. >> still to come, dr. kim from falls road m hospital is here to answer your pet questions with the cutest puppy ever. >> gusty winds do continue across the area with storms out to our west. we will track this on the weather forecast after the break. a look outdoors. it is 60 at dvr >> covering the world, abb in australia as lucky to be alive this afternoon after he was nearly crushed by a car as it came through a store front. in this surveillance video you can see as the car comes ripping through. the 15-month-old boy's mother reached for him right away. he is just fine. the driver and passenger were first not injured. the driver tested negative for alcohol and has not yet been charged. >> in this afternoon's consumer alert, with holiday shopping season approaching many looking for the best bang for the buck. at the national retail federation says shoppers plan to spend only a little over $700. nearly six out of 10 say they plan to take advantage of retailers' sales, discounts. studies so the average person wi

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dr. kim on the new noninvasive technology. >>> reporter: a recent biopsy found skin cancer in patrice's lower lip. she thought see what need surgery to remove it. >> i knew there would be scarring so that was my concern. >> reporter: she got a second opinion. dr. gilbert used a new fda approved device an optical coherence tomography scanner to get an instant view of her cells and make a diagnosis. >> it's a new technology in the sense that much like ultrasound, painlessly we can look through the skin and see lesions and assess whether or not therapy cancerous. >> reporter: the scans not used alone. they are used together with biopsies but patients have less anxiety because the results are immediate. >> there's been no device in the past that we can actually hold up to the skin and within five to ten seconds actually have a diagnosis of a nonmelanoma skin cancer. >> reporter: turns out, her tumor wasn't that deep. dr. gilbert recommended a topical cream instead of surgery. six weeks later -- >

dr. kim mulvihill on the consequences of high blood pressure in kids. >> what have you been doing to keep active these days? >> uhm....... i have been playing outside. >> reporter: 11-year-old oscar ramirez is getting a check-up at the healthy hearts clinic at children's hospital oakland. the visit includes taking a look at his blood pressure. >> 112/70 today. that's good. >> reporter: however, the picture is not so good for a growing number of children. new findings published by the american heart association show how overweight and obese children are three times more likely to have high blood pressure. >> and that blood pressure gets higher as they get heavier. >> reporter: the pediatric cardiologist and oscar's doctor says high pressure over time can lead to worrisome changes in blood vessels. arteries that go to the heart as well as the brain. and in kids, these changes can lead to chronic costly diseases. >> they are starting to have those vascular changes that will become cumulative ove

to find out, dr. kim mulvihill pull the paleodiet to the test and has results. >> reporter: the idea is simple. eat like a caveman for two weeks and see if it makes me healthier. but to make sure it was really just the food that made the difference, i was not allowed to lose any weight. so i had to eat a lot. 6 times a day. in the name of science -- >> hi, how are you today? >> good. >> reporter: -- i gave vial after vial of blood. i'm fasting for this. as well as days and days of urine. i'm a modernday guinea pig in a prehistoric experiment. pork tenderloin instead of turkey vegetable meatloaf. going to eat like a caveman for 10 days. i didn't have that. >> i'm goingdraw your blood. >> reporter: and scientists at ucsf are going to compare my blood and urine before and after the diet for changes in cholesterol, blood sugar, insulin levels as well as blood pressure. i had to eat a lot of food without losing any weight. on my shopping list, lean cuts of meat and poultry, fish, fruits, vegetables, nuts, no d

the pinpoint forecast as eyewitness news continues. ,, last n r two weeks as a >>> dr. kim continues her series live like a caveman. tonight we see how she does it on her own after two weeks as a study subject. >> reporter: eating lean meats, plants and healthy fats produced dramatic results in short order. however, now i wanted to lose some weight and i wanted to see how that would work with paleo. and would i be as healthy? i shopped, i chopped, and i dropped cholesterol, blood pressure, even blood sugar, without any dramatic weight loss. but i just had to ask... so what if i combined the two? weight loss with this diet? do you think these would fall even further. >> i would expect them to get better. >> reporter: so i continued to eat lean meat, fish, plants, eggs, nuts and seeds, no dairy, no grains, no supplements. but this time i ate less. serve weeks later more tests and wow, seven weeks later, wow, my body is happier still. >> you are healthier. >> reporter: my blood pressure, cholesterol and sugar improved more. i was no longer prediabetic and this time i lost weig

dr. kim joins us with more. kim. >> reporter: liz, we're talking about prehistoric times when our ancestors were hunters and gatherers. despite all the amazing achievements of modern science and high technology, for good health we may want to take a step backward in time. >>> reporter: two years ago 37- year-old tara grant weighed 250 pounds and had a host of medical problems. >> i was depressed. i was miserable. >> reporter: but not for long. here's tara today. >> i have never felt this good in my life. i weigh less than i did in high school. i had polycystic ovarian syndrome. gone. i had endometriosis. gone. >> reporter: so what happened? she says she took a giant step backward in time and started eating, exercising, even socializing like a caveman. >> just made so much sense to me. it's like, i had a light bulb moment. >> reporter: now, before you say tara's nuts, consider this. at ucla home of the bruins, hundreds of researchers recently took the same walk on the wild side. >> just take a sharp knife, cut th

dr. kim mulvihill explains why doctors have changed their minds. >>> reporter: suzy silver thought it was in her son's best interest to have him vaccinated against the human papilloma virus. now a government panel recommends all 11- and 12-year- old boys receive the vaccine to prevent the sexually transmitted virus. the shots are already recommended for girls and young women because hpv increase the risk of cervical cancer. >> the hpv can be transmitted from girls to boys and from boys to girls, very easily, has led to the development of the recommendation that the boys also receive the vaccination. >> reporter: for males, the hpv vaccine is licensed to protect against genital warts and anal cancer. a cancer which, while rare, is on the rise. many scientists believe the vaccine may protect against one type of oral cancer. the centers for disease control and prevention says the scene for boys and girls to get vaccinated before becoming sexually active. suzy silver says for her, the decision wa

tonight dr. kim continues her series >>> one of the first steps to good health is to take a step backward in time. tonight, dr. kim continues her series, live like a caveman. >> reporter: that giant step backward is all the way back to the stone age. for that, i needed a world class guide and i found one in berkeley. >> so if you've faced with a large mammal carcass like this portion of a giraffe -- >> reporter: it's not often you run into a guy with part of a giraffe leg. >> the best thing going in the stone age is to make a stone tool with a sharp edge like this big cleaver. >> reporter: meet dr. tim weiss, the indiana jones of uc- berkeley. the paleoanthropologist has dug up clues about how we lived years ago. >> this was a stone age man. >> reporter: dr. white says for almost all of our existence on earth we have been hunters and gatherers. >> our biology is still basically the same biology that we had as hunters and gatherers 100,000 years ago in africa. >> reporter: all that activity kept our a

dr. kim mulvihill reports. >> reporter: hpv stands for human papilloma virus.the most common cause of cervical cancer. boys can spread the virus to girls. if boys are vaccinated it may protect them against cancer later in life according to experts. suzie silver thought it was in her son's best interest to have him vaccinated against the human papilloma virus. >> making sure that he is safe, making sure that the women that he is with in the future are safe. >> reporter: now a government panel is recommending all 11- and 12-year-old boys receive the vaccine to prevent the sexually transmitted virus. the shots are already recommended for girls and young women because hpv increase the risk of cervical cancer. >> the hpv can be transmitted from girls to boys and from boys to girls very easily and led to the development of the recommendation that the boys also receive the vaccination. >> reporter: for boys, the h pv vaccine is currently licensed to protect against genital warrants and anal cancer which rare cancer is on the rise. many scientists believe the vaccine m

dr. kim more on what healthy men should do now. >> there is a difference. >>> reporter: first mammograms for breast cancer, now the psa test for prostate cancer. an influential government task force has issued a controversial new recommendation that healthy men 50 and older should not get their psa checked every year saying the widely used test does more harm than good. >> psa is not very accurate in terms of its ability to differentiate men who have cancer from men who don't have cancer. >> reporter: the task force says routine screening in patients with no symptoms can lead to biopsies, surgery and radiation that may not be needed and which can cause impotence, incontinence, infections even death. but a top prostate cancer specialist says these new guidelines are too extreme. >> it would be a terrible mistake. >> reporter: he says when used properly, the psa blood test can help save lives. he says the tests should be used selectively, based on an individual's risk factors, including age, fa

dr. kim hammond joins us. >> to what lengths have you gone to land a job? did it include lying on your regiment? -- i am your cv? -- lying on your resume? >> taking a look outside, it is 55 pierre thomas 54 at the >> we have some high cloud cover around the area. we are not showing much in terms of precipitation. out west there is a different story. there is what weather to the western portion of the state. there is mixed precipitation and futurecast is calling for some snow as well. we set a record for the zero most wed september for this area -- for the most wet september for this area. 13 point to 3 inches of rain. that is a lot of rain. 58 downtown. 54 at the airport. 52 in parked in. 55 in edgewood. ocean city is at 58 degrees. oakland is at 36 degrees, seeing some of the frozen precipitation. we will have partly cloudy skies giving away too mostly-cloudy and a little bit of rain in the late afternoon hours. this is not a plan-cancelling type of rain but bring an umbrella and a raincoat.

dr. dong kim, who said, enough of the pills.o end the pain. >> she should have zero pain, that's what i expect. >> reporter: after years of mind-numbering pain medicines, linda's pain was cured by this tiny piece of felt. dr. kim wrapped her nerve with the felt, cushioning it. >> he's my miracle man. from the very minute i woke up, i've not had another pain. >> reporter: not one? >> i have not taken one pill. don't, because i'm s start cryi. >> reporter: crying with joy. because she can now kiss her grandchildren. smile. and envision her future, free from pain. diane, i want to show you this. this is the little piece of felt that absolutely turned her life around. >> unbelievably small. any side effects at all from the surgery? >> reporter: it is brain surgery and so you have risk from that but this alone, no. there's no reaction. it's very well tolerated. >> what's the big lesson we learned? >> reporter: i'm going to be back every night this week with a tip. for this one, there isn't a quick fix, so, you need a doctor that is o

dr. kimve with that quarter inch of felt, cushioning it from those blood vessels that caused it to misfire. >> he's my miracle man. from the very minute i woke up, i've not had another pain. >> reporter: not one? >> i have not taken one pill. don't -- because i'll start crying. >> reporter: crying with joy. because she can now kiss her grandchildren. smile. and envision her future, free from pain. >>> coming up, the widow of a navy s.e.a.l. needs your help tonight. that's not caused by a heart valve problem? are you taking warfarin to reduce your risk of stroke caused by a clot? you should know about pradaxa. an important study showed that pradaxa 150mg reduced stroke risk 35% more than warfarin. and with pradaxa, there's no need for those regular blood tests. pradaxa is progress. pradaxa can cause serious, sometimes fatal, bleeding. don't take pradaxa if you have abnormal bleeding, and seek immediate medical care for unexpected signs of bleeding like unusual bruising. pradaxa may increase yo

dr. kim mulvihill explains why doctors changed their minds. >>> reporter: suzie silver thought it was in her son's best interest to have him vaccinated against the human papilloma virus. >> making sure he is safe and making sure that the women he is with in the future are safe. >> reporter: now a government panel is recommending all 11- and 12-year-old boys receive the vaccine to prevent the sexually transmitted virus. the shots are already recommended for girls and young women because hpv increase the risk of cervical cancer. >> the hpv can be transmitted from girls to boys and boys to girls very easily, leading to the development of the recommendation that the boys also receive the vaccination. >> reporter: for males, it is licensed to prevent genital warts and anal cancer, a rare cancer on the rise. it may prevents against one type of oral cancer. the cdc says the key is for children to get vaccinated before becoming sexually active. silver says for her the decision was easy. >> why would

partly cloudy with highs in the mid to upper 60's. >> dr. kim hammond is here with a bald eagle -- amazing creature. trying to get him under control. he was going so well into a few minutes ago. we can't tell you where you can actually see him. the tax goes state park -- patapsco state park. >> he is a beautiful bird. >> really beautiful. >> getting a little bites of the doctor kim. >> he got you good. you ok? >> hold on one second. toi don't know if you need handle off. let us start with this question -- eight-year-old breed dog will have a fat belly of losing hair and my vet said to put on my diet and give vitamins -- now he hardly seems to eat at all any accidents. help? >> the first thing i would say is talk to your veterinarian or perhaps find another veterinarian. that could be another disease, and ending current disease called cushing's. a lot of these dogs that have that potbellies and losing hair. >> a cat with horrible itching problems. cs grass is so much she has source. my vet gives nessie creams that don't work. he said my cat is al

dr. kimxplains. >>> reporter: for kelly lynn it's time for her well baby check-up visit. she is 14 monthses old and healthy. a new report says too many infants are being overdiagnosed and overtreated for what most consider an adult problem, what the ads call acid reflux. >> if you suffer from persistent heartburn two days a week or more despite diet change and treatment it may be acid reflux disease. >> they are being given a diagnosis that they don't have and treatment they don't need. >> reporter: over a five-year period, the number of infant prescribed one acid suppressing medication rose sixteenfold. this doctor says we are treating normal life as a disease. >> there are two symptoms: spitting up and crying. >> reporter: he says most reflux in infants is physiological normal spitting up. >> and most of it isn't acid because it's buffered by frequent feedings. >> reporter: people who take drugs including infants have much higher rates of pneumonia, gastroenteritis, bacterial infection and

dr. kim mulvihill has more on the complications with metal on metal hip implants. >> reporter: at 36, pain finally pushed katie ayres into getting a new hip. >> it was supposed to be the latest and greatest. it was supposed to be perfect for a younger female. and it all sounded great to me. >> reporter: but three years in, katie's artificial hip was recalled. she learned the metal on metal implants simple floor this one can shed tiny particles of metal as they wear. she says blood test showed she had elevated levels of cobalt and chromium. >> they don't really know, they being the medical community, what those elevated levels can do to your system. >> reporter: katie's artificial hip the depew asr was recalled by the company last year. katie has since gotten a new one. >> i thought i was going to have 15, 20 years before i had to do it again. >> reporter: now she has hired a lawyer. >> if you have a depew hip replacement these components had unreasonably high failure rates your health may be

. >> coming up at 5:00, ho you it changed one woman -- how it changed one woman's life and put dr. kim on a new path. >>> talk about water hazards. >> as if golf isn't tough enough, there is a golf in australia that offers a lake infested with bull sharks. they got stranded a few years ago when a nearby river flooded at the golf club in brisbane and receded. as you might expect, there is quite a draw. >> you can't believe how close you are. that is probably the biggest thing. you are only maybe six feet away. >> groundskeepers keep the lake well stocked for the fish for the sharks so they eat well. and they have done so well, they have started breeding but kids won't retrieve balls there anymore. too scary. >> probably not a good idea. >> see ya. ride muni every day. i enjoy it the most when i'm with sidney. she doesn't notice that it's too crowded or that it can run a half hour late. i'm bevan dufty, and i'm running for mayor because it's not enough to just "get it done"-- we have to get it done better. sidney thinks muni is magic. we go underground and come out someplace new-- just u

as dr. kimulvihill explains, that's where "road to recovery" can help. >> reporter: dennis is on a mission to fight cancer one ride at a time. >> hi. i'm dennis with the american cancer society. >> reporter: when dennis retired last year, teamed up with the american cancer society's road to recovery. volunteers who drive cancer patients to medical appointments. >> whether it's to radiation, chemotherapy, doctor's appointments, going to a lab for blood work. >> so we're going over to berkeley, right? alta bates? >> yes. >> reporter: kim chiu has been undergoing treat for metastatic breast cancer. >> six times chemo. >> reporter: she is seeing her doctor to get latest test results. >> bone scan mri, "ct" scan, "pet" scan, bone density, blood tests. >> i was really scared. i was not happy. >> i'm glad to do this. >> reporter: dennis knows what that's like. he volunteers in honor and memory of his wife, who died from breast cancer in 2005. she thought it was wrong that some patients have to take pub

dr. kim with more. >>> reporter: for this person, tai chi is part of his routine day rain or shine. >> reporter: gentle flowing movements that reduce stress and improve health. could it improve his height? >> i'm almost 70. if i don't come out here i'll be moving more slowly. i would be feeling and acting my age. >> reporter: he is older and wiser. but mr. lu is not shorter. >> it hasn't happened to me yet. >> 80% of people in fact do get shorter as they get older. >> reporter: dr. dennis black is an expert on bone health. he says if we live on this planet earth we are constantly fighting gravity. >> our spines and our muscles are in the forefront of that battle against gravity. >> reporter: the disks between vertebrae lose fluid and shrink and we lose muscle mass which keeps us upright. it starts in our 30s. by age 80, men have lost 2", women more than 3." losing height quickly, one or two inches over a couple of years, is a red flag for osteoporosis. >> so the men in this study who lost hei

em dr. kimhill reports. >> reporter: are the pap smear doctors scrape cells from the cervix to examine for changes. it was recommended women begin getting them after their sexual debut. that could change. most women have routine pap test for cervical cancer. >> my thinking is to be tested of year because it's more -- you're more secure. >> reporter: but now leading experts from the u.s. preventative services task force and the american cancer society say for most women, annual tests are not necessary. they can be done every three years without worry. >> the more often you do a test, there is a higher chance that you will come out with a false positive. and false positive tests are harmful because they lead a woman down a pathway for further diagnostic procedures. >> reporter: overtreatment is a big concern in women especially those who plan to have children because parts of the cervix can be removed. as for the pap smear, it saves lives. the task force recommends a pap test every three years for

dr. kim mulvihill singing the same tune. >> reporter: that's right.year an average of 24,000 people in the u.s. die from the flu not just the elderly or small children but anyone can succumb to a severe case of the flu even if they are generally healthy. a mild case of the flu can be passed on to others. paul is getting a flu shot to keep his twins healthy. >> it's miserable when they're sick. >> reporter: about 100 million americans will get the flu shot this year. but a should in shows it may not be as effective -- a new study shows it may not be as effective as thought. a study shows over the last 40 years the shot only kept the flu away from healthy adults about 59% of the time. researchers say the nasal spray vaccine in children under 7 wards off the flu 83% of the time. >> think it's important to emphasize -- i think it's important to emphasize that the vaccine is very safe and it is the most effective way to protect everyone around you from influenza. >> reporter: the doctor from kaiser permanente walnut creek says while the flu vaccine this ye

dr. kim explains. >>> reporter: when jack was battling advanced colon cancer, his biggest struggle was pain. >> just excruciating pain. unbelievable. >> reporter: for jack, relief came with palliative care. that's when ateam of specialists focus on relieving suffering and improving quality of life. jack was at ucsf. >> every morning about 8 people came into the room to make sure i was okay. >> reporter: now a new national report card shows how well hospitals are doing in terms of caring for our sickest patients. the report shows few states actually made top grade. california is not one of them. but we're making progress. in the national report, california got a b. >> this is an improvement from 2008 when california got a c. >> reporter: he is the director of symptom management and palliative care at ucsf. he says getting access to call yeahive palliative care is key. >> it isn't just for end of life. it's about patients facing serious illness and really will need some support to help manage t

dr. kimins. >> reporter: the use of these drugs in infants has skyrocketed in the last decade. and direct-to-consumer advertising is thought to play a major role. it's a practice that spells trouble. for kelly lynn it's time for a check-up her well baby visit. she is 14 months old and the picture of health. but according to a new report, too many infants younger than kelly are being overdiagnosed and overtreated for what most consider an adult problem. but the ads call acid reflux. >> if you suffer from persistent heartburn two days a week or more despite diet change and treatment it may be acid reflux disease. >> they are being given a diagnosis for what they don't have and treatment they don't need. >> reporter: over five years the number of infants prescribed medication rose 16- fold. a gastroenterologist says we are treating normal life as a disease. >> there are two symptoms. spitting up and crying. >> reporter: he says most reflux and infants is physiological, normal spitting up. >> and

dr. kim mulvihill reports. >> reporter: u.s. researchers looked at nearly 170,000 healthy women who had their first mammogram in their 40s or 50s, they counted the number of times the women were called back for more testing, even biopsies, for a false alarm. and then used a formula to crunch the odds for the rest of us. so what did they find? more than half of these cancer- free women had a false alarm that required further testing and 1 in 12 underwent an unnecessary biopsy. doctor carla curl eye cow ski of usf and the san francisco va says shifting screening to every other year significantly reduces the risk of these falls positives, from 61% to 42% over the course of a decade. >> you would think, like the more you get screened, the more you would have benefit from the exam that you would avert more deaths from breast cancer, but we did not find that. >> doctor kurlikowski supports the new screening guidelines. >> if you're to under go mammography it should be every second year to minimize the danger of the screening. >> they

we'll talk about that coming up. ,, and while she's focused y on food, there >>> this wreak week dr. kim mulvihill showed us how to live like a caveman. while she focused on the food there is a lot more it it including how modernday cavemen should exercise. she joins us with that -- throw that boulder around. >> reporter: there are some extreme folks who exercise barefoot fast for days and gorge on raw meat to mimic a true paleo lifestyle of hunting and gathering. but you can achieve health without clubbing and dragging anyone into your cave. when she hits the gymities. >> brief, intense, 20 minutes twice a week. >> i have energy. i feel fantastic. >> reporter: the 37-year-old is part of the grogan sess central health movement. the idea? that jet click we're stone agers and for optimal health we need to eat and exercise like cavemen. >> it's a passion for me. >> reporter: thanks to this lifestyle, she lost more than 100 pounds. compare that with most americans who are only getting bigger and bigger. back in the stone age -- >> you would see much more fit people. >> reporter: this paleoan

dr. kimoining us with details of those results. >> reporter: to prevent rejection and organ damage, patients need to take powerful and expensive drugs for the rest of their lives. now stanford doctors have come up with a way around that. >> reporter: about two years ago, 38-year-old meg of san jose needed a kidney transplant. the donor, her sister elizabeth. stanford doctors told the new yorker she was a perfect match. >> when she called me all excited and said, look, they have this amazing protocol going on. i think we should do this. >> reporter: meg and elizabeth did. they joined a small clinical trial at stanford. the goal? to train meg's body to accept her sister's donated kidney as if it were her own without the life-long need for powerful antirejection drugs. >> this has been the so to speak the holy grail of organ transplantation over many years to do the transplantation without drugs. >> reporter: the doctor says while the use of antirejection medication is critical, the drugs come a

dr. kim is here with the details. >> reporter: well, according to the world health organization, radiation from cell phones can possibly cause cancer. the agency puts mobile phone use in the same carcinogenic hazard category as lead, engine exhaust and chloroform. a new study says not so fast! >> reporter: the possible link between cell phones and cancer is something that's worried people for years. >> think that there is a link, frankly, yes, i do. >> reporter: but researchers in denmark say their study shows long-term use of cell phones does not cause brain cancer. the largest study of its kind examines 350,000 people who use cell phones over an 8-year period. scientists found cell users were not at greater risk of developing brain cancer >> this didn't find an excess risk of tumors in the head or central nervous system tumors, which is reassuring. >> reporter: but this epidemiologist, paul elliott, says more research must be done on people who used a cell phone for decades. more than 5 bil

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joining us to answer your pet questions, dr. kim hammond's evil twin brother.anyway, i'm here with a beautiful iguana. it's an unbelievable animal. >> it is not quite the snow animal that you want. it is really fun. it is from south america. this is just a sweetheart. >> are you up to answering some questions? >> yes, absolutely. >> you know everything, apparently. it is lowell, by the way. "my 7-year-old beagle just had a low-grade tumor removed from her neck. what is the benefit of destroyed -- steroid treatment?" >> this requires surgery and perhaps chemotherapy. these are cells of cancerous cells. the treatment is surgery. prednisone shrinks it, but it doesn't treat t -- it. >> my 10-year-old male shelty has developped weepy eyes and seepage under the fur of his nose. is this dangerous to his eyes? how can it be treated? >> the weepiness may be a sign that you have an eye that is not producing liquid. so you have to put certain medicines in the eye to reduce that. go to your veterinarian. if it is treated properly, it should resolve. >> are you making it on

dr. kiml has the story. >> reporter: we spend more than $20 billion a year on dietary supplements in hopes they will keep us healthy. this new research suggests quite the opposite. new research finds taking dietary supplements like multivitamins does not make you live longer. they do shorten your life. international doctors looked at almost 40,000 women around the age of 61 who took supplements. taking multivitamins, vitamin b6, folic acid, iron, zinc, magnesium and copper were associated with an increased risk of death. >> they were able to tell if use of multivitamins increased the relative risk about 2.4%. >> reporter: the association was strongest when it came to take iron. but researchers found taking calcium appears to reduce the risk of death. doctors say it's important to know what you're talking because too much of a good thing can be harmful. >> you're not doing yourself any good-bye over-uhm, taking supplements. >> reporter: doctors say eating right is still the best way for your b

dr. kim mulvihill says symptoms vary but mumps are particularly serious for men. >> the most common complication is a painful swelling of the testicles. this is an issue for about 40% of adolescents and adult men who get infected with the virus. >> free vaccinations are available for students and staff. mumps is generally spread through saliva or mucous. >>> well, a tough story. that lost sea lion with a gunshot wound was put down. it was spotted crossing 101 on burlingame on saturday. there he is. she was euthanized yesterday at the marine mammal center in sausalito. this after tests indicated she might be suffering from toxic algae poisoning. in addition to the bullet wound in her face. she is the sixth sea lion treated at the center for that kind of wound this year. kind of thought maybe she might make it. >> yeah, i know. >> yeah. >>> time now is 6:14. the cat is out of the bag. sarah palin revealing the truth about her presidential plans. >>> and fans worldwide remember an american icon.

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dr. kimvihill says symptoms can vary but the mumps are particularly serious for men. >> the most common complication is a painful swelling of the testicles. this is an issue for about 40% of add less on adolescent and adult males. >> it's spread through saliva or mucous. >>> there is a new leader atop the list of the world's leading universities. the california institute of technology down in pasadena number one one. it knocked off harvard off the top spot for the first time in 8 years. the british survey cites a sharp increase in research funding in cal tech. stanford is number 3. >>> some of you are going to get some money back from bart. the transit agency is refunding more than $200,000 to people who pay for long-term parking and took bart to the airport the parking fee is $5 a day. but not for weekends or holidays. so people who were billed for those days will get credit card refunds. >>> congresswoman gabrielle giffords is making a rare public appearance today. >> plus, sarah palin puts

. >> up next, dr. kim hammond has answers to your pet questions.is book is here to tell you how. >> we are looking at comfort foods that might surprise you. >> it will be another one of those days today with lots of sunshine and nice temperatures. how long last? i will have some answers coming out. >> live, local, late-breaking - this wbal-tv 11 news in baltimore. saturday morning. >> welcome to 11 news saturday morning, i am lisa robinson. >> i am jennifer franciotti. let's check

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dr. conrad murray himself. jinah kim, nbc news, los angeles. >>> and now here is your first look at some of the other news going on around america today. california residents of at least ten mobile homes are out on the street after a massive inferno erupted from an apartment building under construction. the fire quickly engulfed the three-story structure before spreading to a nearby mobile home park. firefighters put out the fire but stayed on the scene to douse any hot spots. >>> a photographer snapped a once-in-a-lifetime photo off the waters off california. the amazing of a kayaker's encounter. thrilling for the photographer and a great keepsake of a thrilling experience for the kayaker. >>> a texas couple became the saving grace for a flock of hummingbirds while the couple waited out a wildfire near their home, they captured some rare footage of hummingbirds swarming their bird feeder. despite the dangers of the fire which wiped out the birds' natural food supply, the couple went out of their way to purchase water, s

supervisor kim: thank you, dr. richardson. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i am a san francisco resident and executive director of young committed two double-developers in the baby. i wanted to take a brief moment to speak on behalf of dr. moses and not only his work within the community but his work and advocacy for those that do not necessarily have the same voice as others within our community. immigrant rights advocacy that is needed at times, particularly when we're talking about dealing with the systems that are in place here in san francisco, it is important to have somebody who is ready to work hard for and with and alongside them. as supervisor kim mentioned earlier, he did have emergency surgery. the fact that you see him here today against the doctor's orders, against my own recommendation, you can understand the dedication and commitment that he

i'm kim dacey. >> dr. conrad murray heads back to court today. >> thick clouds are starting to make their way into the state of maryland. we'll talk about that in the forecast. >> we are tracking some closures in the city along reisterstown road. we will ro >> live, local, late-breaking, this is wbal-tv 11 news today. >> good morning, everybody. welcome back to 11 news today. i'm stan stovall. >> and i'm mindy basara. thank you for joining us this morning. it feels different this morning the >> notice there is more clouds in the sky and you feel the humidity moving in. if you like the sunshine, we're saying the bike to it. -- we're saying goodbye to a. cloudy weather at the airport. the humidity, up 2 90%. it will feel humid and not as warm. a high of only 74. we have clouds in the sky. rain could begin as early as this afternoon. i think it is more likely into tonight and heavy into tomorrow. >> the one accident we had is now gone. deer are a big issue right now. they were everywhere this morning. be extr

dr. murray faces up to four years in prison. gina kimngeles. >>> coming up on "news4 at 4:00," the tsa debuts a new screening process to make it a lot quicker to get through. >> plus, blago needs cash and now his house is on the market. >> we are following the latest developments in a major bribery raid conducted today in d.c. and northern virginia. the fbi tells us the us is 3ek9s accepted tens of millions in kickbacks from government contracts. >> i'm liz crenshaw. an investigation into the installation of local hot water heaters left safety concernses. concerns. >>> a pass-through security. why some travellers are being [ schreiber ] if you did an internet search in the greater detroit area, you'd see bad news. companies are closing and houses were being foreclosed upon. however when there are negative things going on there is also opportunity. and for people that look for it like dave, they see the opportunity and they say i can make a difference here. there's a constant stream of negative news, about economics, and whatever. and so

dr. murray. in los angeles, gina kim, news 4. >>> firefighters decided to let a huge fire burn itself out. it's in a plant south of dallas, texas. it broke out at this chemical plant at 10:30 this morning. officials at the plant said everybody was able to get out safely. a nearby elementary school and college were evacuated. they found no reason to institute any further precautions. >> wow. it's an ugly fire. wow, it's cold here. >> wow! >> tell us it will not be this for the rest of the month. it's too soon. >> what does this mean for the winter? nothing. it does not mean anything for the winter that we started off with the coldest october so far in history. how about that? we have a long way to go. today is october 3rd. this is how it looked in pennsylvania. a little bit of snow there. the very cold air there made its way into pennsylvania through our area. we saw a light dusting there. also, closer to home in portions of west virginia. take a look at this picture. this is snow shoe, west virginia in the mountains to the west. they saw a dusting of snow on saturday. over nine inches of s

kim: thank you. we will do a roll-call vote. >> with that, first and second. director harper. dr. lloyd had another engagement and left. director metcalf. the next one. and madam chair. with that, the minutes are approved. that does conclude your agenda for today. supervisor kim: thank you. are there any announcements? the meeting is adjourned. >> commissioner buell. >> here. >> commissioner lee. >> here. >> commissioner harrison and bonilla have excused absences. >> i want to announce that item three will be heard after item 9. item fiveb will be removed from the consent calendar and heard on the general calendar. >> a few little reminders. if you could please turn off any electronic sounding devices, and we would please ask that you take in the secondary conversations outside in order for the meeting to proceed as soon as possible. if you would like to make general public comments, that's for items not on the agenda. last, please address your comments to the commission during public comment on the items in order to allow equal time for all. neither the commission nor staff will respond to questions during public comme

kim: thank you. we will do a roll-call vote. >> with that, first and second. director harper. dr. lloyd had another engagement and left. director metcalf. the next one. and madam chair. with that, the minutes are approved. that does conclude your agenda for today. supervisor kim: thank you. are there any announcements? the meeting is adjourned. supervisor campos: welcome to the thursday, october 13 meeting of the government audit an oversight committee. my name is david campos. we're joined by mark carroll. david chiu is it about. it -- we're joined by mark farrell. we want to thank sfg staff for covering the meeting today. madam clerk, do you have any announcements? >> i would like to ask that all ringers on cell phones be turned off. completed speaker cards and documents will be included as part of the final period items will appear on the october 25 board of supervisors agenda, unless otherwise stated. supervisor campos: i do not know if there is need for an overflow room, but something to be mindful of the. if you could please call item no. 1. >> item number one public hearing on the 2010-2011 civil grand jury repor