. >>> millions of people suffer from a condition called sleep apnea that can rob them of sleep to thet of exhaustion, and bay area researchers are testing a device that could change all of that, and as our 7 news anchor, dan ashley, shows us, it's powered by something you may have played with as a child. >> reporter: for most of us, eight hours of sleep is rejuvenating, and for others it can be torture. >> i would wake up multiple times of night, jumping up, and i had not been breathing for over a minute. >> jj standing suffered from sleep apnea, a condition so severe it left him like a walking zombo tkasaupzombie dur and it let's your air passage collapse. >> his lungs and brain are not getting the oxygen he needs and it causes his brain to trigger him to wake up. >> he first tried a pressurized air mask known as the c pap, and he could not just sleep with it on. then in a first of its kind neck surgery, the doctor implanted an experimental device in jj, and designed to keep his airway open with a magnet. it's secured to the bone with a couple stitches. >> reporter: then at night, j.

. >> sleep apnea is good reason.ot of sleep apnea in the population. >> the american heart association is pushing for mr. research trying to unravel the remaining mysteries as to why one group continues to suffer so much. >> if you can see the yellow -- >> senior clinical research nurse robin knew bauer complaining the trial procedure spencer took part in a year ago. >> said they were going to put dry in. >> they're in the middle of three-year blind study to treat resistant hypertension. this one is fund by medtronic a private company. >> it's called renal denervation. >> a technique not approved in the united states but it's being used overseas. >> this is actually the second study we've done of similar technology. >> the energy they're putting three is reset the nerves at the end of your renal arteries. >> to decrease activity your sympathetic nervous system. >> dr. debbie cohen and team will monitor spence sr. another 18 months. so far -- >> blood pressure is controlled on one medication. >> no more headaches for

. >>> moving on, millions of people suffer from a condition called sleep apnea.can rob them to sleep to the point of egg jexhaustion. and dan ashley shows us it's powered by something you may have played with as a child. >> for most of us, eight hours of sleep is rejuvenating. for others, though, it can be torture. >> i would wake up multiple times a night, throwing up, jumping up, you know, i hadn't been breathing for over a minute. >> j.j. standing suffers from obstructive sleep apnea, a condition so severe he says it left him like a walking zombie during the day, and it's triggeredphus muscles collapse. >> his lungs and brain are not getting the oxygen he needs and it causes his brain to lead him or trigger him to wake up. >> j.j. first tried a pressurized air mask known as the c-pap, but like a significant number of patients, he could not sleep with it on. then in a first of its kind neck surgery, a doctor implanted an experimental device that is keeping his airway open with a magnet. >> it's placed under the skin and secured to the bone with a couple stitche

. >> in thenys more than somebody can sucher from a sleep apnea.ow they're testing a new device that could change that and as abc7 news anchor dan ashley shows us, it's something you may have played with as a child. >> reporter: for most of us, eight hours is great. for others it could be a for tu. >> i jumped it. i hadn't been breathing for over a minute. >> he said it's so severe it left him like a walking zombie over the day. your air passages overrelax and collapse. >> when he has that obstruction in sleep, he a not getting the oxygen he lead. >> reporter: jay jay first tried the pressurized air mask known as the cpap, but like a number of patients, he couldn't sleep with it on. in a first of its kind surgery tock tore implanted a die visa. not with tools but with a mag nets. >> it's secured to the bone with a couple of stitches. >> then at night he puts on a collar. the contraction pulls it forward pulling it toward him. >> reporter: it's brainchild of dr. mike harrison. he first used the concept on children with on struck researchers say the

have ended up where the cause of the accident was an engineer who either zufd suffered from sleep apnea asleep or lost concentration. how are you addressing the questions of training versus automation to keep those trainings nonon time, but running safely. the goodness about the northwest corridor it's done for positive train control except for the portion we run on the metro north trackage from new york to new haven. i think there's other significant issues out there, as you mentioned about sleep apnea, things like that. we're looking at the ways in which we can try to start addressing that and addressing the individuals who may have some issue like that. the one thing i will say about am track is the number one job and my number one priority since coming here is to create a strong safety culture and safer railroad. not just for our employees, but for everyone that rides on the trains and the communities we serve. >> from the rails to the roads, new estimates saying that allo fatalities are on the rise, even as they -- phil lebeau is live, is it just a fact that the economy is better s

. >>> and a new device for sleep apnea, one that used a magnet.es begin to relax at night, the magnate opens them. >> the magnate is placed under the skin and secured to that bone with a couple of stitches. >> and then at night the patient puts on the collar with the second magnate and pulls the implanted magnate forward opening the airway the only side effect is soreness or swelling from the surgery. and they wear a special tag warning first responders and doctors of putting a patient in an mri. right now san francisco is the only test site for this device and they hope that bigger ones could start soon after. >>> big talkers now and we start in sanford, connecticut where a couple found racist graffiti straining their garage door. add to that insult this. they are the ones being fined for it. the inter-racial couple says that someone vandalized their home with the "n" word in big bold letters and took an unusual approach to find out who did it. they left it there for everyone to see hoping someone would fess up and now the city of stanford cited

. >> there's a lot of sleep apnea in the population. >> the american heart association is pushing for unravel the remaining mysteries as to why one group continues to suffer so much. >> if you can see the yellow -- >> senior clinical research nurse robin explaining the trial procedure spence sr. took part in a year ago. >> they were going to put dye in. >> during the middle of a thre three-year blind study to treat resistant hypertension. this one is funded by medtronic a private company. >> it's called renal denervati denervation. >> technique not approve in the united states but it's being used overseas. >> this is actually the second study we did on a similar technology. >> the energy they're putting through is resetting the nerves at the end of your renal arteries. >> decrease activity of your sympathetic nervous system. >> dr. debbie cohen and team will monitor spencer for 18 months. so far -- >> low dose of one medication only. >> no more headaches for spenc spencer. >> i'm trying to real be healt healthy. >> no more dizzy spells for er erol. >> i get a regular checkup and follo

there's a lot of sleep apnea in the population. >> reporter: the american heart association is pushingch trying to unravel the remaining mysteries as to why one group continues to suffer so much. >> if you can see the yellow -- >> reporter: senior clinical research nurse robin neubauer explaining the trial procedure spencer took part in a year ago. >> they were going to put die in. >> reporter: they're in the middle of three-year blind study to teach persist at the present time hypertension. this one is sponsored by a company. >> a technique not approved in the united states but being used overseas. >> this is actually the second study we are doing of similar technology. >> the energy they're putting through is reset the nerves at the end of your renal arteries. >> it's to decrease activity your sympathetic nervous system. >> reporter: dr. debbie cohen and team will monitor spencer another 18 months but so far -- >> blood pressure is well controlled. low dose of one medication only. >> reporter: no more headaches for spencer. >> i'm just trying to really be healthy. >> reporter: no mor

the man who slept right here had sleep apnea.er ] terrific. man at the end right here has night terrors. he's a screamer. i don't know what he's scared of because he's bigger than everything. [ laughter ] but he screamed so hard and so loud, he woke up people the next hotel room over, but not himself. [ laughter ] so all night all you hear was this dude right here making noise, this dude right here moaning, this dude right here screaming, and me laying horizontal at the bottom of the bed like a dog. [ laughter ] so all i hear all night, all i hear the entire night was -- ♪ ♪ yeah ♪ ♪ yeah [ cheers and applause ] it was terrible. i got the cops called to my apartment last year because my neighbor thought that i was killing my girlfriend. so i had to explain to the police, not only do i not have a girlfriend -- [ laughter ] but it's just me in here. [ laughter ] sounding crazy enough to be two people. and in my defense, i was losing a fight to a ceiling fan. okay? let me explain. because we been to the moon. other side of the world

no autopsy was done on scalia, apnea, he had to go hunting trip, he should have taken the machine with oxygen, if necessary, because my husband has the same condition. if he fell asleep without the was, all they had to do with the mask on, all they had to do was come into his room, green button and in less than an hour, he would have of natural consequences and that is a subject that has never spoken, identified or investigated. next, ennis is wilmington, north carolina. good morning. morning.ood i agree with the lady that called before. anybody on anything that donald trump want because shouldn'tmp is not -- even be the president. million settle a $25 lawsuit with that trump university that wasn't nothing, he could d, before even take office, get that out of the way. aside from mr. trump's nomination -- caller: donald trump appointed him, he can't be no good. host: why not? aller: donald trump is not no depend. host: as far as nominee, why do you think he's no good, aside president ct the nominated him. caller: donald trump is no good and he shouldn't be the united states.e he's a dis

risks from obesity in terms of strain on your heart on problems with your joints and sleep apnea. battle of the bulge. what do we do? >> you're going to hear people who say, well, here's some exercises that will lose all the arm fat or ones that will lose the butt fat. in order to lose fat you got to lose it all over the place and, unfortunately, there's no simple way. i've got three things that i always say around this, to lose weight you need to eat less, so fewer calorie, you need to eat differently so less processed food, more vegetables, less simple sugar, more whole grains then you need to move more and use your body and make it as strong as possible. some people will do all those things and still not lose weight but if you're using your body you will be the healthiest you can be. >> a dear cousin heard chris cuomo said eat less, move more. she dropped over 100 pounds by hearing that. something she had been working on and sometimes you have to have that little trigger. >> even if you can't lose the weight control your blood pressure and sugar. move more. you're going to be t

or sleep apnea. then, you want to sleep on your side.mach. on your stomach, it can help you with your sleeping. >> you didn't get it right. but you know what? it's your birthday. we're giving you the bed. you have won a sleep number bed. lie on this. come on over, guys. you, too. >> a sleep number. >> it connects to fitness apps. everybody lay in bed and adjust to your comfort level. that looks good. there's no room for me. that's all right. all right. well, she's not the only one going home awinner. sheinelle, and tony, what do you have? >> we feel pressure. you ready? where should we start? let's go. oh. >> we're getting married 96 days from today. congratulations, you're getting a mattress. and it's supernice. >> let's do it. >> i saw some teachers over here. and who deserves teachers over here. texas teachers from china springs. >> nice. >> awesome. >> where are you from? >> waco, texas. >> congratulations. here's the good sleep. and look at this. we have a president. and then, we have -- another president. look at that. two. >> how