to sneak back on. >> calories you take in, your body tries to store that more as fat so people who crash diet end up heavier than when they started. >> reporter: the doctor says safe weight loss takes time and switching to healthy foods and exercise year round. >> nine other months in the year to help your child get in shape and feed your child the right foods and encourage them to be active and get away from video games. >> reporter: his mom says they changed their exercise and eating habits together cutting out fast food and sugar. >> we switched to nonfat greek yogurt, we'd do salad with salmon, chicken. >> reporter: safe weight loss for a teen should not be more than two pounds a week and younger children, no more than two pounds a month. anything more and your child risks those long-term helton issues. vicky nguyen, nbc, bay area news. >>> fall is here o

i've seen anemia, dehydration and heart problems, even death. >> reporter: even when the weight comes off, it's likely to sneak back on. >> the calories you do take on, your body stores that more as fat. so people end up heavier than when they started. >> reporter: safe weight loss takes time and switching to healthy foods and exercise year round. not just in the weeks before weigh-in. >> 72.6. >> you have nine other months in the year to help your child get in shape and feed your child the right foods and encourage them to be active and get away from the video games. >> reporter: his mom says they changed their exercise and eating habits together, conduct out fast food and sugar. >> we switched to nonfat yogurt, salad and chicken. we were the king and again of the drive through, but we couldn't do that. >> reporter: safe weight loss for a teen should not be more than two pounds a week and for younger children, no more than two pounds a month. vicky nguyen, nbc bay area news. >>> it's a controversial way to lose weight for many of these sports programs. >> let's turn it over to jeff r

he visits the hospital often because he deals with sickle cell anemia. >>> grim economic news from around the world sent stocks plummeting today. prompting some to predict a double dip recession in the sate. the chances of slipping back into a recession are quote higher now than at any point in the recovery. in europe the new survey indicate add recession could be on the way there. and many factories may be slowing down in china. >>> that bad news took its toll on wall street today. >> the dow fell more than 500 points at one point today before coming back slightly and closing down 390 points. stocks are on their way to their worse weeks since october of 2008. here's a look at the final numbers, the dow off 391 points, the nasdaq dropping 82. >>> meg whitman has a new job and it's a big one. ceo of hewlett packered. robert handa was able to hear her first remarks. >> reporter: insider are speculating whether hp would dump hep epitecker and today it happened. after hearing meg whitman, she certainly believes she's the right person for the job. silican valley got a chance to see meg whitman

then he would go from table to table anemias 30 people.n the way out he first names almost everybody he's just met. like okay, let the profession i won't be going into. finally, just a few weeks ago at the national institute of health i wish i'm very neuroscientists a video of a young girl with williams syndrome. he looks from the outside like reverse autism. the little girl is 18 months old in a room with a 12-year-old roy, some of the researcher and she only wants to look into his eyes. the boy is juggling and knocking over stuff. she has no interest in the physical objects in the room. she only wants a social connection. she gets close and stares into his eyes, minute after minute. i was thinking this is every senator i've ever interviewed. they are socially attuned creatures. when they turn their minds to policy, all the social sophistication vanishes and they start thinking like cbo report, like computer models. i have covered a lot of what has to do with the overly simplistic view of human nature. so i covered the union and we sent e

then he would go from table to table anemias 30 people.he way out he first names almost everybody he's just met. like okay, let the profession i won't be going into. finally, just a few weeks ago at the national institute of health i wish i'm very neuroscientists a video of a young girl with williams syndrome. he looks from the outside like reverse autism. the little girl is 18 months old in a room with a 12-year-old roy, some of the researcher and she only wants to look into his eyes. the boy is juggling and knocking over stuff. she has no interest in the physical objects in the room. she only wants a social connection. she gets close and stares into his eyes, minute after minute. i was thinking this is every senator i've ever interviewed. they are socially attuned creatures. when they turn their minds to policy, all the social sophistication vanishes and they start thinking like cbo report, like computer models. i have covered a lot of what has to do with the overly simplistic view of human nature. so i covered the union and we sent econ

then he would go from table to table anemias 30 people.n the way out he first names almost everybody he's just met. like okay, let the profession i won't be going into. finally, just a few weeks ago at the national institute of health i wish i'm very neuroscientists a video of a young girl with williams syndrome. he looks from the outside like reverse autism. the little girl is 18 months old in a room with a 12-year-old roy, some of the researcher and she only wants to look into his eyes. the boy is juggling and knocking over stuff. she has no interest in the physical objects in the room. she only wants a social connection. she gets close and stares into his eyes, minute after minute. i was thinking this is every senator i've ever interviewed. they are socially attuned creatures. when they turn their minds to policy, all the social sophistication vanishes and they start thinking like cbo report, like computer models. i have covered a lot of what has to do with the overly simplistic view of human nature. so i covered the union and we sent e