dr. goldstein is here to explain. thank you for being here. >> yeah. >> and what does it mean to have heart failure and what are the symptoms? >> it's the clinical syndrome in which either heart-pumping function is impaired, weak, or the relaxation component of the heart is impaired and patients often present most commonly with shortness of breath. >> and so, in fact, heart failure is the leading cause of hospitalization in the country. how is it usually treated? approached with a multipronged treatment regimen. we want to make patients feel better. pharmaco logically, we threat them with drugs that can accomplish that and improve heart function. we want to prevent death, of course, which can be accomplished with a variety of medical devices like defibrillators and we want to minimize their episodes of exacerbation and treat the underlying causes like coronary disease and hypertensive heart disease. >> what new technology is available to improve the quality of life for patients and reduce admissions to the hospital? >

dr. goldstein stresses that there are safe ways to do estrogen replacement therapy in many women. women who need them to treat menopause symptoms that interfere with their quality of life. the key is that it has to be done individually and personalized to be safe. it's not a one size fits all and not for everyone but it can be done. >> thank you. >>> we have an important health alert now for walmart shoppers. a meat company is recalling 90,000 pounds of beef because of possible wood contamination. two pound boxes of sam's choice black angus vidalia onion are being pulled from the shelves. no injuries or illnesses have been reported from the product november and december. >>> southern california is getting pounded by rainstorms. runoff has nowhere to go. for one family in los angeles county it flowed right into their backyard. >> oh, dear god. this is terrible! oh. >> not what you want to see. this is what the family saw when it looked out the patio yesterday. a mud flow cascading down their hillside property just like a waterfall. the deluge came straight toward the house. so the

dr. goldstein is a 30-year-old doctor of human sexuality who made the decision to freeze her eggs at the age of 30. she is also the author of single but dating. dr. amy, we talked about the fact during the break the average age of the woman who comes to you for help in having bay bridge is not 30 like you? >> right. it's 39. most of them, if you were to ask them would you have wanted to use your frozen eggs at 28 or 32, they say yes. they all wish that someone would have talked to them about fertility when they were younger. that's what i'm here to do. it's just educate women across the country and world about fertility and how to check your levels so they can know what their levels are. >> at age 24, 26, even 28, the last thing we're thinking about is having babies. i want to get a good job. i have to finish my education. i have to try to find a house and find the right partner for me. were you in that situation? >> i found women are not considering their fertility. we are stalled that 30 is the new 40. we are young and we have got so much ahead of us. but then a biological clock hasn't