dr. jon lapook is with us now. and, jon, what factor could the cocaine have been. >> reporter: we learned she has athero sclerosis. the cocaine can cut it to go do spasim and cause a heart attack and can also cause a fatal irregular heart beat. >> pelley: when you see this list of medication, what does that tell you? >> reporter: that's a lot of medication, flexiril is a muscle relaxant, xanax relieves anxiety. they can all make you sleep. when put together they can have an additive effect and they certainly didn't help. >> pelley: and she's in the bath tub. >> reporter: we'll have the official coroner's report in two weeks and we'll have to see more information there. >> pelley: jon, thanks very much. in southern france, the standoff with a terror suspect ended today in a hail of bullets and a leap from a balcony. when the shooting ended, the suspect was dead. the police say he claimed to have al qaeda links, and he admitted to killing four people, including three children at a jewish school as well as gunning dow

dr. jon lapook to look into that. >> we have levathoryxen -- >> reporter: 52-year-old lenette martin takes so much medicine, she's lost count. >> regularly, i take 11, maybe 12. >> reporter: it's 12, plus four over the counter. martin is one of more than 30 million americans taking five or more prescription drugses, often called polypharmacy. with each added drug, the risk of side effects increases. for example, priolsec, which lowers stomach acid can weaken the effects of the blood thinner plavix. dr. jerry avorn studies prescription drug use. >> the presumption is, well, you're 80-something years old. no wonder you're dizzy. no wonder you're forgetful. no wonder you're not able to get out of bed in the morning when in fact it might not be because you're getting old but because you're having a drug side effect. >> reporter: some primary care doctors are trying a new approach, bringing pharmacists, like sonia freitas, from behind the counter to the office did you ever look at a bottle and say i didn't even know you were taking this. >> oh, yes, oh, yes, that happens a lot. that happens a l

dr. jon lapook reports. >> this is terry.years old and a victim of head and neck cancer. >> she's part of the new public service announcement featuring disturbing images of former smokers. rosebud smith smoked for 28 years. >> even when i was having heart attacks, i still smoked a cigarette like during the heart attack. yes. >> cdc director thinks the ads are graphic and shocking. he says that's exactly the point. >> advertising works, hard hitting ads work and showing the reality of people's lives and what smoking does to your ability to live out your life as you want to live it, that's maybe the most motivating thing to get a smoker to quit. >> recent history backs him up. in 2006, new york city began a similar media campaign. in addition, for the past decade, there have been higher taxes on and restrictions on public smoking. in ten years, smoking rates dropped 35%. dr. tom farley is the new york city health commissioner. >> we have smoking rates in teenagers below 8%. that's the lowest as far as we know in the country. >>

dr. jon lapook has more. >> reporter: americans consume almost a tenth of their calories by drinking beveragescked with sugar. dr. willits is a co-founder of the study. >> your typical 12-ounce soda contains about ten teaspoons of sugar, and many people are consuming 20 ounces of soda in a standard soda. that's about 15 to 18 teaspoons of sugar. that's a huge amount in a short time. >> reporter: willits says that quick hit of sugar can seriously affect heart health. researchers enrolled more than 31 spae fofr frpt sfwlap are are are o' moking and exercise in 22 years. men who drank one 12-ounce sugar sweetened drink a day 42,000 men and followed their diet, weight, smoking and skper cease in 22 years. men who drank one 12-ounce sugar sweetened drink a day had a 20% higher risk of heart attacks. >> continuously taking in high amount of glue cows result in stresses that in the long run show up in heart disease and diabetes. >> reporter: but showing a link between sugary drinks and heart attacks does not prove sugar is causing them. dr. stephen nissan is cardiac chairman at cleveland clinic. >> i

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dr. jon lapook reports on a link between poor sleep and bad behavior in children. and now greater power, no greater love. lee cowan with a father who battled a tornado with a child in each arm. >> it broke my heart because i promised her i wouldn't let go. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, president obama and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu met in the oval office today. the subject was war, whether history was made we won't know for a while. israel wants support to stop iran from developing an atomic bomb. mr. obama is counseling patience determined not to repeat the intelligence mistakes that led to war with iraq. chief white house correspondent norah o'donnell has been talking to her sources and she joins us from the white house tonight. norah? >> reporter: scott, the president today tried to convince the israeli prime minister to give diplomacy more time to work. it's not clear if mr. obama was able to secure a firm commitment from netanyahu that he would delay a military strike again

dr. jon lapook to tell us more about it. >> reporter: americans consume almost a tenth of their calories g beverages packed with sugar. dr. walter willet is a co-author of the study. >> your typical 12-ounce soda contains about ten teaspoons of sugar and many people are consuming 20 ounces of soda in a standard serving which is about 15 to 128 teaspoons. that's a huge amount in a short time. >> reporter: he says the quick hit of sugar can seriously affect heart health. researchers enrolled more than 42,000 men and followed their diet, weight, smoking and exercise over 22 years. men who drank just one 12-ounce sugar sweet drink a day had a 20% higher risk of heart attacks. >> continually subjecting our body to high amounts of glucose, high blood sugar levels that trigger large secretions of insulin result in stresses that in the long run show up as high risk of heart disease and diabetes. >> reporter: but showing a link between sugary drinks and heart attacks doesn't prove that's what's causing them. dr. steven nissen is chair of cardiovascular medicine at cleveland clinic. >> i suspect th

dr. jon lapook. >> reporter: in 2008, judge parker weighed over 300 pounds.he suffered from type ii diabetes but still thought he could get the upper hand. >> i figured that if i do enough pushups or, you know, something like that, that i'd lose the gut and it didn't happen. i really didn't... what didn't happen was i didn't do the sit ups. (laughs) >> reporter: when he heard about a novel approach at the cleveland clinic-- stomach surgery to treat diabetes-- he signed up to join the study. 150 patients with poorly controlled type ii diabetes were divided into three groups. one, including parker, had gastric bypass surgery where a small pouch is created to replace the stomach. one had a gastric sleeve procedure where the size of the stomach is reduced. the third received only medication. after one year, 42% of those who had gastric bypass and 37% with the gastric sleeve procedure had their diabetes completely you under control with normal blood sugars. that compares with just 12% of the patients using only medications. dr. steven nissen helped run the study a

dr. jon lapook tells us they are part of a $54 million campaign being launched by the centers for diseasereporter: this is terry. she's 51 years old, and a victim of head and neck cancer. she's part of the new public service announcements featuring disturbing images of former smokers. roosevelt smith smoked for 28 years. >> even when i was having my heart attacks, i still smoked a cigarette, like, during the heart attack. yes. >> reporter: cdc director dr. thomas friedman admits the ads are shocking. he says that's exact let's point. >> advertising works. hard-hitting ads work, and showing the reality of people's lives and what smoking does to your ability to live out your life as you want to live it, that's maybe the most motivating thing to get a smoker to quit. >> reporter: recent history backs him up. in 2006, new york city began a similar media campaign. in addition, for the past decade, there have been higher taxes on cigarettes and restrictions on public smoking. in 10 years, smoking rates dropped 35%. dr. tom farley is the new york city health commissioner. >> we now have smoking

dr. jon lapook is here with us and, jon, the most amazing thing to me in the c.d.c. report was that it said that two-thirds of all cancers can be prevented. >> reporter: that's right, scott. we know a third of cancers are caused by smoking. and up to a third are caused by obesity and lack of exercise. so as many as two-thirds of cancers are potentially preventable. the ones linked to obesity are cancers of the esophagus, colon, pancreas, uterus and in post- menopausal women, breast. >> pelley: how does obesity cause cancer? >> scott, all eyes are pointed towards the stomach. belly fat seems to increase the number of inflammatory compounds in the body and increase the amounts of hormones like estrogen and insulin that can cause changes inside of cells that lead to cancer. >> pelley: fascinating. jon, thanks very much. just about everyday now it's costing more to drive. the price of gas is climbing toward $4 a gallon. today's nation average was $3.91. but for the first time in four days the price of crude oil fell by nearly $2 a barrel. we asked anthony mason to tell u

dr. jon lapook, thanks for coming in tonight. the stage is set for the opening tomorrow, three days of historic supreme court arguments over president obama's health care law. the case that has divided the american public and lower courts. jan crawford in washington tonight previews the battle. >> on friday people started lining up for a coveted spot inside the courtroom. the justices will start the massive case monday morning not with the big constitutional issues but with a basic legal question: it is too soon for the court to take up the law? that's an issue because the key part of the law, the requirement that all americans buy health insurance or pay a penalty on their taxes, doesn't take effect until 2014. one federal appeals court ruled the lawsuit should wait until that actually happens. but even if the supreme court agree, the justices this week will go ahead and hear all the other arguments against the law. tuesday is the ball game. that's when the justices will take up the so-called individual mandate, the controversia

dr. jon lapook now on what parents need to know. >> reporter: eli woods is an active four-year-old boy.is aggressive behavior with his five-year-old brother asa worries his mother christie. >> occasional fits when he didn't get his point across. occasional hitting when he would get frustrated about something. >> reporter: for years, eli also had sleep problems. specialists studied his sleep patterns and discovered long pauses in breathing, or apnea, likely from enlarged tonsils and adenoids. they were removed in december and within a few short months everything changed. >> it has helped tremendously. he sleeps better at night, he doesn't toss and turn, very much more vocal than what he was before. much so. >> reporter: today's study followed more than 11,000 children for about six years, starting at six months of age. by age seven, nearly 18% of those with the worst sleep symptoms-- like severe apnea, mouth breathing, and snoring-- had emotional and behavioral problems like hyperactivity. that's about twice the normal rate. researchers discovered that these sleep problems, occurring as

dr. jon lapook. >>> eli woods is an active 4-year-old boy.ehavior with his 5-year-old brother aesop worries his mother christy. >> occasional fits when he didn't get his point across, occasional hitting when he would, you know, get frustrated about somebody. >> reporter: for years eli also had sleep problems. specialists study his sleep patterns and discovered long pauses of apnea or sleep problems from large tonsils and adenoids. they were removed in december, and in a few short months, everything changed. >> honestly it's helped tremendously. sleeps better, very much more so than before. >> reporter: the study followed more than 11,000 children for about six years starting at about 6 months of age. by age 7, nearly 18% of those with the worst sleep symptoms like severe sleep apnea, mouth breathing, and snoring had the most emotional and behavioral problems like hyperactivity. that's about twice the rate. researchers discovered that these sleep problems occurring as early as 6 months are related to sleep problems. karen albertson led the stu

dr. jon lapook to tell us about these new recommendations. >> okay, bend your knees. >> reporter: the newnes present women and their doctors with a difficult decision. for decades, women have been told to get a pap smear as often as once a year. while the new recommendation calls for a test every three years for women 21 to 65, some ages 30 to 65 are being told they can wait five years if they get an additional test for human papillomavirus, or h.p.v. the pap smear looks for abnormal cells in the cervix. the h.p.v. test looks for the viruses that causes virtually all serve secretary of defense. the task force says waiting five years is reasonable because if both pap and aeufp he vie test are negative, women are at low risk for developing server. gynecologist dr. joan kent is just starting to talk about the new guidelines with their patients. >> half were thrilled we could prolong the interval testing and about half said no, i'd rather you go ahead and do the testing anyway. >> reporter: what's your comfort level with going to five years? >> i think in a lot of situations i would be comfor

dr. jon lapook takes a look at a new study which shows that surgery may be an answer. >> tim ferree usedf himself as a big guy. he weighed 250 pounds but the young father of two was still surprised when he was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. >> i thought i was a guy who could stand to lose some weight, but i didn't think of myself as obese. >> reporter: his diabetes was not well controlled through standard treatment. so when he heard doctors at the cleveland clinic were researching a new way to treat diabetes, stomach surgery, he hoped it might be the answer. >> i never thought about weight loss surgery at all, so, no, it never was on my radar. >> reporter: fe arree had gastr by pass surgery. after one year, 42% of those undergoing that procedure had their debut tees under control with normal blood sugars compares to those just using medications. dr. phil in schauer says after the surgery, diabetic patients don't need medications. >> it's amazing how quickly the blood sugar normalizes. we had people within hours or days of the operation be ever they lost any weight reach normal blood sug

dr. jon lapook is here with a closer look. >> good morning. >> good morning.e had clogging of the arteries, narrowing, and cocaine. the question is, how did they combine to kill her? i think the fascinating thing here is that somebody can have absolutely perfectly normal heart, she didn't, but a perfectly normal heart and have cocaine and it can kill them by causing spasm and increased clotting. there's an amazing stat i learned last night. if you take cocaine the odds in the next 60 minutes of you having a heart attack go up 24 times, 2400%. >> wow. >> so, what about water in her lungs and that kind of thing that would indicate drowning? >> well, you know, one of the things -- there's no camera there so we don't know exactly what happened. pathologists, don't envy them to have to try to piece together this story. if you you get water in your lungs by breathing. she either had a heart attack and slipped into the water and she had a few breaths or maybe she blacked out, she was unconscious because of a combination of the cocaine and these other medications, whi

dr. jon lapook on a surgery that appears to cure diabetes in many patients. and a latter-day lindbergh.james cameron's record-making voyage to the bottom of the sea. (cheers and applause) captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. reporting tonight from washington. >> pelley: good evening. can the federal government force you to buy something whether you want it or not? that is the question before a historic session of the supreme court.

dr. jon lapook on a study that links sugary drinks to heart disease. and a trip in no-man's-land.taker takes us into the forbidden evacuation zone one year after the meltdown at japan's nuclear reactor. >> i'm looking into this geiger counter. it's going crazy. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. in the long war in

dr. jon lapook reports on a link between poor sleep and bad behavior in children. now greater power, no greater love. lee cowan with a father who battled a tornado with a child in each arm. >> it broke my heart because i promised her i wouldn't let go. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, president obama and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu met in the oval office today. the subject was war, whether history was made we won't know for a while.

dr. jon lapook on a new study that shows two third of all cancer cases might be preventable. david martin gets hit by the military's high tech ray gun. it can stop a mob. so why won't they use in the afghanistan? captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. late today we heard for the first time the details from inside the cockpit of that harrowing mental breakdown suffered by a jetblue captain. the copilot says the

dr. jon lapook is here with questions about whitney houston's autopsy report. >>> "60 minutes" shows us how a war-torn childhood led a tennis player to greatness. >>> no black and white when it comes to 50 shades of gray. the bestselling novel a hit with women across the country. we'll show you how it's heating things up. >>> as we do every morning, we begin with a look at today's eye opener. your world in 90 seconds. >> enough is enough. we are tired of going to jail for nothing and others going home for something. >> thousands march in florida demanding justice for trayvon martin. >>> florida governor rick scott appointed a prosecutor to oversee the investigation. >> the police chief has temporarily stepped down. >> i will not let my son die in vain. >> robert bales will be charged with 17 counts of murder. >> the staff sergeant accused of gunning down afghan civilians to face formal charges today. >> a report shows that sergeant bales was investigated for violence in 2008. accused of groping a woman and beating her boyfriend. >> we learned today what killed whitney houston. the official