doctors at brigham & women's hospital in boston ran a small study using the technology. they enrolled patients who had broken a bone, prescribing them seven days' worth of oxycodone. that's 21 pills. what they found, patients on average only actually took six. >> we were able to identify that patients don't really need nearly as many opioids as doctors think that they do. >> reporter: that's important because data show that the longer a patient's initial prescription of opioids, the more likely they'll still be using the medicine a year or more later. the digital pill technology used in this study made by a company called e-tech rx, isn't yet fda approved but the first digital pill using a similar technology made by a company called proteus, was approved two weeks ago. it's for the schizophrenia drug abillify, made by japanese drug maker atsuka. the goal there, to help make sure medicines are taken as prescribed. >> we know that for all chronic medicines non-adherence is a big issue, and we know that for patients with serious mental illness non-adherence is just as much

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a practice pioneered at brigham and women's hospital in boston. don't even remember meeting him for the first time so this was totally different. >> reporter: tara's birthing team walked us through another modification, putting the monitors away from her chest to allow immediate skin-to-skin contact. >> you're carrying the baby for the first nine months and you want to hole him. definitely felt more of like childbirth as opposed to just having a surgery. >> are you going to smile? almost. yay. >> reporter: looking back on little landon's birth tara says those small changes made all the difference. >> as great an experience as giving birth to meet your baby at the end and that's the main thing anyways, right. >> look what you have to show for it. >> exactly. >> doctors say so far they don't see any downsides to the gentle "c" but plenty of benefits and talk to your doctor ahead of time to make a birth plan. modifications should not cost any more than a tradition cesarean section and, inning father, many hospitals are already making this common prac

back to utah spoke highly of southern california and convinced the president of the church at the time, brigham, to purchase one of the ranchos in the area. so that's how they ended up coming back as a group, and they raised a few hundred individuals, over 400, wanted to make the travel back to southern california and settle in the area. originally they were going to purchase the chino rancho, which that unfortunately fell through but it gave the mormons an opportunity to purchase the san bernardino rancho from the lugo family. that's how they ended up in san bernardino and how they ended up being the founders of san bernardino. the journey from utah to california was a very perilous one. there were a lot of deserts to travel through, much -- many different types of terrain. and specifically when they got here to southern california there was a pass cajon pass that was very difficult. once they reached that pass, they realized there was a better route than had been taken previously. it was west of the cajon pass. they ended up traveling through that route and discovering that it was easier to m

back to utah spoke highly of southern california and convinced the president of the church at the time, brighamurchase one of the ranchos in the area. so that's how they ended up coming back as a group, and they raised a few hundred individuals. over 400 wanted to make the travel back to southern california and set until ttle i area. originally they were going to purchase the chino rancho, which fell through, but it gave mormons an opportunity to purchase the san bernardino rancho. and that's how they ended up in san bernardino and ended up being the founders of san bernardino. the journey from utah to california was a very perilous one. there's lot of deserts you have to travel through, much -- many different types of terrain, and specifically when they got here to southern california there was a pass called the cajon pas that was very difficult. and once they reached that pass they realized there's a better route than had been taken previously and was little west of the cajon pass called the west cajon pass, and they ended up ingeniously traveling through that route and discovering that it wa

back to utah spoke highly of southern california and convinced the president of the church at the time, brighamurchase one of the ranchos in the area. so that's how they ended up coming back as a group, and they raised a few hundred individuals, over 400, wanted to make the travel back to southern california and settle in the area. originally they were going to purchase the chino rancho, which that unfortunately fell through but it gave the mormons an opportunity to purchase the san bernardino rancho from the lugo family. that's how they ended up in san bernardino and how they ended up being the founders of san bernardino. the journey from utah to california was a very perilous one. there were a lot of deserts to travel through, much -- many different types of terrain. and specifically when they got here to southern california there was a pass cajon pass that was very difficult. once they reached that pass, they realized there was a better route than had been taken previously. it was west of the cajon pass. they ended up traveling through that route and discovering that it was easier to maneuve

back to utah spoke highly of southern california and convinced the president of the church at the time, brighamurchase one of the ranchos in the area. so that's how they ended up coming back as a group, and they raised a few hundred individuals, over 400, wanted to make the travel back to southern california and settle in the area. originally they were going to purchase the chino rancho, which that unfortunately fell through but it gave the mormons an opportunity to purchase the san bernardino rancho from the lugo family. that's how they ended up in san bernardino and how they ended up being the founders of san bernardino. the journey from utah to california was a very perilous one. there were a lot of deserts to travel through, much -- many different types of terrain. and specifically when they got here to southern california there was a pass cajon pass that was very difficult. once they reached that pass, they realized there was a better route than had been taken previously. it was west of the cajon pass. they ended up traveling through that route and discovering that it was easier to maneuve

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brigham young, the idea of salvation was the core thing that motivated him. you look atnd over and over again he is constantly encouraging and sometimes berating people to get on their knees and repent. we don't have a lot of stories about brigham young as a father. two daughters wrote books about him and provide insight. another daughter talked about how she was out in a stable with her father and a hired man was kicking around a very expensive saddle on the floor and brigham young had a quick temper and he chewed out the stable hand who left it there. he stomped into the house, she followed along, a little girl following her father. he went in his bedroom and slammed the door. she could hear him say, brigham, get on your knees and repent. get on your knees now. seeing those inner glimpses from time-to-time of brigham young helps you get a sense of how important he thought personal behavior was and how much he yearned for acceptance of his father in heaven. brigham young died in 1877 in the lion house in salt lake city. he had been actually declining for a number of yea

at some of our favorite videos of the year. delete your search history because this is the "topical storm." topic number one. we begin with brighamy where the football team goes all out with pre-game festivities. they have the cheerleaders and marching band, even the sky divers who can't land. oh, no. he was supposed to land on the 50-year-old line but he wound up landing on the poor people in the front row. they didn't even have any sprite to wash down their anxiety. over 2 million people have watched this video because it's amazing. because it's hardy just another story about a guy going too far. sky divers aren't the only ones who have landing issues this year. look at this hamster. oh, my gosh that's going to give him an adult size bangaroo. he was trying to work off the calories from the holidays. he jumps on the wheel. for those of you samantha bee fans a punch line is a thing you put at the end of a joke. the on thing samantha bee ever destroyed is one's will to watch television. topic number three. indiana law enforcement are a god-fearing bunch who fear no man. geese are oos another story. a detective walking into the po

at barcelona's market. the biggest selling stall as for what they call the caganet figurine, an odd catalan tradition of crouching figures caught short. this year's big seller, carlos brighamle to laugh. all the politicians are not getting into a all the politicians are not getting intoa point, all the politicians are not getting into a point, and people here are the ones that are suffering all these problems, and not the politicians. both pro—spanish and independence parties are promising change. the latest polls suggest it is too close to call. the spanish prime minister is actually in the uk this morning. he will be meeting theresa may in downing street. let's show you the scene there again. theresa may has been meeting her cabinet. mariano rajoy, the spanish prime minister, was due thereabout now, but there area was due thereabout now, but there are a lot of events going on in downing street, a bit of a logjam, andi downing street, a bit of a logjam, and i don't suppose he will arrive before the cabinet finish their meeting. 0n the line is our europe correspondent gavin lee. interesting that the spanish prime minister is here, meeting theresa may, and in this hole to c