this is when we see non-alcoholic liver cirrhosis, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and what we used to see as belly is now sugar belly. for people who don't have alcohol have a considerable amount of fatty deposits around the weight with the sugary products. so very complex cascade of events that go on inside the human body. it's not exactly easy to present to the public but there is a very, a growing and important body of evidence that fructose is a toxic substance that harms the liver and causes a very similar set of consequences in the human body and in the liver to alcohol. it makes perfect sense when you think about it because where does alcohol come from? sugar. so the connection that we are seeing between alcohol and sugar is related. i'm speaking from the journal one of the most prestigious journals in the world and one of the most rigorously received journals in our scientific community. i'm not speaking from -- i'm speaking from a place of high scientific credibility when i report to you this new research. this is largely not well enough publicized and we at ucsf part of t

clarence's grandfather is here, cirrhosis of the liver. his mother was drugs. >> at 17 clarence left school to sisters. addicted? >> losing my family members. >> one by one >>opened my eyes to where i needed to sober up. >> mum was lovely, passionate. she laughed a lot and loved us kids. >> this is one of clarences only pictures with his mother. he's in the back, with a smile on his face. on the res happy families are broken by alcohol. tribal president. what has alcohol down to your community? >> it has destroyed our communities, our nation. >> of 45,000 in your tribe, how alcohol? >> i would say 100%. affected by it. those addicted - over 50%. >> over 50%. >> are addicted. >> everyone else feels it in some way. >> in my family - i went to few funerals where they died of natural causes. they died in a car accident. cirrhosis, fights, shootings. >> all connected to alcohol. >> all connected to alcohol. >> the tribe has tried to stop the booze. this is a dry reservation. there are no liquor stores on the res. possession of alcohol is illega

they have been successful in terms of car accidents and cirrhosis of the liver.they have done this over 30 years. differential subsidization. we could discount diet soda and tax sugar soda. i am not sure that diet soda is any better, but it sure is not a whole lot worse. this is the thing to remember. the iron law of alcohol policy says reducing the availability of alcohol will reduce alcohol consumption and reduce alcohol- related health harms. the same holds for sugar. the problem is -- how do you get there? how about government agency action. regulation in the food industry by congress is a nonstarter. they are not touching this. there is no way in the world anyone in congress will go out on a limb for this. but why can't the farm bill subsidize real food instead of food ingredients? that is what it used to do. food stamps. bloomberg try to remove food stamps from snap and he was rebuffed by the usda because the usda is in the pocket of the food industry. several other states have applied and the usda has rebuffed them. but the question is why is the usda in c

this is when we see non-alcoholic liver cirrhosis, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and what we used to see as belly is now sugar belly. for people who don't have

cirrhosis is a scarred liver. you only have one liver. so the purpose of arresting curing this virus is to stabilize that damage. now if you don't ant end up with a liver transplant, that is obviously a major, major event. you are on lifelong medication with all the infects and rejectiorewiththe infection andn issues. there is an unfortunate small number of people where it can lead to accelerated damage after the transplant. the better thing to do obviously is to cure the disease. >> you use the term buying time, there is medication, a lot of money is spent on research. i hear the pill costs $1,000 apiece. can you talk to me about the price of this? >> as a physician my job is to basically bring forth the best information i can to patients and guide them in those decisions. i'm not certainly here to comment on whether these drugs could be cheaper or whether they're priced correctly. however, there are different strains of the hepatitis c virus what are called genotypes. those can vary. most people have genotype 1. the current therapy that

. >> my feeling is, andy, he is trying to give young people cirrhosis.etting them into the bar and they drink more and need obamacare. >> it does sound like something he would do, doesn't it? >> it totally does. >> i was joking, but go ahead. >> at the white house youth summit they just had, it was a huge part of their push, and they were using other people to sell the health care law too. one of the things is they party too hard and they are having one of the crazy nights. who will pay for that? really? we do more with our lives than party please. >> do you get to vote? >> it is disappointing. they just want somebody to talk real to them. >> it is the new bosses. >> hey, kids. >> it will be rick santorum. >> it will be a sweater vest in a cool color. >>> coming up, the c block. tonight's c block is sponsored by doorknobs. doorknobs are all over the place these days. they just keep showing up. doorknobs, thank you. >> you're welcome, greg. ha, ha, ha. >> is bruce springsteen the most overrated musician of all time? we will discuss in our new and improved

at that rate the spy would have been at risk of cirrhosis.ver disease early death and unlik unlikely mr. bond would have been able to fire a gun or diffuse a bomb. study suggest that bond shaken not stirred request was made due to persistent alcoholen deduced trem more. just tongue and cheek but pretty funny. >> back and update the weather forecast. sandhya is here. >> yes. that's a nice ring to it. i have always 1 dertd about james bond a huge fan. >> these true. >> here's live doppler 7hd we have hay cloud going through. we will see some low clouds first thing tomorrow morning state wide. temperatures 70 degrees in palm springs where you need go with milder weather. 66 los angeles or just wait a little longer. the temperatures get close to 70 in some parts. 42 in tahoe. 60 in chico some parts of the bay year. high pressure tomorrow mid 50's to low 60's plenty of sun throughout and as you look at the temperature trend for san jose take a look for yourself. well if you buy this computer model actually taking the number up to 70 degrees. yes l