dr. john torres why the way that could be so alarming. >> it's 1 of those cases to be over cautious rather than have it the other way around saying we didn't check and people are having problems because of that. >> reporter: here are the basics: 2900 people will be warned. the key here, the dates of the surgery. this only impacts people who had surgery between august 17th of last year and january 22nd of this year. if you had surgery outside of those dates or impacted the hospital for other reasons, this does not impact you according to the hospital. those who need to get tested will have the cost of the tests picked up for them by swedish. swedishs it will not release the employee's name right now. we know the englewood police department has started a criminal investigation into all of this. the chances that any of the 2900 were infected are very low but it can happen. a nursing assistant received 30 infected close to 20 patients in 2008 and 2009. adele, she was also involved in what's known as drug diversion. >> i remember that case well, and if you don't know until you get tested it mak

dr. john torres says there are serious side effects. >> sleep apnea can be worse than acne, worse than oily skin. those are things that can happen, but they're minor side effects. it can cause higher risk of prostate cancer or it. higher risk of possible heart attacks and strokes. we know that as well. natural way. men can do that by losing weight, exercising and getting more sleep. >>> for children with adld, medications are often prescribed early and often. a new study says attention deaf ficit problems treated with behavioral therapy before medication. therapy is based on rewards systems. the kids are improving a lot faster than those just taking adhd medication. researchers say stim lants like adderall and ritalin can be helpful, but as a secondary treatment. you need to talk through everything too as opposed to just the medicine. >> not everything can be fixed with medication alone. >>> thinking about selling your house? our real estate expert wade . now. departments are battling a grass fire in well county right now in the area of well county road 75 the well county sheriff's office s

dr. john torres says it's still not too late to get a flu shot. >>> staying healthy is something one 98-year-old has down pat. years of volunteering as a fitness instructor. nadine ledham has kept seniors in shape for 21 years as a volunteer fitness instructor for seniors with the volunteers of america. she says she does it to help keep seniors healthy so they can enjoy life. >> they tell me that they wouldn't even be around if it wasn't for my exercise class and i just love doing it and i feel, of course, i'm upright which is an accomplishment when you're this age and so i'm thrilled to death about that. [ applause ] >> in a dean says she's also -- nadine says she's also thrilled with the award and plans to keep unstructuring at least a few more years. -- instructing at least a few more years. >>> space invaders, donkey kong and pacman, we go to lakewood where old is new again. >> okay. here we go. it's a '80s style arcade. a lot of the games that we're familiar with now, you know, mario brothers, packman, you talk to -- pacman, you talk to any young kid even today they still know what those ch

dr. john torres says it's still worth getting. >> make sure you have that protection. if you do get the mumps and have been vaccinated, chances are it won't be as intense. >> those vaccinated don't spread the mumps as easily which is typically spread through coughing and sneezing. symptoms include fever, headaches, muscle aches and swollen glands. >>> authorities say two people died as powerful storms ripped through eastern virginia today raising the death toll from the tornadoes and severe weather three people were killed in louisiana and mississippi when tornadoes hit there tuesday. dozens of other people were injured. severe storms are impacting several states along the east coast this evening from florida to the mid-atlantic. >>> clean-up underway in northern florida after severe weather moved through last night. a tornado ripped through a 2- mile path through pensacola destroying apartments, townhomes, vehicles and uprooting trees. this morning governor rick scott toured the area and pledged to get displaced residents into their homes as quickly as possible. >> al

dr. john torres can't say if it's morally wrong, but he can purchase one -- >> reporter: for 2.73, $2.73. anyone who billed what swedish billed paulides billed at 13,000% above cost. think of it like paying this for a loaf of bread or this for a cup of coffee at starbucks. will you pay this for a gallon of gas? we went to swedish looking for answers. swedish in turn told us to go to the colorado hospital association who chose -- >> $359 inside, a bag of saline, $3 outside. >> reporter: -- chose to send us a statement to our question why. it is important to remember the entire system of care it takes to safely administer the saline to the patient. former hospital exec jeff helton said hospitals aren't they just need to make up for high overhead and losses elsewhere and so sometimes they jack up the prices on such things as saline. >> certainly what it costs to buy that bag of saline can be fairly cheap depending how you buy it honestly, but there's a lot more to it than that. >> reporter: to be fair, no one typically pays 3 of hundred $59 for a bag of saline. the hospital bills that. the i

dr. john torres on the level of concern. >> if they get the phone call and tell you you're being tested, don't panic. all the diseases we're talking about, hep b, hep c, if do you get them, the chances are low, but you want to make sure. >> reporter: 2100 patients impacted. calls started going out to them today. this only impacts certain patients who had surgery -- here's the key -- between august 17 of last year and january 22nd of this year. patients, just patients who were in a certain o.r. at a certain time. should you be contacted, swedish will tell you where to go to get tested. you don't have to pay for anything. swedish will pick up the tab for this. as you might imagine, swedish is getting slammed with phone calls and they want us to remind you that they are in the process of getting in touch with the patients. a surgical tech at another hospital was diverting painkillers and she had hepatitis c and infected close to 30 people. she received 30 years in prison for that. we are not at the present time here, and there is a criminal case in this case but it's ongoing and headed up b

dr. john torres explained how everyone else has to send their samples to the cdc and wait two to three weeks. that time is putting people's health at risk and others as well. zika isn't the only thing health officials can test for. >> now we are targeting the detection of dengue, chickagunya and zika. >> the lab can test 15 samples per day and this lab was also the first to test for ebola at the height of that outbreak last year. >>> your daily cup or cups of coffee could help reduce liver damage caused by too much food and alcohol. the study included about 2,000 patients with liver cirrhosis. cirrhosis kills more than 1 million people each year. drinking two additional cums of coffee a day -- cups of coffee a day was linked to 44% lower that risk dropped more among those who drink 3 or 4 cups of coffee, but experts aren't sure which compounds are the ones that protect the liver. so some good news for coffee drinkers there. >>> there are actually foods that can help make you smarter. some foods have nutrients geared toward memory and other essential brain functions. here is 9news anchor greg

dr. john torres is following this story for us. so we talk about mumps. the state really wants everyone not to be alarmed here but aware is what they're saying, dr. john. >> that's right. a lot of people are concerned. they don't want people alarmed, just aware of what's going on. in these cases all the patients the much vaccine is only 90% effective -- the mumps vaccine is only 90% effective, that's better than zero. >> everybody should make sure that they, their family members and friends are all vaccinated for mumps. >> that's the important thing to make sure everyone gets vaccinated. symptoms include fever, headache and muscle aches. that goes with about any virus, but with mumps there's a telltale sign of very swollen glads underneath the jaw -- glands underneath the jawbone. this is what it looks like. it's not sort of swollen. patients. sometimes it's on one side. side. a lot of times people they think have throat glands that are swollen and scratchy throats, but in this case you can see them swollen. definitely get the vaccine because some cases ca