obstructive sleep apnea is characterized by pauses in breathing and hypertension considered a risk. >> patients with resistant hypertension should be screened for sleep apnea and should be treated with the ideal therapy, continuous positive airway pressure >> researchers found for people with both conditions receiving the treatment resulted in a decrease in blood pressure. the study published in journal of the american medical association. >> the legal dispute between the beasty boys and a toy company is escalating again. >> beauty boys filed a counter suit for united stating a parody of the group's song "girls" the suit claimed they acted intentionablely and disspik bli with oppression, fraud and malice toward the beasty boys. goldie blocks pulled the commission but filed a lawsuit claiming it had the right to use music because this is a parody. >> it's the end of the line for the volkswagon van. >> production wraps up in just weeks. that is the only country in the world producing the vehicle. >> 1200 vans will be left for collectors. they're sold out. >> and michael finney is here n

if one gets sick, even the one -- hypertension, something comes up. at that point the human nature is not going to prevent it. it needs to be solved. it needs a medical intervention. that medical intervention is a good diagnosis and good treatment. what happens is the pharmaceutical industry does know this. this has continued over the years, it's that the price of medicines are increasing all the time. so at twice the level, twice as much as the increase of inflation. as many of these reforms have been implemented in the united states, then the strategy has been to increased pricing. so even though the industry has contributed with some money to the health care reform, that money is going to be recovered very quickly because of the price increases in the united states. so what does that imply? that implies that the world isn't paying for all of these issues. if we look into these, if we look at the united states and we compare it, this is the dark green, this is the general government expenditures, the light green is other expenditures. the light is o

. >> hypertension may cause strokes that are not evident. if we can colt the -- control the hypertensions we may have cases look for nutritional courses. vitamin 12. we don't know if there's association, actually. there's other environmental causes and research going on, to look at the environmental causes that may lead into the alzheimer's disease. one thing that is important is to increase moneys and funds of studies that are looking to see what is the thing that is causing dementia so we can address and tread it. >> coming up on the newshour in sport. why mexico's first n.b.a. game in 16 years had to be postponed. stay with us if you can, here on al jazeera. >>> mexican police have found a truck of radioactive material stolen on the way to a decommissioning site. the people that opened it were exposed to lethal levels of radiation, and are in danger of dying within days. we have more from mexico city. >> soldiers and police cordoned off the area where the stolen material was found. 160 towns have been evacuated. there's no risk as long as

heart failure, hypertension, diabetes, cancer, stroke, those kinds of chronic illnesses.hen you get them in your 30's and 40's and you have them into your aging process, you are not going to have a comfortable old age. you are also seeing in terms of epidemics, an increase in alzheimer's and it is going to increase as the population increases. there are quite a few seniors who have mental health problems but they are also, the majority of seniors, who are hard-working, who had minimum wage jobs their whole lives, who paid social security. think about living on $889 a month in the city of san francisco needing to buy medication, one meal a day, hopefully, and health care. if we could provide health care early on we might prevent (inaudible) and people would be less likely to end up in the emergency room with a drastic outcome. we could actually provide prevention and health care to people who had no other way of getting health care, those without insurance, it might be more cost effective >> feel like it really is a community. they are not the same thing, but it really doe

those with a college degree, even more, and diseases like diabetes and hypertension are more prevalentthose less educated. >> what do you make of all the politics, the pushback on obama care? >> obamacare has become a political football, but it has some really good parts. have the part about insurance reform, but we have efforts like that national prevention strategy, and those parts won't get talked about as much. we are trying to get young people to go into health careers to help solve those problems. let you go, we are going to do a tribute to nelson mandela. we know our presidents resident and former are on their way to south africa for this service. in the 90's you were the recipient of the reward. there is a u.s. recipient. there is a south african recipient. what did it mean to bear such a bears the name of nelson mandela? >> he is such an inspiration. basically the social justice part of leadership is so important, and he fit in. carries a that award great responsibility. he showed us his actions what leadership is about. we want to continue carrying on those leadership skills

. >> yes >> you have hypertension, high blood pressure. >> yes. >> and asthma. >> yes. >> among people that are free consequent users, those people are disproportionately homeless. these are people with medical problems. >> dr kelly doran works in medicine, specialising in homelessness. a stint in san francisco showed her a different approach to health care. >> when you break it down, there are so many things that are necessary for health that you can't do when you don't have the stability and the roof over your head. >> so do you your own shopping? >> yes. >> having a refrigerator and a stove to make healthy food and not rely on hand-outs or fast food. >> aurelio ramirez has a fresh start because of a plan using government funds, medicaid to help the homeless. the plan provide an apartment, medical care. 16 studies nationwide backed up the benefits of supportive housing, showing that states can save money by implementing the plan. >> new york state began a first in the nation experiment, using $150 million in medicade money for supportive housing for the homeless. >> we served 5,000 i

hypertension and emphysema. when we look at outcomes for chronic disease, a landmark study for the journal medical association in 1999, showed that results for treatments were no worse or better than any other chronic disease model. so treatment of alcoholism and addiction works. as far as new treatments for alcoholism, when it comes to substance abuse treatment, typically with any chronic disease it takes time and effort. let me give you a picture two of extremes. one extreme is the first of the month with $200 in your pocket and you are in tenderloin and the other extreme is the stationery outcome with handcuffs. so the illustration here is that somewhere between these two extremes, there is a level of treatment structure that is appropriate for the particular patient. when we think about the patients who end up in the revolving court's, they have trauma, bad thing that have happened to them and they have no support and they have gotten no lover to support them, no livelihood to live for. what you need to do i

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believe anything above 140 should still be the number to look for when prescribing medication for hypertension, i think based on the guidelines, you can feel comfortable saying when you have the patient below 150, you're now at your goal. having the ability to get them to goal, without overmedicating them, i think is very encouraging and very exciting. >> the american heart association and the american college of cardiology are among those that disagree. they say the old guidelines are working, credited with dramatically reducing strokes and heart failure. >>> a ferry that ran aground on the north carolina coast is still stuck on a sand bar this morning. efforts to refloat the 64-foot boat has failed. now, the company has to come up with another plan to remove it. 14 people were hurt in tuesday's accident. they've all been released from the hospital. >>> wild landing for passengers onboard an air france flight in the u.k. the plane was caught up in powerful crosswinds as it approached bristol airport. you can see it coming in for a lopsided landing. touching down on the tarmac almost completel

nd it's the inner play, especially for the most common diseases, hypertension, diabetes and so forth, we know that an inner play of genetic predisposition and outside factors. this is where it gets complicated but i really want to emphasize that genomics is a key part of the puzzle but not the only part. william is joining us on the phone with dr. aron green. ahead, please. caller: my question is, i was in vietnam and i caught malaria and i stayed in the fieldhouse for three months. when i came back to fort brag i had a relapse. i'm having problems, i can't and i have these out of whatever growing me and the va cut them out. or kind of after effect side effect or long term effect cause?his >> dr. green you can address the issue. preceded me just will be the expert on that. his is infectious disease and the doctor is a world expert on that. o i would refer to the institute he runs to get those insaogts. what will tell you to make the like malaria, for example, this is very disease, infectious district attorney sees because the volves not only parasite but involves other moss kaoe kaoet

. >> katie grace suffers from pulmonary hypertension or ph and is awaiting a life-saving heart/lung transplant from now we're on the last step of the journey. >> she was diagnosed with ph six years ago and wears this backpack to carry her iv medicine that goes to her heart. katie grace's story and dire need for a heart/lung transplant inspeiered 22-year-old jeffrey holmes to do more than just display lights on his childhood home. he created a heart for christmas. a total of 30,000 holiday lights, all of them to bring awareness to katie's story. >> she used to live right next door to us so we said here's a wonderful little child of god who could use a lot of help. >> hundreds of people have visited the musical lights show on the home's one-acre property, even katie grace. >> it's all for you. what do you think about that? >>> i like it. >> does it make you happy? >> yeah. >> kpix 5. >> amazing little girl. well, in 2008, doctors gave katie one year to live so she's already beaten the odds. >>> our best wishes for her and still don't mean to beat the dead horse, but no rain coming, huh? >> it's

the shiny cream treat hypertension standard anti potter. many times appeared to have to be near to the hong kong but i'll try to make that dream a reality by giving birth the child in hongkong. to the mainland chinese characters pertinent on the child for residency presently the child can all enjoy the benefits of hong kong to welfare system. many have cited china might not be aware that those mainland china coke in the hong kong to beazley. they certainly don't get back to the that silly cheesy dip into the upper one. the number of non hong kong for some hongkong with the under twenty. the key reason to doubt that the number soared to over thirty two thousand and two thousand when the government over a hundred thousand overseas hong kong from residency the eighty feet of resources for social care and welfare services which was to the hong kong record. people in hong kong resort to protest again sharing facilities with mainland chinese people who come down to use them. after hong kong's new chief executive dr mom came into power to death an

. >> reporter: katie grace suffers from pulmonary hypertension or ph, and is awaiting a life saving heart, lung transplant. >> now we're on the last step of the journey. >> reporter: she was diagnosed with ph six years ago and wears this backpack to carry her iv medicine to her heart. katie grace's story and dire need for a heart-lung transplant inspired 22-year-old jeffrey holmes to do more than just show lights, he created a heart for christmas an amazing light display. a total of 30,000 christmas lights all of them to bring awareness to katie's story. >> she used to live next door to us and so we said here's a wonderful little child of god who could use a lot of help. >> reporter: hundreds of people have visited the musical light show on the holmes' one acre property even katie grace. >> it's all for you. what do you think about that? >> i like it. >> reporter: does it make you happy? >> yeah. >> reporter: in clayton, juliette goodrich, kpix 5. >> in 2008, doctors gave katie one year to live so she has already beaten the odds. >>> it's 4:56. the air quality here is so bad, it's worse t

largest ever including a juried the second most said what the research team has also discovered the hypertension fashions on the knee area of marine species information has been collected for the fishery development. and also chinese researchers have found tremendous reserves of natural gas hydrate under the program which would ease the country's energy shortage knackered as hard as our natural gas and water frozen together into a solid substance. well the discovery shows about one hundred fifty billion cubic meters of high treason in area fifty five square kilometers under the pearl river. next the guys have is also called flammable our eyes which ana started conducting research in act against tie this back in nineteen nineteen the line but becomes eclectic its first temple in the south china sea in two thousand and two thomas the fourth country to confirm such findings at the us japan and india stunning the rising cost of health care while also maintaining or even improving services become a major challenge for many countries change comes though. in the industry because it is often unclear wha

there are new guidelines on the management of hypertension. dr. debbie, nice to see you, good morning to you. >> good morning. bill: new guidelines is going to be confusing. sort it out. what are the guidelines? >> all right. right now the normal blood pressure is still 120 over 80, but if that top number gets above 140 or the bottom number gets above 90, they start medication. so these new guidelines are saying that you might not need to start those medications unless the top number gets to 150. bill: so 120 over 80 is still the holy grail, but how do i know? >> >> well, the thing is it depends on your age also. if you're over 60, then you do want to get some of these factors under control like high blood pressure, you know, and other things because it's not the blood pressure that matters, it's your risk of having heart attack, strokes and other things. that's what we really care about. bill: but people are watching, and they're hanging on to your words, and they're wondering why are you changing the guidelines? what's different? >> well, it

a lot of much too much and get fat and they develop metabolic syndrome a type two diabetes and hypertension and cardiovascular disease that's a major reason we also abuse drugs we abuse alcohol we probably drive too fast or not well enough and we get into a lot of accidents so there are a lot of inputs into the health equal asian so that input determines to a large extent the output of a health care system that's why judging outcomes just based on raw numbers is never a good idea and that's why united states has this low rank in the world health world health organization's list which is absurd we're not thirty seventh in the world. by any stretch of the imagination people come here from all over the world to get the excellent care that we provide so we do try to provide the best quality care that is not going to come through a standardized approach is going to come through individualized care with individual physicians sits down with a patient and in a relaxed manner in a consultation room tries to figure out number one what's wrong with them so and how we can make them better you know and

it is the interplay, especially for more common diseases, hypertension, diabetes. we know that there is an interplay. genetic predisposition but in terminal contributions. -- but environmental contributions, what you are eating, how much you exercise. i want to emphasize that genomics is a key part of this puzzle but it is not the only part. host: from maryland, william is joining us. dr. eric green at nih. -- i wasy question is in vietnam and i can't malaria. i stayed in the field house for three months. when i came back to fort brag, i had a relapse. i am having problems. i cannot hear that well. warts growing out of me. the va cut the amount. -- cut them out. what kind of side effect or long-term effect is this? host: can you adjust that? thet: dr. fauci would be expert on that. this is an infectious disease. i would refer you to the institute that he runs to get the sort of insight. what i will tell you to make the point about a disease like malaria, it is a complicated infectious disease. it involves not only the arial parasite, it involves mosquitoes and vect

. >> so you have hypertension and high blood pressure. >> yes. >> and you have asthma? >> asthma, also. >> what we do know from past research among people who are frequent users of the emergency departments those people are homeless. these are people who have medical problems, coexisting substance abuse problems. >> reporter: specializing in homelessness. but it was a stint as a field researcher in san francisco that showed her a different approach for healthcare for the homeless. >> when you break it down there are so many things that are necessary for health that you can't do when you don't have the stability and that roof over your head. >> so you do your own shopping? >> yes. >> having a refrigerator and a stove so you can make healthy food and not rely on handouts or fast food or something that is bad for you. >> ramirez has a fresh start because of an innovative plan that uses government funds, medicaid to help the homeless. it provides an argument, medical care and a case worker. 16 studies nationwide has backed up the benefits what have is known as supportive ho

things are influenced and it is the interplay, especially for these were common diseases like hypertension and diabetes and so forth. we know that there is an interplay and a genetic predisposition of what you are eating and how much exercise you are getting and so on and so forth. so this is where it gets very complicated, but i want to make sure that i emphasize that the genomic is a key part of this puzzle. >> host: we have doctor eric green, please go ahead with your question or comment. >> caller: hello, i was in vietnam and i caught malaria and when i came back to fort bragg, i had a relapse. i am having problems and i cannot hear that well. and i have these warts or what whatever growing out of me and the va cut it out. what kind of long-term effect will this have? >> the person that spoke with me on these interviews would really be the expert on that. this is an expert on infectious disease and we have a world expert on that. we have the institute that he runs, hoping to get those insights and what i will tell you to make this point is that a disease like this, it is a complicated

it's called hypertension, it's called part of the aging process. and so really it reflects either profound ignorance. it was a very silly analogy. but you know what's going on in california, rev. california's doing very, very well. so the republicans here have resorted to creating a fake website that looks like the state website to trick people into getting on a website and hearing negative things, misinformation. the fact that they would go to such lengths to prevent people from getting health care is really quite tragic. >> but, you know, governor, at least one republican is admitting the health care law is helping some people. virginia congressman scott regal, quote, it's not in dispute that many americans lives are being disrupted in an important way by this law. it is also true that some americans lives have gotten better? yes. and to not acknowledge that is to deny reality. you think we'll hear more of this, governor? >> anywhere close to a purple area of represent a blue area, they're going to have to come out and tell the truth. and what's

hypertension and my understanding is while he was in labor camp, some of his injuries from before he injuries and a radiating leg pain that had recurred during his hard labor because he was working in the field eight hours a day for six days. and i think his body -- and i think he has has some malnutrition, as well. had he lost 50 pounds during his 80 days of hard labor. >> his sister believes her brother's religious beliefs got him in trouble. kenneth was found guilty of crimes against north korea and sentenced to 15 years hard labor. and this as merrill newman has release aid video that north korea is calling a quote apology. here's pentagon correspondent barbara starr. >> i can understand that in u.s. and western countries, are there is misleading information and propaganda about tprk. >> north korean state media released this video over the weekend of detained american tourist, 85-year-old merrill newman reading a handwritten apology. pyongyang saying new man admits he's guilty of big crimes when he fought for the u.s. in the korean war killing civilians, working with anti-commun

apparently your mother was having some hypertension or high blood pressure, some heart problem this isning and can't be here today. i don't know if she went to the hospital or what the circumstances are, but i talked to your sister, and your sister supposedly is coming, although she was supposed to be here at 8:30 and she's not here yet. it's now about noon. so that's the update on things. >> i need to get out. >> is there something you want me to tell your sister when i talk to her again? she's supposed to call me back in a few minutes. >> tell her she needs to bring my mom up here. i need my mom up here. >> i'll let her know. hang tight here for a little while longer an we'll see if either your mother or sister can get here then we can get to court, okay? ♪ >> come on, man. >> come on, guys. be on your best behavior. if you don't act nice in court nobody is going to trust you to behave in society, okay? stay on the left. left side here. your sister's here. >> raise your right hand and answer out loud, please. do you swear or affirm that the testimony given today is the truth and noth

those are type two diabetes, hypertension, ardea vascular disease, cancer, dementia, nonalcoholic fattyliver disease, and the list goes on. that is what you die of. we are going to talk about diabetes, because diabetes we've got the best data on. that is where the money goes. that is what is breaking the medical bank, the bank. here is how you need to look at this. here is a venn diagram of the entire u.s. adult population. 72 million obese people, 30%, 168 million people at normal weight, about 70%. everyone thinks these are the bad guys, these are the sick guys, these are the guys costing us the money. 80% of obese people are sick and cost money. usually double the medical expenditures of the general population. everyone assumes these 57 million are the problem, and they are costing us the big bucks. this is incorrect. this is completely incorrect. here is what the real story is. we will start at the beginning. yes, 80% of obese people are sick, but that means 20% of obese people are healthy. they are metabolically normal. a paper came out today showing exactly why they are normal, be

whether that's cancer or diabetes or heart disease or anxiety or depression or hypertension. but it takes time. it takes an interaction, and it takes a great differential diagnosis. the unaffordable care act is destroying that. that's why you are seeing this little blush out into the market where you see concierge medicine, because now the reason they're ordering fewer tests is they spend about five times as long with the patient, because they're not in a hurry to get to the next patient, because they're not making their money by filling out a code and filing it with an insurance company. there's a complete relationship between the physician and their patient. i just want to go pack over this gentleman named brian who is from oklahoma. he and his family have two children under 5 years of age. they believe what the president said when he told them he could keep their health insurance plan and their doctors if you liked it. brian recently called my office and said that isn't true. that was a lie to me. it was deceitful, it was untrue. brian works in tulsa. and the company he wo

mentioned specifically treating sort of chronic care issue like longer term diabetes, longer term hypertension, that really belongs as consistent follow-up in your doctor's office. urgent care issue this is perfect. melissa: you feel comfortable, you know, prescribing medication that way? >> yeah. again for those common ailments, you know, the urgent care type of issues, antibiotics or other medications are absolutely appropriate for this type of service. there are certain types of medications we will not prescribe. obviously narcotics or pain medication. but for, you know, urinary tract infections, for prescription refills, for again, sinusitis -- melissa: that kind of stuff. okay. adam, how, what kind of demand have you -- is it up and runing? what kind of demand have you seen for this so far? >> we're about a week old. we just launched in 15 states last tuesday. you know, mostly the big states and we're going to be in 40 plus states in january. demand has been awesome so far. people calling in. you know after the call they can leave their comments and rate the doctor and comments are coming

it is the interplay, especially for more common diseases, hypertension, diabetes. we know that there is an interplay. genetic predisposition but in terminal contributions. -- but environmental contributions, what you are eating, how much you exercise. i want to emphasize that genomics is a key part of this puzzle but it is not the only part. host: from maryland, william is joining us. dr. eric green at nih. -- i wasy question is in vietnam and i can't malaria. i stayed in the field house for three months. when i came back to fort brag, i had a relapse. i am having problems. i cannot hear that well. warts growing out of me. the va cut the amount. -- cut them out. what kind of side effect or long-term effect is this? host: can you adjust that? thet: dr. fauci would be expert on that. this is an infectious disease. i would refer you to the institute that he runs to get the sort of insight. what i will tell you to make the point about a disease like malaria, it is a complicated infectious disease. it involves not only the arial parasite, it involves mosquitoes and vect

and hypertension to asthma, pneumonia and sore fee. the clinic hands out a lot of socks. >> i have neuropathy and the socks just kind of like are comfort for my feet. >> most never see a doctor until they become so ill they have to go to the e.r. and wherever they go feel unwanted. >> you have the look of disdain from the receptionist, you have a nurse that may not want to take your blood pressure, because you're dirty. >> out here on cold nights, they find a warm welcome. >> i have never received better treatment, not even in the e.r. >> some homeless advocates are optimistic that the affordable care act will soon offer relief. january 1, poor people not previously covered would be eligible for medicaid. california is one of 25 states that have agreed to expand their medicaid coverage under the new health law. that change could dramatically impact the homeless population here in los angeles county. some 58,000 people by the last official count. >> one homeless advocacy group has already started an outreach program to urge people to en

he had diabetes, he had enlarged heart, hypertension and my understanding is while he was in labor camp of his injuries from before, he had some back injuries and a leg -- radiating leg pain, that had reoccurred during his hard labor because he was working in the field eight hours a day for six days and i think his body -- i think he has some malnutrition as well. he had lost 50 pounds during his 80 days of hard labor and i think his about body simply started to just give out. >> 50 pounds in 80 days? just to be clear, he's not being held in a hotel. he was w he was in a hard labor camp? >> that's right. it's hard to describe the kind of just sheer pain and agony that our family has been enduring for the past 13 months. just the uncertainty and just, you know, not having him come home, especially for the holidays, has been particularly difficult. you know, this is -- the second thanksgiving we spent without him and christmas is coming up and we really are hoping and praying he will be home by christmas. >> on saturday, an ambassador from sweden visited newman to deliver medication. newm

high blood pressure or hypertension affects. million adults. affects about 68 million affects. >>> so far know one from the bay area has come forward to claim their share of a $648 million megamillions jackpot. one of the two winning tickets was bought at jennifer's gift. there's the store there and the storeowner who will receive a million dollars 0 who plans -- who plans to buy a house for his wife. the person in georgia who bought the winning ticket has come forward and will take the cash options. there's a picture of the very happy 56-year-old ira curry of stone mountain. she chose the numbers herself. they were a combination of family birthdays and her lucky number which is very lucky apparently, 7. while she's avoiding the spotlight she it let lottery officials share her story. >> between joyful tears and laughter on the daughter's part, she relayed to her mother that her mother had won the lottery. >> well, this is the newsstand in atlanta that sold curry the winning ticket. curry said it was a last-minute decision to stop in and try her

that our women have because we are seeing more older women with chronic medical issues, diabetes, hypertensionthey might not know how to fill out necessary paperwork to get the insurance, they tend to let those medical needs fall by the way side. when you're homeless, on the street every day, before you come into the shelter, the weather conditions make those medical conditions much worse. we are very, very blessed to be able to have this partnership. so they'll be doing physicals and basic tests and working with the women to address their medical needs and prayerfully be able to help them maintain healthy bodies. >> talk about how the salvation army's footprint expanded across the region. how many facilities and programs? >> we have 12 facilities and 26 different programs for the different people in the area. the footprint keeps getting larger because the need keeps getting greater. we're fortunate enough to be in each community and zip code and serve the people. talk about being blessed and talk about wanting to do more of the salvation army's in a position to do that. it comes through donat

. >> well, the scary thing is hypertension or high blood pressure is the silent killer.o symptoms. over time it can hurt your kidneys, it can help produce heart attacks, strokes through hardening the arteries and really causing these very bad health problems. the thing is if you do have symptoms, you may have a headache, blurry vision, double vision, but that's rare. it's over time that it hurts you. harris: you know, it's more debilitating than ever, because the patients are getting younger and younger. why is that? >> i think it is the american lifestyle. obesity and obesity-related illness is about $150 billion worth of health care costs. and we're trying to be health care conscious in the era of health care retomorrow. and i think -- reform. and i think because we have more unhealthy lifestyles, less exercise, worsening our diets, lots of stress from financial reasons and other things, that really plays a big role in the development of high blood pressure earlier in life. harris: well, the good news from what you're saying at least in some of those are things that we

two thirds of them in this country are diagnosed with hypertension or high blood pressure.doctors will look for is 140 over 90. if you know your blood pressure, this will make sense to you. if it's over that, they said, you should treat it. if it's under that, you're okay. now they're saying in people who are 60 or over, it's okay to be 150 over 90. they didn't find treating it lower than that made a difference in reducing heart attacks or heart disease. you have to be careful with the blood pressure meds, especially in older people. you don't want to lower blood pressure without understanding why you're doing it. can could cause an older person to become dizzy, to fall. they're saying you can loosen up on the blood pressure medications and guidelines for people in that age range, over 60. >> from talking about blood pressure and chicken, you have a show on the weekend, sg ph.d.. you're talking to joel osteen. >> we get into this whole intersection between faith and science. something i have been instructed in and something i learned the good pastor has been interested in a

he had die boats, enlarged heart, hypertension. my understanding is while he was in labor camp.injuries and radiateing leg pain that had reoccurred during his hard labor. he was working in the field eight hours a day for six days. i think he has malnutrition as well. he had lost 50 pounds during his 80 days of hard labor. >> 50 pounds in 80 days, just to be clear, he is not being held in a hole, he was in a hard labor camp? >> that's right. he was the first one to be actually sent to labor camp although others were never sent there. 50 pound over the course of his detain. of captivity as you said but yes. >> what are the stated crimes? is there a trial pending? what are you told of the disposition of every days? >> ken was tried last may and sentenced to 15 years of hard labor for hostile acts against the state. >> what are you told by the u.s. government in terms of the best hope of getting him released? >> we are told they are doing everything they can to bring him home. but they aren't jenl generally able to share concrete details with us on that front. >> i know you are tryi

he suffers from severe hypertension answered has nukes. >> let's get dennis rodman on it to solve itressive manner. basically openly saying we are trying to bring back the soviet days. replacing in the middle east right now. countries traditionally ally with the united states says you are dealing with the iranian regime. supporting the muslim brotherhood in egypt. we can't rely on you so we are going to work with the russians. >> you talk about israel's strike on iran. you predicted israeli strike on iran this year. >> i wouldn't predict this is actually going to happen. definitely a severe threat. there is a lot of factors, covert operations could delay iranian nuclear weapon. a lot of things could happen. just the simple fact that israel could potentially strike iranian nuclear facilities and the arab world is going to be cheering them on by the way privately. it is a big threat because of the represent per occasions of that. israel not having it. >> and neither is the arab world first target of weapon is saudi arabia. bahrain. not just about israel. >> saw quite a number of homegr

i'm going to take my finger, they represent hypertension.igarettes i can cut it or if i'm exposed to diabetes. that scratches it up. the body has two choices to repair this. one choice is to allow the ldl bad cholesterol. that's like this stuff. put that in there. let me see how you do this. >> into the -- >> the hole. you have to fix the hole. >> we're doing spackle here. >> you are. but the stuff you're putting in there is a little bit thick. over years you literally glop this stuff up so much that it clogs up the artery. >> so the blood has little space or less space to travel. >> you see what happens here. what ends up happening with ldl cholesterol is it thickens it up. but the healthy omega 7 fats, it happens like this. very nice little repair. you can barely tell there was any hole there at all. we're talking about trading off some of the saturated fat with fats that are more liquidy. they flow like this. when they flow, the body has an easier time dealing with it. the hard stuff gets blocked. >> how many macadamia nuts or serves of a

in general alcohol decreases your blood pressure so if you're taking hypertension medication, this canse. you may feel lightheaded, you may feel dizzy and you could pass out. i want to point out, beta blockers, they're a special class of blood pressure medication and alcohol decreases the effects that it has on it. so people who take beta blockers many times have congestive heart failure, heart disease. we want these drugs to work. we don't want them to be under therapeutic. >> next up we have antidepressants. a lot of americans are on those as well. >> the good news is the new generation, ssris, zoloft and prozac, if you have a drink and you are on one of these medications, be cautious before driving. we do not want to have a car accident. >> what can happen when you mix the two? >> well, it can make you more drowsy. it can make you more fatigued. if you get behind the wheel, you may have the effect for a longer period of time. >> okay. next up we have, let's see -- yeah, cholesterol lowering medication. >> you don't want to drink excessively. liver damage is one of the side effects t

have hypertension, $131 billion. diabetes, $116 billion. obesity, $109 billion. heart disease, $95.6 billion. stroke, parkinson's disease, $6 billion. teeny tiny, the only pun you can see here well is the amount of money that we are spending to address these diseases. n.i.h. research funding and annual cost of care for major diseases in the u.s. is what this chart is about. we spend -- i guess it's on in research billion d half a billion dollars for $200 billion disease costs to our economy. and on and on. the tiny blue lines barely visible of how much we are investing in trying to deal with these diseases and diminish the tremendous costs, costs to families, costs to government through our public health programs and so if we are smart investors, wise investors in how we can save ourselves money, we would put money into this kind of research. i just wanted to give an example from my district of lack of being penny-wise and being pound foolish. northwestern university is developing one of the first major studies to look at the impact of contaminant from superfund