ronald petersen is director of the mayo clinic, alzheimer's disease research center the amyloid protein that gets laid down in the brain. >> this can happen up to 101520 years before a person become symptomatic. so many people are out there walking around with some amyloid in the brain, but they're doing fine clinically qani grumble is one of those people lots of amyloid in the brain but zero symptoms. so i know that i do have plaque in my brain. i don't understand how that affects some people and not others. nice to meet you as well so much. >> we first met qani, a doctor you're peterson's clinic five years ago in 2019 and at the time, 69 year-old, connie was halfway through a highly anticipated alzheimer study he called the a4 trial. it was designed for those with plaque in their brains, but so far, living a normal life. >> so i'm one of 19 children. >> wow number 18. >> and three of my sisters have died i have two and memory care. so it's personal look so beautiful. >> thank you. have a lot of pictures from wynn today. >> we listen in on an extraordinary visit to the memory care ward

the mayo clinic developed a $350 test, which looked for 6000 changes in 22 genes. showing whether they'd respond to weight loss drugs. some people taking wegovy or ozempic lose at least 20% of their weight. others say they see no change while costco's prices are increasing. target is going in the opposite direction. target announced that shoppers will soon see markdown prices on a long list of items beginning this summer. this includes staples such as milk, meat, bread, fresh fruit and vegetables, paper towels and pet food. target said it's hoping to attract the growing number of us consumers who are on a tight budget due to inflation. >> cvs is bringing a new snack brand to its store shelves. the company says. the brand, called well market, features 40 new snacks and beverages and is available at more than 9000 locations across the country. other brands from cvs such as goal, emblem and big chill will also be included in the well market brand in the future, the company says products will be priced between 2.99 to 899. frontier airlines says it will no longer charg

now, a study by the mayo clinic looks for changes in 22 genes.o the weight loss drug. some people taking wegovy or ozempic will lose at least 20% of their weight, while other people barely shed a pound. >> what we use our cell phones every day, they it buzzes or rings to get our attention and communication. experts say it's really important to remember etiquette when we're in the public now. the experts recommend being very conscious of what you talk about on the phone while you're around other people. if you don't have headphones, watch your volume levels. that's for me. don't take photos of people you don't know. and when you're talking to someone face to face, it's best to put your phone away. >> we have found that when you're engaging in interaction with other people, if the other person is on their device and not paying attention and not present in that interaction, that it can be distressing for the individual, the other individual and the experts say unless the person you're talking to is also on their phone, try to be present. >> and pam,

it's getting an average of whatever is on the web, so it can not only be trusted sites like the mayo clinicwebmd, it could also include people's blogs or reddit. so it doesn't really give you, the information on whether the result is coming from. it's kind of just averaging out the responses. the other thing is it doesn't, distinguish between old studies and new studies. so something might be disproven, but it may still talk about it in the same way i mean, shouldn't it be weighted in such a way as, you know, the critical websites or sources get pushed to the top and then, you know, and also the more recent ones, for example, i think the one about eating rocks that came from, you know, the onion, which is, of course, a satire website magazine. >> right, so what can we do? i guess, since right now they're not doing that very well, i think what we can do is just be very suspicious about high stakes information, like health information. >> i think going to a single site or going to a site that comes after the summary at the beginning, it's probably going to be better than getting the average f

i go to the mayo clinic and all of a sudden i fall in love with my doctor. he was like, marcus will be this. and he was like florence nightingale. i just him. and so he does my tests and he says, i'm going to send you to a gynecologist because the fistula send me to the gynecologist, which was very knowledgeable but distant. so he's examining me and he looks at me and says, what are you here for. i said, virginal fistula. three years. he says remove the speculum, which by then i was feeling, oh my god, i lost my virginity and. the diagnosis was not me. so he writing psychiatry consult. i sought three years of fistula. three years of secretion, three years of smeal. and this guy is going to find me crazy. so i go worse. feeling worse? go to dr. anderson to look around as if we'll do a fistula gram. okay. we do a fistula gram because. we said good news and bad news. i said, yeah, good news. you have a fistula. but news is that the genetic malformation of here's gross had another malformation i had double uterus and double vagina and whether the men seen was th

i go to the mayo clinic and all of a sudden i fall in love with my doctor. he was like, marcus will be this. and he was like florence nightingale. i just him. and so he does my tests and he says, i'm going to send you to a gynecologist because the fistula send me to the gynecologist, which was very knowledgeable but distant. so he's examining me and he looks at me and says, what are you here for. i said, virginal fistula. three years. he says remove the speculum, which by then i was feeling, oh my god, i lost my virginity and. the diagnosis was not me. so he writing psychiatry consult. i sought three years of fistula. three years of secretion, three years of smeal. and this guy is going to find me crazy. so i go worse. feeling worse? go to dr. anderson to look around as if we'll do a fistula gram. okay. we do a fistula gram because. we said good news and bad news. i said, yeah, good news. you have a fistula. but news is that the genetic malformation of here's gross had another malformation i had double uterus and double vagina and whether the men seen was th

the mayo clinic apologized for saying too sexist and heads of school say no longer use boys and girlse creamed girls in the race and ruined ghost busters with the all female cast. call me old fashioned. the only place that women should be gusting ghosts is in the kitchen. >> oh! bill is here for a few reasons. he's selling a book which we never do at fox. [ laughter ] but also when was the last time we had two normal people from different sides disagree in front of other people? >> exactly. >> greg: there you go. [ cheering ] so here, the goal is to understand and not undermine. to see that people at fox aren't [ bleep ] crazy and people around transgender pro terror bike messengers. some of them are just cross dressers. but there's one thing we might always disagree on and that's trump. even though i can't argue with bill over trump's personality. sure trump has no filter but neither do the joints that bill smokes. [ laughter ] it's true! but i wonder if bill -- trump has biden tick tacks? >> this is called biden tick tacks. [ laughter ] [ cheering ] can you see it? this cost more mo

the mayo clinic developed a $350 test, which looks for 6000 changes in 22 genes, then, each person isg wegovy or ozempic will lose at least 20% of their weight, while others barely lose a pound. all right, so a bag of ice? yeah, a bag of ice. the price of this in an upscale grocery store in los angeles is going viral. now, the store is called erewhon, where an eight pack of ice cubes cost $30. reports say this is not your average ice. the description claims it melts slower and keeps your drinks cooler than normal. ice cubes. this expensive bag is hand cut from a 300 pound block over the course of three days. the luxury grocery store has gone viral for other expensive products, including smoothies that cost $20. i'm not sure what's wrong with regular ice, though. >> i know i'm like, what's in the ice? is there something else i'll stick with regular then? do you want to drink the something else? yeah, exactly. more than 20,000 people took to the streets of san francisco for the bay to breakers race this weekend. three, two, one. the runners and walkers left the starting line on howard s

. >> but finally, last year, the hair was sent to a specialized lab at the mayo clinic to unveil thening and the degree of lead poisoning that he had would have affected his kidneys, which is one of the causes of death. but it also would have been one of four factors that influenced his death from cirrhosis of the liver, high doses of lead also affects the nervous system, which may even explain what destroyed beethoven's hearing. >> the locks were displayed at sjsu to allow people to connect with beethoven in a different way, but the owner of three of the locks wanted to make good on a promise, he said. >> i don't want these sitting on a shelf in a museum. i want these to be studied for what they can teach us about beethoven. the story goes that beethoven asked his doctors to figure out why he had been so sick in his life, and these locks finally gave researchers the answer beethoven was searching for mainly, what music historians do is research things that we can find from the past. you don't help make news. you report on things that happened in the past. so this is really been maki

. >> but finally, last year, the hair was sent to a specialized lab at the mayo clinic to unveil theeethoven had severe lead poisoning and the degree of lead poisoning that he had would have affected his kidneys, which is one of the causes of death. but it also would have been one of four factors that influenced his death from cirrhosis of the liver. >> high doses of lead also affects the nervous system, which may even explain what destroyed beethoven's hearing. the locks were displayed at sjsu to allow people to connect with beethoven in a different way, but the owner of three of the locks wanted to make good on a promise. >> he said, i don't want these sitting on a shelf in a museum. i want these to be studied for what they can teach us about beethoven. >> the story goes that beethoven asked his doctors to figure out why he had been so sick in his life, and these locks finally gave researchers the answer beethoven was searching for mainly, what music historians do is research things that we can find from the past. >> you don't help make news. you report on things that happened in t

but finally, last year, the hair was sent to a specialized lab at the mayo clinic to unveil the truththe degree of lead poisoning that he had would have affected his kidneys, which is one of the causes of death. but it also would have been one of four factors that influenced his death from cirrhosis of the liver. >> high doses of lead also affects the nervous system, which may even explain what destroyed beethoven's hearing. the locks were displayed at sjsu to allow people to connect with beethoven in a different way, but the owner of three of the locks wanted to make good on a promise. >> he said, i don't want these sitting on a shelf in a museum. i want these to be studied for what they can teach us about beethoven. >> the story goes that beethoven asked his doctors to figure out why he had been so sick in his life, and these locks finally gave researchers the answer. beethoven was searching for. >> mainly, what music historians do is research things that we can find from the past. you don't help make news. you report on things that happened in the past. so this is really been makin

san jose state researchers took three locks of hair from the composer to a specialized lab at the mayo clinicthoven had severe lead poisoning that would have affected his kidneys, and is one of the causes of his death. high doses of lead also affect the nervous system, which may even explain what destroyed beethoven's hearing. the hair was previously on display at ira f brilliant center for beethoven studies. however, the owner of the locks wanted answers. >> i don't want these sitting on a shelf in a museum. i want these to be studied for what they can teach us about beethoven. >> the discovery comes 200 years ago this week, since beethoven performed his last symphony. he died three years later. >> bulgarian beats officially returns to downtown san francisco tonight. the night market will feature food, music and local shops. right now it is scheduled for four fridays this year, taking over several city blocks each time. it is free and is part of the city's effort to revitalize downtown town. and we are going back to middle earth with two new lord of the rings movies. the first is coming out

we're home at the mayo clinic, we believe in science.o i just think he just get out there, lean into these things, things that improve people's lives and talk about the record. >> there's a trial going on here in manhattan. i don't know if you've been paying attention and criminal case against donald trump. and a lot of court watchers think it went well for donald trump yesterday. what do you think would happen if he is acquitted on the charges here? how might that impact the campaign oh, i don't know. >> this guy is not, doesn't live a normal life minnesota and are engaged, were decent people at heart. republicans know he lost minnesota and look, this guy is what leaving his trial and stopping by his son's graduation, then coming out to raise money in minnesota, which i hope republicans here, no, none of its staying in minnesota. there's no ground game here. there's nothing we take this very seriously. we know this election will be closed and we're doing the work. i think it doesn't matter. i've said all along, we need to beat this guy

the mayo clinic just apologized for saying there are two sexes.s heads of children's schools announced will no longer use the terms boys and girls do, just creamed. another slew of in a high gir school championship race. and they totallyls ruined ghostbusters with an all female castemale. e only >> call me old fashioned,t but the only place women should bes is ing ghost the kitchen. >> oh. >> bill is here for a few reasons. he's selling a book, which we never do at fox. m but also, when was the last time we had two normal people from different sides disagree in front of other people? >> exactly. there you go. so here. o here the goal is to understand ,not undermine, to see that people at fox aren't bat crazy. and people over there aren't all transgender pro terror bike sengers.. essers some of them. are just cross-dressers. and >> but there's one thing we might always disagree on, even trump.s pers >> even though i can't argue with bill over trump's personalitonmp hy. sure, trump has no filter, but neither do the joints that bill smokes. t it's true. but i wonder if bill trump has tic

some of the locks of hair decided to try to get to the bottom of this, and sent it to a lab at the mayo cliniclyses of lead and other toxins that might be in the hair. and it turned out that beethoven had more lead in his hair than they had ever seen, and they do samples of all of the world from lots of people. two blocks they had. one of them had 280 micrograms per gram of hair. the other one had-- no, 300. i've got to get this right. 258 in one and 380 in the other. normal is less than four. so, it was just astonishing amounts of lead. he also had other metals in there. he had arsenic, for example. but the lead was unbelievable. the question is, where did he get this led? why would he have so much lead? they used a lot of lead in those days, they did not realize it was toxic. one thing they would do, if wine did not taste good, if it was kind of vinegar they would put lead, because lead has a sweet taste. that is why kids eat lead paint. it is sugary. they also had lead in medicines, everything. >> gina, stepped back a bit and take us back to that incredible scene your article opens with, na

. >> it sounds like a cleveland or mayo clinic. >> yeah, this is going to be in urban settings. >> andick, they say make an appointment and it's three months away. >> well, here you can get one the same day. people asked why i didn't do one in usaustin -- and you might as well find out quickly if the idea has legs or not. >> when does it open? >> july 9th. >> do you go to whole foods? >> yeah, and i have to admit i go to a second grocery store, and -- >> i am not going to admit i shop at anywhere but whole foods. >> but i bet you do. >> everybody would freak out. >> yeah, the turkey is totally seasoned and amazing. i'm in whole foods every year. yeah. >> great produce. >> yeah, and i moved on to a new phase in my life. turns out, i can have friendships after all. >> john, we appreciate your coming in today and we will be watching this. let us know how this takes off and what it looks like. >> i hope it takes off so you will have me back on the show sometime. >> thank you. >> thank you so much. >>> andrew, back over to you in paris. >> thanks, becky. when we come back, we will have a li

at the mayo clinic they were concerned about the c.it's a common infection that patients can contract orally rather than some other way. when patients touch surfaces and they get their meal tray or someone brings a box of cookies and a pickup items with their hands. antibiotics are a problems because they have killed valuable flora in the gut. it can cause ramp it diarrhea and damage to the:. he decided he would experiment and he found if he wiped the high touch surfaces right around the bed it reduced c.diff 86%. thus suggest how powerful the environment is in causing the transmission of bacteria. host: we have some calls for you if you want to take calls. this is patricia from new jersey. caller: good morning c-span. good morning betsy and hello america. you are definitely telling the truth. i had a brother with heart disease in a nursing home in philadelphia and we had to go in there and clean his room every day. not that it was dirty, but i am 68 and i remember the hospital being anti-septic. my mom had a three week stay in a major

sent it to a lab at the mayo clinic which specializes in doing analyses of lead and other toxins thatn. they get samples from all over the world, from all sorts of people. >> wow. >> he had two locks to analyze. one had 280 micrograms per gram of hair. the other one had -- no, it was 300. i have to get this right. 258 in one and 380 in the other. normal is less than 4. it was astonishing amounts of lead. he also had other metals in there, arsenic, for example. the lead was unbelievable. the question is, where did he get this lead? i mean, why would you have so much lead? they used a lot of lead in those days. they didn't realize it was toxic. one thing they would do is if wine didn't taste good, if it was kind of vinegary, they would put lead in there. lead has a sweet taste. kids ate lead paint. counteracts the vinegar. >> gina -- >> they also had lead in medicines, everything. sorry. >> take a step back and take us to the incredible scene your article opens with. 1824. >> yeah. >> beethoven is standing up in vienna to conduct the world premiere of the incredibly famous ninth symphon