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agus believes that much like other gadgets in our lives, medical technology is getting better and more father than we can keep up. for example, the dna test. i spit in a tube, and he can tell me what my chances are of developing certain diseases. >> we somewhere you on a page. when i did this at first, it was almost religious. i went, oh, my god. this really is me. and i made behavior changes. >> reporter: right now, this kind of testing takes around a week. but by 2014, the fda is expected to approve a machine from life technologies, that can decode the secrets of your body in almost real-time. the human genome project took ten years, $3 billion. and now, you can do it in two hours for 1,000 bucks? >> for the genes, it costs dollars. that's the power. >> reporter: the idea of instant care will really take hold around 2015, as machines once the size of major appliances, fit in the palm of your hand. >> instead of you going to the machine, the machine will be there. for example, this is the next generation ultrasound machine, where it's hand-held. >> reporter: will it get to the point w

agus says your system is constantly sending you clues when it is out of balance.gs that are literally at your fingertips. >> if your ring finger is bigger than your index finger, you're almost twice as likely to get osteoarthritis. >> reporter: men, keep an eye on your ankles. >> if all of a sudden there's no hair down there that may mean a circulatory problem. all right luckily my ankle hair is okay so far. but if it starts falling out, i know now to ask my doctor about the possible need for a blood thinner. okay, next check, how comfortable are your shoes? while those heels look amazing, your aching feet are trying to send you a deadly serious warning. >> aching feet means inflammation. inflammation in the long term is bad for heart disease, for cancer, for neural degenerative diseases. those aches today actually have a lot of effect on your joints. and a day, a week, a year, that starts to add up. >> reporter: eating and sleeping at the same time every day, even weekends, helps ward off disease. >> if you have your lunch today at noon and tomorrow at 2:00, for

agus. >> bill, have a seat. >> the moment of truth, yeah? is that me?i thought this would be just another assignment. >> the unfortunate truth is, you have some heart disease now. >> reporter: the first thought, i flashed to an image of my kid, standing on the same mountain write spread my dad's ashes opinion second thought, i deserve this. whoo! you see, for my first four decades, i carried a secret, arrogant hunch that i was bullet froo proof. sure, i exercise. but i don't have a doctor. i like a salad. my favorites are spare ribs and six pax. and there is the result. in that red. >> one of the most important arteries in the heart, the l.a.d., there's one legion in there where there is kacalcify occasion. we hear or read in the paper about the 45-year-old who went jogging and died of a heart attack. these are the things we worry about. >> this is my fondness for steak coming back to haunt me? why is it kals fied? >> your genetics. blame your parents. you inherited a predisposition. >> reporter: for a second, i hope, hey, maybe he's wrong. who aim kidd

david agus. "nightline" anchor bill weir got a shock when he visited dr. agus. bill, have a seat. >> the moment of truth, yeah? is that me? >> that is part of you. >> reporter: you noi know, it's funny. i actually thought this was going to be just another assignment. until here. >> the unfortunate truth is, you have some heart disease now. >> reporter: the first thought, i flashed to an image of my kid, standing on the same mountain where i spread my dad's ashes. the second thought? i deserve this. whoo! you see, for my first four decades, i carried a secret, arrogant hunch that i was bullet proof. sure, i exercise. but i can't remember my last checkup. i don't even have a doctor. i like a salad. but my food pyramid is mostly built with racks of ribs and six packs. and there is the result. in that red. >> one of the most important arteries in the heart, the l.a.d., there's one lesion in there where there is calcification. we hear or read in the paper about the 45-year-old who went jogging and died of a heart attack. these are the things we worry about. >> this i

david agus for a story on the future of medicine, i was still certain of my invincibility.n, look at that. during the c.t. scan, my heart rate is a beautiful 50 beats a minute. but what this machine found inside my ticker changed my life. >> when we looked in that one of your most important arteries in the heart called the l.a.d., there is one lesion in there where there's calcification. >> reporter: given my genetics and lifestyle, the doc tells me that a heart attack could come on a ski slope or jogging path within five years. unless i make some changes. but you don't need a $1,300 c.t. scan to snap you into a healthy life. and my prescription is universal. >> so, i don't want you on a low-fat diet. i want you on a good-foot diet. olive oil, canola oil, the heart-healthy eggs, cold-water fish, fantastic. >> reporter: workouts are fine. but it's more important to move throughout the day. he says sitting for eight hours a time is as harmful as smoking. >> so, real food. regular schedule. live healthy. that's the key. >> reporter: funny. it took modern technology to teach me

and agus says your system is constantly sending you clues when it is out of balance.lly at your fingertips. >> if your ring finger is bigger than your index finger, you're almost twice as likely to get osteoarthritis. if you're a woman, finger length correlates to testosterone exposure in utero. >> reporter: so if that ring finger is longer, ladies, regular stretching or yoga will take care of your joints. >> down here -- >> reporter: and men, keep an eye on your ankle. >> if all of the sudden there's no hair down here that may mean a circulatory problem. >> luckily my ankle hair is okay so far. >> reporter: but if it starts falling out i know now to ask my doctor about the possible need for a blood thinner. okay. next check. how comfortable are your shoes? because while those heels look amazing, your aching feet are trying to send you a deadly serious warning. >> aching feet mean inflammation. inflammation in the long term is bad for heart disease, for cancer, for neurodegenerative diseases. those aches today actually have a lot of effect on your joints. in a day, a

david agus, has written a new book called "the end of illness." longer and healthier. in today's piece, dr. richard besser explains how a simple blood test might lead to the end of illness. >> reporter: what if we could find the key to making every person on the planet live longer and healthier? that's what dr. david agus is looking for. >> we can look at blood markers for disease. >> reporter: he's a researcher professor, and cancer doctor to the stars, treating patients like lance armstrong and steve jobs. his goal is grand. short-circuit our disease before it starts. do you really see a path to the end of illness? >> i do. i think we can really delay most diseases until our ninth or tenth decade. >> reporter: for one thing, he believes his research may change the way we look at and treat cancer. imagine a drop of blood being all your doctor needs to catch an illness, even cancer, in its earliest stage. it's the budding science called proteomics. or the study of proteins. in the name of journalism, i gave blood to have my proteins tested. and he

when we checked agu?r&e ago, no bid yet. >> 20,800 miles, automatic transmission, sedan what do you think? >> i think a million dollars is a little out of our price range. >> you don't need to spend that much to get the forecast, it is free. >>> we have a lot of cloud cover this morning. kind of damp. cloud cover hanging over downtown san francisco, it is letting out a little drizzle here and there not much more likely you will drive into the cloud and get wet than it going to fall. 51 half moon bay, 50 fremont, 50 san jose. these may look slightly cooler than a few minutes ago. mid to upper 40s most places 42 antioch. around the monterey bay 49 santa cruz gilroy. as far as our temperature change today close to -- santa rosa one degree warmer. concord, san francisco two degrees cooler. fremont 59, three degrees cooler than yesterday,. sunshine will be hard to see with the cloud cover. coolest richmond, san francisco and half moon bay 57°. monterey bay 59, low 60s the rest of the bay inland low to mid 60s,

there were these four pardoned convicted murderers and the agu you spoke to said it was possible they hunt to find them. what do you know of the status of the other three men? >> we don't know. we've made countless calls to the attorney general's office today, especially after the fact that we were able to find this one murderer because we felt if we found them clearly the attorney general's office with all of its resources and the fact they found him last night might have found the other convicted murderers that are now on the loose. but again, we have not heard anything back from the attorney general's office so we have no way of knowing -- i did talk to the department of corrections and they were unaware of any of these murderers being found. so right now we just really don't know, brooke, where things stand, whether they are also served in these documents or whether they remain out on the run and away from authorities. >> incredible that you and your team were able to track anthony mccray down. we'll look for more sound from him, of course, later on on cnn. martin savidge for us i

agus wants us to change the way we live. all of us. some ideas will be hard to pull off.they cause a linked to chronic swelling in the body, which is leading to inflammation in your body. >> it can happen from shoes, repeated head injuries. >> reporter: eat your meals at set times and set your alarm. a schedule is another key to staving off disease. the same time for everything. no napping. what about spontaneity? >> there are plenty of other ways to be spontaneous besides male time and sleeping. if you eat the same time every day, it's a lot healthier. >> reporter: can he get the world to take his advice? can he get medicine to stop businessed a usual. >> we have to be preventing disease, not just reacting to it. >> and the end of ill nts series continues tonight on "nightline." anchor bill weir makes a discovery about his own health. he'll join us live tomorrow on "gma" with what he found out. we'll be right back. ♪ i'm feelin', feelin' a sunny day ♪ ♪ sunny day ♪ i'm feelin', fefeelin' the taste i crave ♪ ♪ subway ♪ i'm makin' it, makin' it how i like ♪ ♪ it's meant to

. >>> making headlines, penn state you versety president rodneyer -- university president will face aguis town hall meeting is the first of three scheduled this week. >>> seems most everybody is having a hard time finding a job but looks like teenagers between the ages of 16 and 19 may be struggling the most the bureau of labor statistics says the unemployment rate of teens looking for% time jobs was -- part-time jobs was almost 25%. >>> former nba star yao ming helped release six pandas into an enclosed forst it is part of a major program to release captive bred pandas they will live in a semi wild environment. they have been trying to replenish the population with animals bred in captivity. >>> you never get tired of looking at the pandas. >> the cuteness is what the big head. >> big head and little eyes. >> mm-hmm. >> little teddy bears. >> right. >> they don't look like they would hurt you. >> do not look at their claws. >> yeah, and they will hurt you. >> they are wild animals. >> no, they will. >>> he would never hurt us. >> he is the worst. >> oh, boy. >> hd radar. >> do not talk