they all have severe dementia. often times they come here with their care givers.any money and trudy is trained specifically to handle people with dementia. >> why is that? how does this work? this is a very unique look into how one country, not only just respects their elderly people, but how they are trying to cater to their needs. >> when you think of people who have severe dementia, what life is like you think of these anonymous words and nonstep television. they decided to build an entire village where they would take care of people with severe depld dement dementia. in the air salon and restaurants. it's a real village but everyone is trained to take care of people with severe dementia. you may not know who has severe dementia but it becomes clear over time. >> who pays for this? >> the cost is similar to what it costs to take care of people with severe dementia in other countries. it is flasnationalized. it's the government paying for this. they have paid in the past. >> extraordinary. everyone is already paid into it and they get to benefit if and when nied

that can lead to dementia. whether it's a low blood flow as a result of high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and you have blockage in your artery or you may have good blood flow but since your blood count is lower, you don't get enough oxygen. i think we don't have the answer today. but i want people over the age of 65 to check with their doctors, check your blood test, check your level of vitamin b12, find out if you have any kidney disease and get to the bottom of it. then maybe one of the treatments would be iron supplement. >> is that part of the standard blood panel? >> i think it should be. >> it's not? >> i think it should be. studying for anemia, checking for b12 deficiencies. this ties into the first topic because this is an example of why we do need to screen our patients. it's what we do with the information. anemia is something very important to find. >> especially in older americans it sounds like. thank you so much, doctors. we've got a lot more, though. we've all been there. every once in a whi

turns out these faces may help predict if you'll develop dementia. here's how it works -- researchers at northwestern medicine showed 20 celebrity faces one at a time. can you name him? right, if you said albert einstein that's two points. now why was he famous? think it through. if you said, "scientist," or even, "e=mc 2" then you get another two points. two groups took the test, and reliably, those with dementia clearly struggled for answers a lot more than those without. >> we're trying to better understand dementia and identify them earlier and earlier. if we think about heart disease, for example, we don't like to treat someone after they had a heart attack. we try to intervene earlier. >> reporter: dementia, a slow decline in overall mental ability and memory -- most commonly shows up as alzheimer's disease, which is steadily growing. by 2025, it's estimated more than 7 million will have it. by 2050, it's almost 14 million. diagnosing dementia early gives doctors a head start and a familiar face like this one, just might provide a clue. linzie

i guess i don't have dementia. recognized all the names. i wonder. >> why are they famous? another thing that is interesting. we are all absent-minded when it come to things you don't see on a daily basis. see a face. roy, maybe not right away. that stuff is scary. but i will say this, just having the test like this -- is so wonderful. >> absolutely. >> up until now, how could we detect somebody's brain was deteriorating until it was deteriorating. >> for alzheimers the difference is this, dementia you forget where you put your keys. alzheimers is you are holding your keys and don't know what they're for. it's not absent-mindedness. it's forgetting what the keys do. >> different level of forgetfulness. wow, that's really sad. >> still ahead on "world news now" -- a major health concern for many of us losing weight. >> wait until you see the latest extreme dieting procedure gaining popularity. >> yucky. >> ouch. ♪ what doesn't kill you makes you stronger stand a little taller ♪ ♪ doesn't mean i'm lonely ♪ >> many of us these days are not fee

blood glucose levels than those with lower levels in participants with diabetes the risk of dementia was forty percent higher the study didn't establish a specific biological link between high blood sugar dementia but researchers suggest that the relationship could be explained by either glucose sugar related damage to tiny blood vessels in the central nervous system or to insulin resistance but way there is even more startling sugar news scientists announced on tuesday that sugar is toxic to mice in dosages that in humans would equal a safe in quotes diet that includes three cans of soda for a day per day according to the study's researchers mice a diet which sugar contributed a quarter of their daily calories died younger and had fewer babies than animals on a healthy diet in this experiment scientists split one hundred fifty six mice into two groups one was fed a normal and healthy diet or the other had a diet of naturally occurring carbohydrates comprising a quarter of their diet replaced with added sugar of the kind of sugar found in soda candy and baked goods. being on the diet

turns out these faces may help predict if you'll develop dementia. here's how it works -- researchers at northwestern medicine showed 20 celebrity faces one at a time. can you name him? right, if you said albert einstein that's two points. now why was he famous? think it through. if you said, "scientist," or even, "e=mc 2" then you get another two points. two groups took the test, and reliably, those with dementia clearly struggled for answers a lot more than those without. >> we're trying to better understand dementia and identify them earlier and earlier. if we think about heart disease, for example, we don't like to treat someone after they had a heart attack. we try to intervene earlier. >> reporter: dementia, a slow decline in overall mental ability and memory -- most commonly shows up as alzheimer's disease, which is steadily growing. by 2025, it's estimated more than 7 million will have it. by 2050, it's almost 14 million. diagnosing dementia early gives doctors a head start and a familiar face like this one, just might provide a clue. linzie

i guess i don't have dementia. recognized all the names. i wonder. >> why are they famous? another thing that is interesting. we are all absent-minded when it come to things you don't see on a daily basis. see a face. roy, maybe not right away. that stuff is scary. but i will say this, just having the test like this -- is so wonderful. >> absolutely. >> up until now, how could we detect somebody's brain was deteriorating until it was deteriorating. >> for alzheimers the difference is this, dementia you forget where you put your keys. alzheimers is you are holding your keys and don't know what they're for. it's not absent-mindedness. it's forgetting what the keys do. >> different level of forgetfulness. wow, that's really sad. >> still ahead on "world news now" -- a major health concern for many of us losing weight. >> wait until you see the latest extreme dieting procedure gaining popularity. >> yucky. >> ouch. ♪ what doesn't kill you makes you stronger stand a little taller ♪ ♪ doesn't mean i'm lonely ♪ >> many of us these days are not fee

>> when you take someone with dementia out of their own environment, it usually increases the dementiah longer can he stay at home? >> i don't know. when my mother was living, my mother died a year ago. before that, she and i took care of him. after my mom passed away, i realized that i couldn't do 24/7 with him because you have to be hands on, eyes on, all the time. it's extremely expensive. it can run $8,000 to $10,000 a month. >> and that's not covered by any insurance? >> no. it's money that he and my mom saved. >> so if he hadn't had that money, what would have happened? >> oh, my gosh, i don't know. he has a social security, but that's not enough. we would have had to do the medicaid spend down, i guess. >> what is the hardest part for you? >> just watching your dad deteriorate is hard. you can imagine what it would be like with your folks to watch them get a little worse every time you see them. well, it's like that every day. you make it work. you suck it up and go on. >> yeah. >> because i don't think i have a choice with that. i can't just walk away from him, and i won't. >>

. >>> and reducing the risk of dementia. what doctors are saying about a connection between alzheimer's and your blood sugar level. >>> and welcome back. a new day brings new trouble for another megabank. this time, jpmorgan chase. the biggest u.s. bank says it's facing a criminal probe by the justice department over bad mortgages. it also admits that investigators have already concluded that the bank violated securities laws. this comes just one day after we learned that the government is suing bank of america. >>> dangerous defect. forcing toyota to recall hundreds of thousands of trucks. front seat belts may not function in tacoma access cab pickup trucks. they were made from 2004 to 2011. 342,000 trucks are being recalled. toyota is notifying owners. they're promising free repairs. >>> new front-end crash tests released overnight for small cars. half the cars tested well, including the honda civic, dodge dart and ford focus. the chevy cruise and v.w. beetle got marginal ratings. >>> and there's big news about bacon that'

>> when you take someone with dementia out of their own environment, it usually increases the dementia how much longer can he stay at home? ion't know. when my mother was living, my mother died a year ago. before that, she and i took care of him. after my mom passed away, i realized that i couldn't do 24/7 with him because you have to be hands on, eyes on, all the time. it's extremely expensive. it can run $8,000 to $10,000 a month. >> and that's not covered by any insurance? >> no. it's money that he and my mom saved. >> so if he hadn't had that money, what would have happened? >> oh, my gosh, i don't know. he has a social security, but that's not enough. we would have had to do the medicaid spend down, i guess. >> what is the hardest part for you? >> just watching your dad deteriorate is hard. you can imagine what it would be like with your folks to watch them get a little worse every time you see them. well, it's like that every day. you make it work. you suck it up and go on. >> yeah. >> because i don't think i have a choice with that. i can't just walk away from him, and i won't.

you've been diagnosed with dementia, at least some form of dementia.k about that. >> early onset. once all that fluid was in my brain, that's what was causing all the problems. it was pooling in the front of my brain, pushing my brain to the back of my skull. it was extremely painful. i travel a lot, and it was excruciating. that's why a lot of times i was thinking about it would be better off just ending it. >> is that why you're wearing the glasses right now, the sunglasses? >> no, i've been wearing sunglasses since i was 6 years old. i stuck a fork in my eye and these lights a little bright for me. >> larry, is this settlement fair, the amount of money the players will receive? >> i think it's a great result for a great group of people. we struggled with how to get this huge class action lawsuit finalized. and our goal from the beginning was to get as much financial benefit that we could as quickly as we could for people that are really hurting. we could have gone on forever, and it probably would have given all the legal hurdles. but we were able t

we talked about anemia and dementia. we talk about high blood pressure and dementia.s. >> not just diabetes, though. even people who are not yet declared diabetic but have sugar in their diet should be thinking about this. >> that's right. it is a very good point. that's a pre-diabetic people on the way to becoming diabetic. that's -- for. what exactly is the reason. in this study they were not able to answer the fact that sugar directly causes this. something behind becoming diabetic, whether it is a vascular disease or formation that leads to this, it may be the case. we can't tell you today if you reduced the amount of your blood sugar that you can slow down the zi diabetes. my guess would be all timers and my guess would be that -- this -- long term, would work better for you. >> want to get right to this. this was so shocking to me, folks, even if you have no diabetes in your family but you love fruit and other things that you think are healthy, you may be overdosing on sugar. you see the meter. that's when you reach the diabetes stage. let me run through them an

you've been diagnosed with dementia, at least some form of dementia.about that. >> early onset. once all that fluid was in my brain, that's what was causing all the problems. it was pooling in the front of my brain, pushing my brain to the back of my skull. it was extremely painful. i travel a lot, and it was excruciati excruciating. that's why a lot of times i was thinking about it would be better off just ending it. >> is that why you're wearing the glasses right now, the sunglasses? >> no, i've been wearing sunglasses since i was 6 years old. i stuck a fork in my eye and these lights a little bright for me. >> larry, is this settlement fair, the amount of money the players will receive? >> i think it's a great result for a great group of people. we struggled with how to get this huge class action lawsuit finalized. and our goal from the beginning was to get as much financial benefit that we could as quickly as we could for people that are really hurting. we could have gone on forever, and it probably would have given all the legal hurdles. but we we

scientists who studied brain samples from dementia patients found a sign that causes gum disease. those bacteria might trigger a neuron killing immune response when they hit the blood stream. and that could lead to alzheimer's. good dental care, including regular flossing could protect against dementia. >> you can't miss the warnings as you drive bay area freeways. the bay bridge will be completely closed saturdaying wednesday, august 28th at 5:00 p.m. crews prepare for the opening of the new eastern span. we will be following the preparations for opening day which you see there just 17 days from now. among the jobs to complete during the closure, they have to demolish some of the old bridge, and stripe the lanes on the new part. we'll be right back. ,,,,,, female narrator: it's posturepedic versus beautyrest it's posturepedic versus beautyrest with up to $400 off. serta icomfort and tempur-pedic go head-to-head with three years' interest-free financing. mattress price wars are on now at sleep train. ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ 49ers???? smith in a lighter shade of r

people who were anemic at the start of the study were 40% more likely to develop dementia.be an indicater of overall poor health. >>> tomorrow, crews may spray for mosquitoes to stop the spread of west nile virus. it expected to start tomorrow night. in anticipation of the fogging, they spent tonight notifying residents who live in the area. >>> a bit of a mild day out there today. fog cleared from the coast this evening around sunset. you saw sunshine out in pacifica, and el granada. the fog will be in there tomorrow morning as you go about your day. 60degrees no livermore. the winds are blowing a little bit in the delta area. winds up to 29 miles per hour, which is very typical of this time of night. the san francisco airport has wind at this time as well, 25 miles an hour. again, very typical, but it illustrates all the cool air and fog is reforming, pushing its way into the inland bay tonight. fog comes back tonight. tomorrow morning, clouds, and slightly cooler in the extended forecast, we've got a subtle warm up headed your way. a subtle cool down tomorrow. with tempe

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people who were anemic at the start of the study were 40% more likely to develop dementia.be an indicater of overall poor health. >>> tomorrow, crews may spray for mosquitoes to stop the spread of west nile virus. it expected to start tomorrow night. in anticipation of the fogging, they spent tonight notifying residents who live in the area. >>> a bit of a mild day out there today. fog cleared from the coast this evening around sunset. you saw sunshine out in pacifica, and el granada. the fog will be in there tomorrow morning as you go about your day. 60degrees no livermore. the winds are blowing a little bit in the delta area. winds up to 29 miles per hour, which is very typical of this time of night. the san francisco airport has wind at this time as well, 25 miles an hour. again, very typical, but it illustrates all the cool air and fog is reforming, pushing its way into the inland bay tonight. fog comes back tonight. tomorrow morning, clouds, and slightly cooler in the extended forecast, we've got a subtle warm up headed your way. a subtle cool down tomorrow. with tempe

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he died last year suffering from dementia. eleanor perfeta is his widow. >> it's very difficult to watch your husband over a probably 15 to 20 year period of time very, very slowly, slowly slip away. >> reporter: the settlement means the league will not have to disclose internal files that would detail what it knew about concussion-linked brain problems. the n.f.l. will also avoid a suit with potential payouts, scott, that could have easily run into the billions. >> pelley: jim, thanks. and joining us now james brown of cbs sports. of course, the host of "the n.f.l. today" and a special correspondent here for us at cbs news. j.b., first of all, what does the league get out of this deal? >> well, scott, one of the big things is it takes this topic out of the national conversation that the league can focus on football for the first week. the payout is $765 million over 20 years. when you factor in the fact that they get a $9.5 billion annually, that's less than a tenth. but the owners now have a specific amount. there's no quest

year after this devastating stroke and the result was his heart kept going and he descended into dementia and blindness and misery and said to my mother i am living too long. the last five years of his life were frankly terrible. >> when the pacemaker was put in at age 80 what was the family's thought? >> it was the combination of ignorance and denial. there was no real conversation with the doctor about whether or not to do it or what long-term implications would be or what my father's choices were. essentially the doctors said he has a slow heart beat so we are putting in a pacemaker. the result was that my mother, i talked to her about it a bit later and she said i was still in the nile, still had hopes he could recover from the stroke and i was the daughter on the far post and quite ignorant about medicine than so i figured it was their decision, it was up to them. if i had it to do over again i would have been more proactive at the yearly stage. i would have done more research, i would have understood better what we were up against. >> if you had chosen to take out the peace maker co

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elderly dementia patients taking abilify have an increased risk of death or stroke. call your doctor if you have high fever, stiff muscles and confusion to address a possible life-threatening condition. or if you have uncontrollable muscleovements, as these could become permanent. high blood sugar has been reported with abilify and medicines like it and in extreme cases can lead to coma or death. other risks include increased cholesterol, weight gain, decreases in white blood cells, which can be serious, and impaired judgment or motor skills. [ sally ] since adding abilify, i feel better. abilify and my antidepressant make a pretty good team. [ female announcer ] ask your doctor about a free trial of abilify go to addabilify.com.epressant make a pretty good team. perfectly bite-sized drops of rich and creamy chocolate happiness. when the chocolate is hershey's, [ police radio chatter ] mario gomez is actually mario vargas -- born and raised in los angeles. spent the last 20 years as a risk analyst for aln summers' company. he lost everything in the collapse. his hous

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they say good dental care, including regular flossing could help protect against dementia. >>> today was kind of muggy, inland, east bay. >> did you see the beautiful clouds draping across the sky? >> it was pretty. now we have another kind of storm developing across the coast. the low clouds building off the seashore. we even have some patchy fog near the avenues and ocean beach. currently, our live high deaf doppler, nothing locally, but we head to the tahoe area. a little bit of light rain showers. pahawthorne was picking up a thunder boom. that is what the commute looks like into the city if you're heading out for dinner plans. it's a wonderful evening in progress. 64 in san francisco, santa rosa in the 80s. all of this associated with a tropical moisture. temperatures have gone up in the past few minutes. 83 in dubland. it was 13, southerly wind. tomorrow a spike in the temperatures everywhere and we have an unsettled forecast for monday and tuesday. today's hi, 60 at seashore, 74 in oakland, and it was nearly 90 in fairfield, which is typical this time of the year. 50s and 60s

. >>> even if you don't have diabetes, you have a higher risk for dementia with high blood sugar.tudy of almost 2,000 adults over five years, concluded that people without diabetes but a blood sugar level of 150 were 20% more likely to develop dementia and as levels went up, so did risks. >>> it's a humanitarian and political crisis in egypt. almost a thousand have died since last week. once you get past all of that, it appears there is real concern about how terrorism could manifest itself in the broken state. listen to lindsey graham of south carolina. >> we are headed for algeria. al qaeda to their aid and not have protesters on your hands in the next 60 to 90 days and we will have a failed state in egypt. >> michael leiter is former director of the national counterterrorism center. michael, thanks for being here. you know the snapshot what we are seeing in egypt gueets wors every day. what concerns you the most about that when we are thinking about the united states and terrorism? >> i think we basically have three issues here, richard. first is actually the humanitarian disas

thousand former nfl player had higher rates of memory related illnesses causing alzheimer's disease and dementia. >> will? >> thank you. y >> news alert a military jury found fort hood injure guilty oo 13 counts of murder. >> major nadal hasan could face the death penalty. >> that part of the sentencing phase is next week. >>> the former army psychiatrisr is on trial for going on a shooting rampage at an army base in 2009 killing 13 people and injuring 32 others.inju >> he attacked soldiers on the t base to protect taliban leaders overseas. >>> on news edge on virginiagini where a jury recommended a sentence of 49 years for the man convicted in the 2010 murder of vanessa pham. julio blanco-garcia was found guilty of first-degree murder last night. the 27-year-old was arrested after police found dna evidence linking him to the killing. he says he was high on pcp when he stabbed the teenager and gave him and infant daughter a ride to the hospital and he says he a went nuts. a judge will sentence him laterm in >>> no she died of asphyxia after getting in a fight with two grown children last month.

doctors have long said by beats is a risk factor for dementia.udy shows people with higher blood sugar levels are at greater risk even those without diabetes. researchers at the university of washington say they kept track of a couple of thousand people for nearly a decade. they say they tested their mental skills every two years. according to the findings, those with higher blood sugar scored lower on the test. regardless of whether they had diabetes. dong doctors point out other risks. this proves exercising and good diet can help delay or even prevent it. the white house says president obama yesterday called former president george w. bush, who is recovering from a procedure to clear a blockage in an artery in his heart, doctors say they inserted a stent on tuesday and the former president got out of hospital yesterday. a spokesperson for bush 41 says is he doing great. bush 43 i meant to say. actually, they are both doing real well. the white house says president obama wished the former president well and says is he glad to hear that the proc

in the 50s, he has early stage dementia. >> guys will leave me messages, and i erase it, thinking i calledrget who just called me. >> reporter: mcmann is one of a series of players who sued the nfl saying they have on-field concussions. looking at this film, big blows could be the same as taking a sledge hammer to the head. also involved in this lawsuit, families of players like junior seau, who was alleged to have had a brain concussion. he changed dramatically, his family said, towards the end of his life. >> a lot of things in his life, patterns that we saw, it worried us. his decision-making, his ambition decreased. >> he would sometimes lose his temper, get angry over very small things. kind of go off the grid for a couple of weeks. >> the man lived for family. that love was so important to him. so for him to take his own life. i can't imagine how severe his anguish was. >> reporter: attorneys for the former players argue the league, which markets its hard hits to avid fans, deliberately covered up the dangers to keep the players on the field and protect their image. a charge jim mcma

residents leer using marijuana for pain, loss of appetite, parkinson's and dementia.laughter) >> john: oh, right, because marijuana has real medical benefits and can be prescribed by doctors. in fact, dispensaries sell different strengths to treat different problems and, on that note, if you want this drug and its medical benefits to be taken seriously how about adulting up the maze a little bit. that way a sick old man doesn't have to a quarter ounce of rainbow diesel funkadelic cheddar harmony. (laughter) just a suggestion. but i have to give cnn credit where it's due. sanjay gupta coped to his error, the weed special talked about the legitimate uses of marijuana and they answered the question that no one has been asking: what's piers morgan like when he's high? >> i'm going to make a shocking revelation here. i tried cannabis when i was a younger lad and i've also had to have vicodin when i broke some ribs falling off a segue in santa monica. i can tell you, it was the vicodin which i was prescribed by my doctor which gave me a massively higher high than the cannab

health screenings, research, and to compensating players with concussion-related issues covering dementia, als and a certain type of chronic brain damage. the nfl would accept no get or liability. >>> a lot of people getting out of town the next couple days. what will the weather be? >> we are talking about nice weather and more like summer than fall. we have seen fall weather the last couple days and now we're back to summer. to end summer looking out there a dark shot as we look out toward the area. 76 degrees and winds out of the south at 6 miles an hour. it's on the humid side. storm team 4 radar is all clear and for the most part through the rest of the night tonight. one thing you may wake up to is areas of fog. sunrise tomorrow at 6:35. temperatures between 65 and 70. if you saw fog this morning you may see it again tomorrow. it will be warm and humid. and speaking of warm we get really warm this labor day holiday. i'll show you how warm and what chances of storms we have. >>> dozens rallied outside the white house to protest u.s. military action in syria. they criticize president

recent studies show repeated concussions can have a long-term effect, like an increased risk of dementia. >> the nfl is finally aware that concussions cause real problems. >> there's mounting evidence it's putting players at risk of brain damage. >> narrator: much of the evidence cited in the media emerged from a small lab at this va hospital outside boston. >> it was shocking, actually, from the first case forward. >> narrator: dr. ann mckee is a neuropathologist who has found evidence of degenerative disease in the brains of over a dozen ex-nfl players. the disease, called cte, can lead to depression, dementia, even suicide. >> it's a progressive deterioration of your brain. we're seeing it over and over again in football players. >> narrator: by the summer of 2010, mckee had a new concern. she had autopsied the brain of owen thomas, a 21-year-old captain of the university of pennsylvania football team who'd committed suicide the previous april. he had never played professional football. >> i was expecting nothing. i mean, you have to remember that he's a young player, he's 21 years ol

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