. >> working at the arthritis foundation, i've been able to turn a lot of people on to it, through our events. we hand out free samples of supple, and i've heard just very many stories like myself. people that have had their lives dramatically changed. people who's pain is much worse than mine. >> i've had rheumatoid arthritis for many many years, and doctors, all they ever did was just give me pain medicine. nothing would get rid of the pain. i mean, it always came back. and i always had trouble sleeping and stuff because the pain was so bad. so after being on supple for probably less than a week, i started getting the results of wonderful. my pain is bearable, it's not as bad, the swelling has gone down in my fingers, my ankle doesn't hurt as bad, and i really truly want to thank you supple for whatever this drink is, it is a miracle drink. >> it's a great value proposition, right? you eliminate pain by addressing the root causes of the pain, you regain strength and mobility, it has almost no calories, certainly no sigficant negative side effects, and it tastes great. >> absolutely.

. >> working at the arthritis foundation, i've been able to turn a lot of people on to it, through our events. we hand out free samples of supple, and i've heard just very many stories like myself. people that have had their lives dramatically changed. people who's pain is much worse than mine. >> i've had rheumatoid arthritis for many many years, and doctors, all they ever did was just give me pain medicine. nothing would get rid of the pain. i mean, it always came back. and i always had trouble sleeping and stuff because the pain was so bad. so after being on supple for probably less than a week, i started getting the results of wonderful. my pain is bearable, it's not as bad, the swelling has gone down in my fingers, my ankle doesn't hurt as bad, and i really truly want to thank you supple for whatever this drink is, it is a miracle drink. >> it's a great value proposition, right? you eliminate pain by addressing the root causes of the pain, you regain strength and mobility, it has almost no calories, certainly no significant negative side effects, and it tastes great. >> absolutely

join the arthritis foundation to stop america's #1 cause of disability. arn the truth about arthritis at facesofarthritis.org ♪ gerri: all those sleepless nights are wreaking havoc on your brain. gerri: scientists have discovered that sleep detoxes your brain from chemicals. joining me now, an orthopedic surgery professor at duke university. boy, that's a fancy title there. doctor, tell us in this basic thing about sort of resetting your brain with sleep. how does that work? >> this was a very interesting study from the university of rochester, and what we know is there are two basic cells in the brain. one's called a neuron which is the cell that's active when we're awake and working, the other is called the glial cell, and it supports the activity of the neuron. this study showed us that when we sleep, the neurons shrink. and by shrinking, the glial cells are able to pump fluid through the brain -- gerri: what fluid? >> cerebral fluid that surrounds our brain, it clears and detoxes your brain when you sleep. gerri: so what are you getting rid of when you

. >> working at the arthritis foundation, i've been able to turn a lot of people on to it, through our events. we hand out free samples of supple, and i've heard just very many stories like myself. people that have had their lives dramatically changed. people who's pain is much worse than mine. >> i've had rheumatoid arthritis for many many years, and doctors, all they ever did was just give me pain medicine. nothing would get rid of the pain. i mean, it always came back. and i always had trouble sleeping and stuff because the pain was so bad. so after being on supple for probably less than a week, i started getting the results of wonderful. my pain is bearable, it's not as bad, the swelling s gone down in my fingers, my ankle doesn't hurt as bad, and i really truly want to thank you supple for whatever this drink is, it is a miracle drink. >> it's a great value proposition, right? you eliminate pain by addressing the root causes of the pain, you regain strength and mobility, it has almost no calories, certainly no significant negative side effects, and it tastes great. >> absolutely.

. >> this is a great app from the arthritis foundation.ss, sleep. so i have here in front of me the nutrition portion of this. so as i figure out how many vegetabl vegetables i'm eating a day or whole grains i can register it and save it and give it to my doctors. sleep, we talk about it all the time, things that people have deficits on. i can change how much i sleep. save it. and then of course, symptoms. let's say i'm having moderate pain and a little stiffness but my fatigue is off the charts. i go down here and i save it. so i can go to my doctor now and my doctor can say look how you changed over the month. how does that correlate to medicine, exercise, mood, et cetera and finally the arthritis foundation i think put together something that correlates how you're living your life to your symptoms and how doctors can help you. >> you talk about medicine. we can put that information up on the website. >> surgery last resort. medicines are really good. >> doctor, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> doctor, thanks very much. >> al. >> pa

we are the face... ...of arthritis learn how the arthritis foundation can help at facesofarthritis.orgporter matt keller. >> the bay area has been in limbo for the past week waiting to see if a strike would take place. and this morning it's finally happening. you can see a few workers have already arrived here with their picket signs and many more expected here at the lake merritt station. here is the last b.a.r.t. train pulling in early this morning. so how did management and the