. >>> doctors became concerned about their low supply of a drug needed to reverse anesthesia on patientshortages have become increasingly common. the number of drugs on the fda's shortage list has more than triples. >> reporter: how concerned are you? >> i think the public needs to be concerned but not pan pinged virtually every hospital in the country is facing the difficulty. >> reporter: manufacturing problems, drug companies eliminating older drugs in favor of more profitable one, and middle-man companies that buy up drugs in short supply and reselling them at huge markups. it gained big attention after brenda freese and her husband spoke out about a drug that her son needed to survive was in short supply. >> i think if it's not criminal, it should be made a crime, because what you're dealing is stealing somebody's life. >> reporter: derek malcort, wjz eyewitness news. >> the fda has tightened rules on drug manufacturers. >>> the national hurricane center is changing its warning system after superstorm sandy caught many off-guard. they are changing the definitions so people will be r

first, if any of you have ever wondered what an ls -- and elected officials sounds like with anesthesia and his mouth, i want to let you know that i got out of a dental chair 20 minutes ago after a few hours of dentists work. but i wanted to give a few remarks of how i think we are doing. i'm very much more are optimistic about how we're doing than four years ago. i read an article from the chronicle and it said that the candidates disagreed on everything, except for the need to crack down on entertainment violence. i did not propose anything for the first six months until there were half a dozen people affected. that was followed by a terrific shooting, which was then followed by an incident in union square. i want to take a moment and thank the san francisco police department for your input. if we pass legislation to require additional security requirements and plans. we pass legislation to give the entertainment commission more tools to shut down those handful of clubs that have often given a bad name to the rest of the industry. we passed legislation to pass for the first time a par

she is not under anesthesia. we are one of the few able to do with a tiger while she lay awake.ause of those efforts the zoo has been cited in a book that's coming out on zoo animal welfare. chapter 8 is about the san francisco zoo. in particular our rescued grizzlies. this is authored by one of the world-renowned psychologists and experts.

she is not under anesthesia. we are one of the few able to do with a tiger while she lay awake. because of those efforts the zoo has been cited in a book that's coming out on zoo animal welfare. chapter 8 is about the san francisco zoo. in particular our rescued grizzlies. this is authored by one of the world-renowned psychologists and experts. he is a consultant, psychologist and professor in residence. we are very honored we made chapter eight. with that i thank you and my zoo report. is there any public comment on this item? >> hello again. i took a look at the zoo master plan. there seems to be a need to update the water parameter to it. the use of ground water. it is old standard. that was my only comment about what's going on at the zoo. to upgrade the zoo master plan, the water issue. thank you. >> richard rothman. >> commissioners and general manager, while we were successful in restoring our coit tower, we have another building, the mother's building at the zoo. i don't know if the commissioners are aware but the official title systematical the dalia memorial building.

brady performed surgery on the texans without anesthesia. first of the 4 touch down passes to hernandez. 7 nothing patriots. he's mixing up the potion there. lesson for the niners. watch the play action fake because he will throw to it former niner. wide open. 37 yards. 21 nothing patriots at the half. third quarter dropping the biscuit in the basket. dante made a 1 handed catch. 63 yard score 28 nothing over houston. 11 and 1 and when going your way it's going your way. screen pass to little danny who makes a couple of nice moves b punched out but right to lloyd for the touch down. thank you very much. patriots destroy houston. 49ers they have suspended ru running back jacob for the final 3 games of the regular season without pay. jacob frustrated because he never gets to play. tweeting that he is rotting on this team. it has been my experience that most management frowns on such expression. abc 7 sports brought to you by river rock casino. >> for some crazy reason. >> i don't know why. >> thank you very much. >> up next. man who won nearly

brady performed surgery on the texans without anesthesia. first of the 4 touch down passes to hernandez. 7 nothing patriots. he's mixing up the potion there. lesson for the niners. watch the play action fake because he will throw to it former niner. wide open. 37 yards. 21 nothing patriots at the half. third quarter dropping the biscuit in the basket. dante made a 1 handed catch. 63 yard score 28 nothing over houston. 11 and 1 and when going your way it's going your way. screen pass to little danny who makes a couple of nice moves b punched out but right to lloyd for the touch down. thank you very much. patriots destroy houston. 49ers they have suspended ru running back jacob for the final 3 games of the regular season without pay. jacob frustrated because he never gets to play. tweeting that he is rotting on this team. it has been my experience that most management frowns on such expression. abc 7 sports brought to you by river rock casino. >> for some crazy reason. >> i don't know why. >> thank you very much. >> up next. man who won nearly

we did not have the antibiotics or surgery or anesthesia. you relied on the good lord to take care of you. are putting things in our patients' hands and we want to partner. we're optimistic that if you teach, the word in dr. in latin means teacher and that is what i would like to do and that is what most of my colleagues would want to do also. tavis: what is your view of obamacare and where people of color concerned? there is debate but we never got to talk about disparities in health care. even with health care for millions of americans coming online we still have not got around to that disparity that exists and will exist when it comes on line. >> i love that term health care reform but if you were sitting in my office the word that you would hear is health-care reform. it is so much in our hands as patients we should not just rely upon our doctors, our religious leaders, our insurance companies but to the savings for yourself that you know to do. the basic parts of taking care of herself dreadful therefore will care act, be able to talk w

brady performed surgery on the texans without anesthesia.s to hernandez. 7 nothing patriots. he's mixing up the potion there. lesson for the niners. watch the play action fake because he will throw to it former niner. wide open. 37 yards. 21 nothing patriots at the half. third quarter dropping the biscuit in the basket. dante made a 1 handed catch. 63 yard score 28 nothing over houston. 11 and 1 and when going your way it's going your way. screen pass to little danny who makes a couple of nice moves b punched out but right to lloyd for the touch down. thank you very much. patriots destroy houston. 49ers they have suspended ru running back jacob for the final 3 games of the regular season without pay. jacob frustrated because he never gets to play. tweeting that he is rotting on this team. it has been my experience that most management frowns on such expression. abc 7 sports brought to you by river rock casino. >> for some crazy reason. >> i don't know why. >> thank you very much. >> up next. man who won nearly 200 million dollars. >> will he

. >> reporter: this new approach was discovered by accident when doctors noticed that anesthesia drug ketamine that targets glutamate, relieved depression. but it also caused symptoms that mimicked schizophrenia. dr. ron burke has been developing it glix-13. >> we found it has a very nice antidepressant effect lasts for several days after a single dose, and with no side effects will of schizophrenia at all. >> reporter: in one study, patients taking an experimental drug had a 40% improvement in symptoms compared to 24% on placebo. jim staples participated in the trial. >> my hope is that the trial drug will in time be the last one i'll ever have to take. i take the drug for the rest of my life, but it might be the last one i have to switch to. >> reporter: the drugs are still in trial and even if they continue to show promise f.d.a. approval is still three to five years away. >> pelley: thankses, doc. president obama conditions a christmas tradition begun by calvin coolidge when we continue. um become "i can"? talk to your doctor. orencia reduces many ra symptoms like pain, morning st

late november weekend they became concerned about their low supply of a drug needed to reverse anesthesia for patients after surgery. supply was so low doctors considered cancellation. >> it's an example of how hospitals have to continuously monitor their supply of critical drugs. >> drug shortages have been increasingly common from 2005 to 2011 the number of drugs on the fda's shortage list has more than tripled. >> how concerned are you about the shortages? >> i think the public needs to be concerned but not panic. every hospital in the state and the country is facing the same sort of difficulty. >> several factor red -- factors are to blame manufacturing problems and middleman companies that buy up medications in short supply and resell them at huge mark ups. the issue gained national attention when university of maryland basketball coach brenda freese and her husband spoke out. congressman elijah comings has led the national charge to investigation drug shortages. he promises to crack down on wholesaleers. -- wholesalers. >> if it's not criminal it should be made a crime because you'r

you're never under general anesthesia, it's all local. so you don't feel a thing.i hung out for 6 hours in a chair watching movies. i was a little tired but other than that i went back to work 2 days later. the night of the surgery dr. carlson called me just to see how i was doing and gave me his cell phone number so if there was any questions feel free to call, don't even hesitate. so. they do really care about you. a lot of the patients drive themselves home. some of the patients go to work the next day. i know i did. we like patients to avoid strenuous exercise, competitive swimming, surfing that sort of stuff fore a week or so. but after that you're right back on your regular game. when you have hair restoration, the next day you don't look different. people aren't saying what'd you do yesterday? but over time, months after the hair has been restored, the hair slowly grows in. and before you know it 3 months go by and you start to see a little growth, and 3 to 6 months there's really a lot of growth and 6 to 12 months there's just new hair there. real hair. nat

surgeries on a late november weekend, they became concerned about their supplies of a drug needed for anesthesia. in fact, supply was so low, doctors considered cancellations to their surgery schedule. >> fshtszly -- fortunately, supply was identified. it's an example of how hospitals have to continuously monitor their supply of critical drugs. >> reporter: drug shortages have become increasingly common. from 2005 to 2011, the number of drugs on the fda's shortage list has more tripled. >> how concerned are you? >> i think the public needs to be concerned but not panicked. and every hospital in the state, and i'm quite sure every hospital in the country is facing the same difficulty. >> doctors say manufacturing problems, drug companies eliminating older drugs in favor ever more profitable ones and middle companies that buy up medications in short supply and resell them at huge markups. the issue gained national attention when university of maryland basketball coach brenda frese and her husband spoke out. after learning that a drug that helped treat her young son's lukeep leukemia was costly and

. >> john boehner appears to have the same form of anesthesia mitt romney was suffering from on the campaign trail. he tells supporters, if our offer is not acceptable to the president, then he has an obligation to show leadership by presenting a credible plan of his own that can pass both houses of congress. but the white house already presented a plan and the american people backed it up. democratic senators were quick to point out that republicans can pass a bill right now to extend 98% of the bush-era tax cuts. >> so it's really simple. it's there, it's one thing that we agree on. we need just to get it done. >> republican leaders also met with business owners today. you see, they want the business community to think that president obama is the enemy in all of this. >> although the president seems obsessed about raising taxes on you, we feel that's not the right direction to go. >> it's interesting how no one from the bibz community has said president obama is wrong in all of this. none of the ceos who met with the president of the united states today came forward and challenged the pres

reached into your chest and stomach and started pulling the innards out, you know, without using any anesthesiave been worse, you could have been shot. >>> the cubs manager went on a quail hunting trip and had a dick cheney moment. >> all of a sudden the shotgun goes off and i take a pellet right in the ear. this is my ear. i got it take this bb out with pliers and blood is pouring out of my ear. i'm out in the desert hunting. >> bird gets up in front of him, pulls the trigger, bam, right in the ear. [ laughter ] >> everybody turned out. everybody is okay after that hunting trip. >>> mike was inducted into the san francisco hall of fame for running achievesments in the 1970s. he is now 100,000 mile man. >> 42 years of training, racing competing marathons in my teens... approximately 400 pairs of training and racing shoes. >> reporter: 56-year-old marathon runner mike finelli has running in his blood. the san anselmo recently achieved a milestone of a lifetime. he ran his 100,000th mile in the philadelphia marathon, equivalent to running around the earth 4 times. >> was an achieve goal once i ha

late november weekend, they became concerned about their low supply of a drug needed to reverse anesthesia for patients after surgery. in fact, supply was so low, doctors considered cancellations. >> fortunately, supply was identified. no one's care was delayed. but it's an example of how hospitals have to continuously monitor their supply of critical drugs. >> reporter: drug shortages have become increasingly common. from 2005 to 2011, the number of drugs on the fda's shortage list has more than tripied. -- tripled. >> how concerned are you about these drug shortages? >> i think the public needs to be concerned but not panicked. and every hospital in the state, and i'm quite sure every hospital in the country, is facing this same sort of difficulty. >> reporter: manufacturing problems. drug companies favor eliminating drugs in favor of more profitable ones and middle men buy them at short supply and resell them at huge profit. this gained attention when university of maryland basketball coach brenda frese and her had husband spoke out after learning that a drug treating their son's leukem

we have a laboratory at johns hopkins in the operating room and we have the patient asleep under anesthesia, take a pancreas have intrigued the cells and give the cells back right then and there, same operation. hospitals across the country started doing this operation, taking the pancreas out but because they don't have a laboratory, put it into a cooler and send it by jet to another city, have it treated at another facility in another city or state, have it flown back and then cut the patient open up again for second operation. why would anyone have that done? they just don't know about the other option. i'm not talking about hospitals. i'm talking about to the top 10 hospitals in the country do this. we have got smart people, good people working in a bad system where the financial incentives lure people to do things that just aren't right. i think if hospitals are accountable for their results the results and the patient satisfaction is scored in the patient outcomes and the complication rate, the volumes in the readmission rates, all the basic metrics in health care performance that doc

we have a laboratory at johns hopkins in the operating room and the patient asleep under anesthesia, take a pancreas, treat the cells come and get the cells decorate them and there come the same operation. hospitals started doing this operation, taking the pancreas. because they don't have the laboratory, put it in the cooler and send it to another city, how they treated at another facility in another city or state. how the phone back and cut the patient open again for a second operation. why would anyone have that procedure done? they don't know about the other option. i'm not talking tiny hospitals. i'm talking to a news world report and the countries do this. we've got smart people, good people working in a bad system, where financial incentives lure people to do things that just aren't ready. if hospitals are accountable for the results, if the patient satisfaction scores, outcomes, complication rates, volumes i readmission rates, on the basic metrics of health care reform and the doctors and nurses that would, if they were available to the public, people could choose where to go

we had a laboratory of johns hopkins and the operating room we of the patient as it under anesthesia take the pancreas out and treat it and give them back they started doing this operation but because we don't have a laboratory to put it in the cooler and ascended by jet to another city and have it treated at another facility and other city or state had it flown back and then cut the patient open again for a second operation why would anyone have the procedure done? they just don't know what the other option how do they do this we have smart people, good people working in a bad system on the financial incentives i think if hospitals are accountable for the results, the satisfaction scores, the patient outcomes, the complication rates, the volumes that we have the mission rates come all the basic missions of telstra performance that doctors are endorsing by. if they are available to the public people could choose where to go based on who performs the best like any other free-market works and like any other free-market uses to reduce waste in their field. >> host: the issue about patie