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dr. jo talks us to about whether you should our should not choose to do an elective procedure on a friday. >> from tampa bay's number one news station, this is good day tampa bay. >>> hey eshgdz it's 8 o'clock i'm russell rhodes. i'm laura moody. good morning we thank you for waking up with us on this friday morning october 21st. >> and we're going to get where are you? >> i'm outside again. you guys know i'm pulling like quadruple duty doing traffic and going outside. i'm doing a report in just a koument minutes you will see why. so i'm i'm doing traffic outside and mr. eric from our production staff will be running my clicker button number 3. we will start off with live look 275 southbound if you're just joining us a crash earlier a rollover crash near the dick meisner opinions to manatee county good news is crash is clear. still looking a bit slow in the area. make sure you're planning extra time you head outdoor please hit number 3 so folks can see where back ups are too from area of dic

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tiffany has her life dr. jo will see how chron's disease is hard on children. >> cooking at home and middle school activities, you would never guess that three years ago at 11, pete's life came to a halt after a trip to the bathroom. >> you see blood. what was that like. >> ways freaking out. cancer. >> i don't want to sit down i know what that means. >> then specialists at johns hopkins all children's hospital found the problem. he has colitis a bowel disease. >> with children they are unique they have diarrhea and they have issues with growth and development with the delayed puberty. nutrition is paramount, the cause is not clear hereditary living in a clean society or imbalances in the gut. but the body attacks itself. >> it is there is a glitch in the immune system or the die guesstive tract. it has trouble turning off. >> he spends four hours getting infewons of a drug. >> has it changed your life? >> yes. >> it is not a cure it keeps system but that puts him at risk for infections. >> it is easy for him to

and dr. jo looking at what a procedure like this will mean fom an amazing thing. how did they know he was a candidate for this? >> he first approached them he had two tours of duty one in iraq and ilast and traumatic brain injury. went to afghanistan. he stepped on an ied when he was trying to protect other people in his group. and he lost his legs and right arm. left arm was so injured that it developed an infection and lost that one as well. he started power pursuing not looking for arms but legs. he found brigham woman they were trying to do legs but they found they were doing arms. he has gone through difficulty he described pain and rejection they have overcome and you heard it. now he has them. >> that must have been an >> how soon can he use his arms and using his hands. he is able to do transfers he has been able to eat a special type of cup. he's done that but it will take time to regain that. look at what the surgery involves it take as lot to be a candidate because it takes a year's worth of evaluation and look at the bones make sure they donor. they ha

and let's bring in dr. jo to take a look at what equipment they got here. >> this is used to heat and cool the patient when they are under going surgery or open heart surgery. >>> in 60% of the cases they used a brand. and it is similar to what you are seeing there. >> and so what happened or what they expect happened it was contaminated before it left the manufacturerrer so when they underwent surgery they were contaminated. and four people have died they don't nose if that's the cause of the deaths. but i read an article where they said the valves and caused infection on the heart valves and infection. something to be concerned about. and they phased these out. >> what if they think that may be at risk. >> if you have a valve or a graph you may be at risk the other thing is to look out for symptoms. that seems like night sweats. muscle aches. fever. this bacteria infects people that have maybe a compromised immune item or something in the the rest of us, this is in soil and lots of places the rest of us woul

dr. jo joins us now. she's going d new research. you know, i envy the people who can just not bother with it at all. but in our business we can't. what did your survey find this comes an american psychological association. they found those who were engaged in social media seemed to be more stressed than those who are not. not big surprise. i got think this is the first election that i've seen where it played such such a huge role. overall they say about 45 percent of individuals not on social media said there was some stress associated with the media it was pretty much equal between democrats and republicans. 55 percent of democrats, 59 percent of republicans. men and women pretty much equal. there was an age differential. people that are being most stressed out are actually mature. people over age of 71 coming in second millenials. and then you have got the boomers about 50 percent of them said they are stressed out. and then the gen xers were lowest about 45 there. independents as well about 46 percent of those people did say that

dr. jo says do not throw those pills away just yet. good day everybody. when the last time you've seen martine gramatica kick on live gentlemen. buccaneer great oh. just inside fair. that counts. just inside the up rights. well done. stick around everybody. we're playing a little kick ball for you.tiilunda kicrnamen y251cy yi0y as a federal prosecutor, i've spent my career prosecuting criminals and fighting for the rights of victims. i want to make the state attorney's office a model for criminal justice. and anyone who commits domestic abuse or sexual assault. and i'll make the system fair by working with police to wear body cameras and using dna to put cminals behind bars, not innocent people. i'm andrew warren. ((russell 2shot mp)) they are some of the hottest items when a hurricane comes through.. flasigcands..andrs. ((laura)) and within this morning. joining me now mr. william bell who has i daytona beach his entire life. thanks for being with . >> no problem. first off how concerned or worried are you about this hurricane that is coming our way? >>

fox 13's dr. jo has the story. >>> just from your computer. >> any trip to the hospital brings anxiety. but today's visit is an especially nerve-wracking for eric and jamie. >> he's not hearing anything. it all started when their little boy nathan lost his hearing all of it. at just a few months old. ito an appointment and say our son's hearing was completely gone immediately mom and dad took the challenge head on looked for option and wound would not up here. where just a few weeks a nathan had cochlear implant surgically place. a new thinner implant than those used in past in other patients perfect for an infant. surrounded by audiologist todays first task to microphone that will allow their baby boy to hear again. that's just perfect but true test comes down the hall. all right buddy then moment mop mom and dad have worried over finally happens. hi. can you hear us? >> there's your car. hi daddy. hi nathan. the sound of his parents voices something completely unfamiliar to nathan. hi honey. and it

. >> thanks, dr. jo. >>> next the legal set back for bill cosby. could be solved... simply by looking up there? what if unlimited, clean power was at your fingertips? what if it was good for consumers, good the economy and good for florida? it's not a "what if." it's "what's next." solar power for the sunshine state. vote yes on amendment 1. for the sun. (linda) bill cosby has lost his effort to have >>> bill cosby lost his effort to have charges thrown out. his lawyers argue that the accuser should have testified at a preliminary trial so they could confront her. but the superior court denied cosby's appeal. and it is set for trial that he drugged and molested the woman in 2004. >>> and the talk about zika has mosquito bites. there is a group that wants the message to include sex education when it comes to the transmission. a group called floridians for freedom went to the governor's officials and asking for better sex education of young people. easier access to services and expansion of medicate. the r

. >> we'll ask dr. jo. >>> and you know most couples you have flowers. >> and the that's katherine and brad zimmer they use pupfies for their photos. >> and and to the rescue. >> are you bonding, how do you give them back. and our 5:00 producer whose name i will not mention, said what happens if they dribble. >> that's part of the festivities. >> that's part of the reception. >> and. >> take them after the ceremony. >> that is. 90 today. >> where is that cold front. >> that's coming. when you talk about cool weather 7 days out and if it will happen. feels like this. i have issues. i have fish issues anyway. many spots in the 90s. we hit 90 today. 71 was the low. 48 degrees in 1943. the reason for the heat, no, the continuation of a wind coming off the atlantic. you think a northeast wind would be a cold wind but it's not for us. and over time the atmosphere modifies we get warm temperatures on the coast. and not a i did see the showers moving through northern pinellas. it was raining and. and. >>> and rain

. >> dr. jo gave me. >> here is the book. wherever you go, there you are by john cab both. i have been reading that i have been encouraged stress it does not matter blue have cancer or not it causes cortisol to be secreted and adrenaline that may recurrences. >> and you're happier. >> that's true. >> she is happy. >> good information there for everyone. >> everyone. >> thank you very much. >>> well testimony continues in the hot car death of ross harris charged in the death of his son cooper in 2014. he said it was an accident and police say it was intentional. an employee from a home depot took the stand and spoke harris hours before he was dead. and what he told the jury. >> i have a great day and evening something to that effect. >> the security guard says that he exchanged pleasantries as they left the building. he remembered seeing ross harris leaving the day cooper died because they said he offered extra information. >> he exited the vehicle getting ready to go out of the building, have a great evening. he said you too something like that. he was going to the movies.

. >> thank you, dr. jo. >>> news in the search for kidnapped girl in nigeria. howhow many were released. what they are doing to get the rest of them free. >>> what kind of driver are you. could that drive you're decision whether to lease or buy. we test drive your options. >> if you go in preached you know what you are doing can you get a deal. what if one of the biggest challenges we face down here... could be solved... simply by looking up there? what if unlimited, clean power was at your fingertips? what if it was good for consumers, good the economy it's not a "what if." it's "what's next." solar power for the sunshine state. vote yes on amendment 1. a developing story out of georgia this evening... a >>> a crash involving a bus and a tractor-trailer kills one and injured others t was north of of the tractor-trailer, it's not clear where it was coming from or where it was heeding. >>> after two years in captivity, 21 girls have been freed in nigeria. they were among 300 kidnapped in ape little of 2014. they were part of a swap. four members of the islamic e

dr. jo when powerful people need someone to do their dirty work, they hire bob buesing. how far will he go? buesing fought to foreclose assisted-living retirement homes, against charges of helping a ponzi-schemer swindle millions. buesing's firm was even accused of overbilling local schools , running fees up to seventy thousand dollars. now, buesing's running for senate. how far will bob buesing go? the centers for disease control and prevention greatly expands guidelines for zika testing in pregnant women. testing in pregnant women. what do we need to know about. >>> the cdc is asking all pregnant women who had unprotected sex with someone or traveled to miami-dade since august 1, 2016 get tested. that date is going back to july july 14 of. and it is asking women to consider postponing travel to the miami-dade should avoid it. >>> and we're talking about an area. >> and a three month period and the guidelines could affect a lot of people. linda, they do affect a lot of 16.5 million people between 2014 and '15 stayed one night. it has the largest port and airport servici

dr. jo has more. what did they find. >> they took the kids with migraines, 320 of them and divided them into three groupsment one got a placebo and another got an anti-depressant used for pain, the other group got a medication for seizure disorder 567,890% of the headaches went away but in all group. over 50% reduction in the symptoms. those taking the medication had side-effects. numbness, tingling, some fatigue. what they really believe is that the placebo may be working in the children so they didn't see any benefit in giving them the medications. they said there may be more harm giving it to them. >>> we're going to change gears halloween people will be doing the last minute pumpkin carving. i think the ers are getting ready for that. >> it is one of the top injuries spending people to the er. we had a hand surgeon this is what he had to say. for the procedure. it makes more time than using power tools but if you do it it makes you enjoy that moment. >> that'sthat's right so you wao use the ones t

dr. jo has the story. >> walk with her grandson. missed while she was a dialysis patient. she had no energy for it. >> it is like night of the living dead you see how they are walking to you. that is what it is like coming out of dialysis. >> she could not imagine five more years of it. she volunteered to receive one infected with hepatitis c. centers ban organs donors. but in a trial at the university of pennsylvania, she took pills to fight the virus after the operation. >> we're giving them the opportunity to have a transplant but we're treating them for a new infection they didn't have. that's the trade off. the approach is working. every year in the u.s. only about 17% of people waiting received them. and if it pans out more could with medicine. >> there are pools we looked over. >> it has received positive. it is present in those killed by overdoses. >> the numbers increasing the number of organs may increase as well. >> she shows no evidence of the disease but it has been a hard sell with fellow doctors. rejection pills and has higher energy levels. >> it was worth

recommendations from the pentagon's investigation with a program by the start of >>> coming up next, dr. jo looks at a new fmula that take as step toward being more like breast milk. details of a breakthrough and port tampa bay has now become florida's largest and most diversified. which helps explain why it is one of dana young's top priorities. generating over 15 billion for the regional economy, and 80 thousand local jobs. dana young is working to continue that success, by attracting high waged jobs for families who need them and fighting a bureaucracy that too often gets in the way. dana young for the florida senate. i served under president bush and obama. i fought the taliban. i was asked to form a global coalition to counter isil. when someone makes the comment that they know more about the islamic state or isil than do the generals, it implies a complete ignorance of the reality. but i believe secretary clinton really understands the threat that the islamic state poses to the united states and to the american people. and i believe she understands how to wield american power to ultim

. >> dr. jo has the story. >> this is what a desert looks like it's not water that the neighbor lacks. >> and what got around here. >> this is not so grade, the kids vegetables from. >> a food desert is an area one mile from the nearest store and the tampa bay area has dozens of them. >> that's why twice a month paul johnson comes here. >> he comes to the veggie van. >> tomatoes, onions. potatoes. >> a mobile marketplace bringing fruits and vegetables to under lot. you by $6 of food for a dollar. >> and the program director said without the van people who live in the areas don't have many options when it comes. >> they depend on the corner stores. there is no healthy alternative. if they buy fruits and vegetables t is cheaper to buy orange. >> banana, orange and apples. >> and she has five children to feed and the van is one of the ways to keep their health in check. >> i feel whenky not, they are getting too much sugar and starch. they are not eating the proper things they need to eat. >> a prog

aflicks are milan and a half people, they are embarrassed a woman stepped forward to tell her story to dr. jo, right to the colon wall, here at tampa general the surgeon is removing an entire colon through a single incision. >> this is the organ we're trying to remove right in the middle of everything. >> the tiffany says it is her best chance of overcoming here disease. , my life will turn around. that's what i'm hoping for. >> she has an inflammatory bowel disease. medicines are not working. six pills four time as day, >> the last year has been tough, being apeoplic and losing blood not being able to -- sorry, not being able to do normal things like going to the grocery store for a long period of time. i dependent leave my house at all. i was terrified of leaving the house i was in so mh i was scared that i would have an accident somewhere. it is just. >> it is difficult, she has been through a lot she failed medical management. >> she is battling another problem that is making her worse. a bacteria cdip, she has an infection on this sick colon and >> after the surgery she will need a bag b

let's bring in dr. jo and you know all about this i know what are they saying about ahot. they started off with 321 men they were in long term relationships they waited and gave them two shots every eight weeks. they waited until the sperm levels dropped. there are 274 left in the study. and they allowed them to use that as the sole means of birth control. there were four pregnancies in the group. a 96% success rate with the shots. they left them on for about a year. they think it is edgetive not all responded. >> they must have said it is okay. and. >> are there any side-effects will this come out on the market? >> i don't know some of the men complained of depression. >> they dropped out because of the side-effects. >> and they don't know if it was because of the shot. they cannot attribute to it. there was a overdose. so, will it make it to market? they're going to have to stadium it before it is to that point. paul off camera had an interesting question.@ is this a and there was a report of increased libido. >> that's what he wanted to know. [ laughter ] >> changing su

research is pointing to a breakthrough in fighting the virus and dr. jo is here to explain. what kind of treatment are they using now? >> reporter: they are using a four pronged approach to get the cells that contain the virus but they are hiding in the body. they tried it on a person in the uk a 44-year-old male and what they found they could not find does that mean they cured it? we don't know the answer but it is something that is really, really getting -- giving us optimism. what it is doing is using two vaccines to teach the body how to attack the cells and the hiv virus and adding on a drug that's fda approved by for cancer treatment. they are giving the patients anti-retro viral therapy w all the patients with hiv we'll see what happens over time. >> that sounds huge. >> how important is testing and how soon could it be available, test something important because when we discover the individuals and in this study, they were using the individuals diagnosed within four weeks, getting out there, knowing you get it. and it helps decrease the chances o but decreases the ch

dr. jo always good to see you. thanks. hey dave. >> it's warm. it really is outside. we've got mid 70s. we're going to for several more hours continue to warm things up. notice key west already at 81 degrees. pensacola at 64. the front is through. as that front slides south and east, it will be our turn later look at the difference. pensacola is 7 degrees colder than it was at this time. i no not a significant difference. but just givers you an idea of how everything will play out. look at the winds as well. northwest, and pensacola at 20. that's what's going to happen after front comes will you threw here. this evening front comes through winds will pick up on strength northwest wind we will drive humidity south of cuba. quite some time today still breezy and warm i know what ur athinking where's cold front, don't worry get it on 12 hours. 84 for high temperature. tonight overnight lows near 59 degrees. and tomorrow we should back in the 70s. probably mid 70s or so. gorgeous sunshine and much less humid. next seven days you see that no rain chances, no humidity. and

other anchor and reporter will be dropping by also walk walk in pasco county shops wire grass our dr. jo will be emceeing that event. we're all over place all of that information is on my facebook hurtado and like the page. >>> here's a lie look outside right now meteorologist mike bennet will have another check when powerful people need someone to do their dirty work, they hire bob buesing. how far will he go? buesing fought to foreclose assisted-living retirement homes, threatening local seniors with homelessness. then, buesing defended wells fargo against charges of helping a ponzi-schemer swindle millions. sing's running for senate. how far will bob buesing go? halloween brings out the that's up to you. spooky movies-- and there are a lot to choose from... including the halloween brings spooky movies lot to choose from include supernatural horror film oijee origin of evil tyler per's halloween. fox will carr has look what's new in the theaters. >>> tom cruise is back in an action star for jack reacher high adrenaline never go back with reacher racing to uncover a government conspirac

but we have our doc on call dr. jo here to talk about a little bit some tips for us and why we need to make it priority. so a lot of people, a lot of kids, and really adults too. they skip breakfast. just a time factor. why is it breakfast the most important meal of the day? >> it is. you've told that your whole life. mom has told you thanks mom for that. it has been shown that b eating habits, it also has better memory, better concentration, decreased irrelevant tanlt and more focus. i mean you could definitely use that on monday morning we know that's off to good start. and the people who eat breakfast eat more calorie but they tend to eat more that he will healthy because they started well with breakfast good way to kick off day and fuel your body. typically when people have dinner, it's 6, 17 or so. it has been 12 hours or so before you have another meal. >> absolutely. you're waking up your body's empty time to eat and good yourself going. you mention time. kids and adults we feel like there's not enough time in m

but those with krone's and colitis suffer in silence >> the final part of her series on diseases, dr. jo show us how support from them is growing shadows to share their stories. >> my name is kathy, and i have krone's. >> reporter: one by one -- >> you can't really describe it to somebody else. >> reporter: members of this chroen's and colitis group. >> i remember crying. >> reporter: pain, diarrhea and fatigue are similar, many are different. medications. these are my daytime medications. bots that i am on right now. >> i take the remicade intrusion every six weeks which is starting to fail. >> i stopped all my meds february 2 would be my third year. i just gave up on it. >> reporter: each journey is unique. >> it hit quick, and it hit hard. >> shane sexton's diagnosis colitis. i said it could be worst things it could be krohn's. and i was diagnosed with crohn's. >> reporter: crohn's can attack the whole gi tract. he couldn't work having him lose his medical insurance forcing him to wait a year to undergo surgery. >> so tired. barely had the strength or will to do anything. >> reporter:

>>laura: at 7:00 we're talking with dr. jo about soft heart attacks. you may have had one and not even know it. she's going to have the warning signs. >>russell: and remember the stick shift? do you remember how to use one? how to drive with one? dave is shaking yes. do you remember how to use it? >>dave: yep. >>russell: all right. he's the one that remembers. >>laura: and schumer response. entertainment weekly asks her how she feels about the the people show when they got political. >>dave: my mom wouldn't let me drive a car until i learned how to drive a stick shift. that's how i learned. close to 7:00 and our temperatures for the next few days are going right back to the upper 80s. in fact, 88 degrees for a high today. 87 tomorrow. 86 on thursday. but the real cooling trend will be friday night as we bring a front through the area and looks hand-dipped, with real milk is the only way to make a milkshake. you can't trust machines. now, how come? once i got a machine-made shake from some other place, and it clanked and clunked and spit out a glop into

dr. jo talks us to about whether you should our should not choose to do an elective procedure on a friday. >> from tampa bay's number one news station, this is good day tampa bay. >>> hey eshgdz it's 8 o'clock i'm russell rhodes. i'm laura moody. good morning we thank you for waking up with us on this friday morning october 21st. >> and we're going to get

we brought in dr. jo. we see them in movies, people grabbing their chest. they clutch, they fall. not always the case when you have a heart attack. there are other signs that you're having one, right? >> absolutely. we call that the hollywood heart attack. especially with women, we don't tend to see those things. behind the back and around the scapula, there can be pain down the arm certainly, all sorts of different manifestations but other things can be just feeling this unwellness. you can get kind of cold and clammy, maybe you think your blood sugar is dropping or something else is going on and you feel woozy or dizzy or light light-headed. >>russell: and when heart think of a coronary. i mean, that everything is blocked and they have to go in and then they're doing open heart surgery and bypass. that's not always the case, is it? >> it's not. a lot of times these heart attacks occur silently so people don't even know they've occurred. it's not that unusual to have somebody have an ekg done and you look at it and say, when was your heart attack? they say, what heart attack? i n

awareness efforts and medical research - until now - than breast cancer a ven 0 often feel >> our dr. jo has that story. >>> so my box showed up. cancer patient la tanya wilson is trying to fight disease in novel way a saliva sample. wilson has stage 4 med static breast cancer. meaning its spread and cannot be public study driven by people like her. >> you know everybody hollers about we need a cure we need cure. if you want cure you want better treatment, then participating in this promoted on social media by patient advocacy groups the med static breast cancer project now has more than 2600 participants. they fill out questionnaire, submit saliva kits and give researchers access to their tumor samples and medical records. they can even tour the lab where scientist are looking for genetic clues that could l earlier and targeting intervention. >> so this is different than how most studies are run. this is a way for patients to take participation and research into their own hands. since the project began a year ago researcher have identified small groups of patients who responded well to

super lies we were talking to dr. jo about that a few months ago. what is it with these. it electric direct contact. children with cleaner hair get more than other children. if you have oil in your hair or product it is more difficult, you know imagine all of these little girls with their long hair they are sharing bows, sharing, you know combs or brushes, they are wearing each other hats or helmets. lice can spread from one child to the it has to be direct contact not like they are standing near one another shoulder to shoulder. but not head to head. can they still catch them? >> you know lies can get off scalp and jump. so being in same classroom, being in same classroom makes it difficult. what lice does is actually crawls down the shaft the hair, and it attaches itself near the scalp. it likes the warmth of body. day to get a blood meal. hair, the eggs attach to the shaft as well. so now you have eggs throughout hair. you think it would really painful to be bitten. most people have lies don't feel that bite. not until big infestation, tons f lice in hair somebody sees

. >> alcides: dr. jo shows how the disease can be especially detrimental in children. >> reporter: between cooking at home and middle school activities. >> i am in agriculture now. >> reporter: you would never guess three years ago at age 11, pete maxim's life came to a screeching halt after a trip to the bathroom. >> you look downnd what was that like? >> well, i was freaking out. >> reporter: mom, e rishtion n, said at first doctors thought it was cancer. >> they said mom, you need to sit down. i am like i don't want to sit down. i know what that means. i was very scared. >> reporter: specialists at hopkins all children's hospital found the real problem, pete has utter colitis. >> children are unique and abdominal pain, diarrhea, they also have issues with growth puberty and bone health. so nutrition is paramount. >> reporter: the cause of ibd is not clear, but some believe it may be related to heredity, and bacterial imbalances in the gut. whatever the trigger the body basically attacks itself is a gli

dr. janet week dooodcock for jo us. she is at the fda center for drug evaluation and research.his summer kansasans discovered, particularly those with allergies, their children had allergies, they were faced with a dramatic increase in the cost of epinephrine injectors or ep pens. in my view that raises issues in my view, that raises issues for us for the food and drug administration in this sense. the food and drug administration does not have jurisdiction over the cost and price of drugs. they are not a regulator in that regard, but their role is to make sure drugs are efficient efficacy, as well as safety. part of that process of safety and efficacy is bringing generics to market. i think it would be useful for our subcommittee to hear the developments fda, in regard to that process. i think all of us have an interest in making certain drugs that are effective and useful are made available to consumers across the country at prices that are affordable. one of the ways i think we can address that that is of benefit is to make certain that the process that fda utilizes to bring

. >> thanks, dr. jo. >>> next the legal set back for bill cosby.

introduced us to a woman who >>> dr. jo has introduce the