dr. nancy synderman is here. we're also going to have answers to your viewer questions. >> you may remember take your dog to work day. here at the "today" show we celebrated a bit early to find out if the fluffy friends would be a boost or a distraction. >> if they piddle on the carpet, major distraction. >> first let's go inside, ann is taking time off. we've got hoda at the news desk. >> good morning, everybody. today at the g-8 summit in italy, president obama and world leaders denounced the recent crackdown on protesters in iran. they also said they were very deeply concerned over iran's nuclear ambitions but recommended no new sanctions. meantime this morning, the u.n. secretary-general rebuked the g-8 leaders for making no firm commitments to reduce climate change. >>> it has been a deadly morning in iraq and afghanistan. bombs in baghdad and in northern iraq killed at least 41 people today, and wounded more than 80. and a massive truck bomb exploded in central afghanistan killing at least 25 people. at lea

i'm dr. nancy snyderman.ama's lates effort to convince america that health care reform is on track. he's been taking his pitch repeatedly now to the public during the last few days and he has a prime-time news conference schedule for tomorrow night. in an interview with meredith vieira, he hinted that the plan may tax some people more than others. >> ultimately, what we're going to have is a package which will probably include some additional revenue from well-to-do people, including me and you, who can afford to pay a little bit more so that working families, people who are going to their job every single day, can have a little more security on their -- >> so that means yes, mr. president? >> it means that that is one option among many, but what levels that's going to be at, where it's pegged at, you know, all those details are still being worked out. >> joining me now is chief white house correspondent, chuck todd from the north lawn. chuck, the president has been pretty careful so far to be the big-picture

and say, dr. nancy, i'm looking for this prescription, this endorsement, this whatever. ncy, you aren't telling that one. >> this is america phenomenon where patients decide they want something before they even get to the doctor and then go ask for it. if the doctor doesn't give it, go to a doctor that will. this is the most extreme expression. >> it is. there is so much money and so much access and doctors who are enablers and tied to the paycheck so there is this envelope around of this person and the other thing that courtney touched on is if this, in fact, is a rigorous workout schedule and he had been sweating a lot, things like sodium, potassium, chloride, basic chemicals in our body regulate how your heart beat. if they drop, the electric system in your heart can go haywire. he may not even have had a regularly beating heart. then you put in uppers and you put in sedatives and you put in hypnotics and it wouldn't take much to flip the sweet. >> nutritional supplements and vitamins. >> if it were vitamins there. >> when people say what medicines are you tag they oft

nbc's chief medical editor dr. nancy synderman is here to answer your questions as well as the questions of the crowd outside. nancy, good morning. >> hi, ann. >> let's get to it. lots of questions, first one comes via web cam from ashley in stillwater, oklahoma. what is your question? >> good morning. >> good morning. >> hi. >> my question is, i have trickley skin. so in the summer it seems that spots seem to come out that in the fall and winter they go away. what can i do to help those? >> the best thing to do, ashley, is avoid how much sun you're getting during the summer months because what's happening is those age spots, just like the dark pigmented laters, the skin cells that are the deep layers and the sun stimulates them and they come to the surface and that's what gives you the splotchy skin. the reason they go away in the winter is because you're not in the sun that much. one word of caution. you're a young woman. if you keep doing this, those splotchy spots will stay. and if you get to be my age you'll even fi

to see. >> dr. nancy ready to deal with a big heart like this. let's talk about tv shows, "calfornication," "man men," and now "entourage." >> "entourage" is back, a fantastic opening, vince is learning how to drive. but it's a symbol for they're all learning up, trying to become men. now they're trying to grow up and move on, forward. they don't want to be little boys anymore. turtles trying to think about getting that job. he's dating the real jamie lynn sigler. even e. is thinking about moving up. is vince a good actor, or just a pretty boy? we don't know. that was the big question last season. kind of went back and forth. he got a movie bombed. the movie got killed while they were doing it. >> which one was that? >> he was working on a movie called "smoke jumpers." he was so bad, they couldn't finish the movie. the movie gotten shut down. but then they sent this video to martin scorsese and loved it and cast vince as the great gatsby. i was like, if scorsese loves, you must be a great actor. but he li

i'll talk to dr. nancy now. >> thanks so much, carlos.e have our eyes on that prime time news conference tonight with president obama. we'll talk the health care reform bill, what he can expect on his desk. >>> also is child obesity child abuse? there's a woman in south carolina charged with the crime because of her son's weight. it is now approaching noon on the east coast. the doctor is in. this starts after a quick break. i never thought i would have a heart attack, but i did. you need to talk to your doctor about aspirin. you need to be your own advocate. be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. you take care of your kids, now it's time to take care of yourself. [ engine powers down ] gentlemen, you booked your hotels on orbitz. well, the price went down, so you're all getting a check thanks. for the difference. except for you -- you didn't book with orbitz, so you're not getting a check. well, i think we've all learned a valuable lesson today. good day, gentlemen. thanks a lot. thank you. introducing hotel

and dr. nancy snyderman, chief medical editor and host of "dr. nancy" on msnbc.ing remarks. >> good evening, chris. the president really has two audiences. to the general public he wants to make a case that health care reform really affects every individual, not just those who have a very personal need already. those without insurance, those who have a pre-existing condition or people who fear or experienced medical bankruptcy. he wants to get more americans thinking in terms of what this would mean for them. the other audience is in congress. will the president repeat his deadline of trying to get this done by august? i suspect he won't, because we heard from a top democrat today, dick durbin of illinois that he believes it just can't be done that quickly. that's been critical. the president wants speed with this in order to have the political momentum to get it done. so i suspect we will not hear the president repeating that deadline. but he'll try to encourage congress to get over the political pros churing that always plays well in peoria, as they say. while

dr. nancy synderman is nbc's chief medical editor. good morning to you, nancy. >> hi, meredith. >> we know that propofol was found in michael jackson's home. >> right. >> now there are these reports that he was given that sedative every evening through an iv drip and reports that may have been going on for as long as two years, and were his doctors, and we have to include more than just dr. murray, because he came on board in may, were the doctors essentially playing russian roulette with him? >> well, i think you can say that this is a collision course that was destined to happen if, in fact, there were a cocktail of drugs, that propofol was just one of them. at some point there's a drug interaction. there are reports that centermine was found, he had recently lost a lot of weight, he was exercising a lot. if you lose a lot of water during the day you can lose electric lites like sodium and potassium. but if you add a powerful sedative, that can decrease your respiration, decrease your heart,

our chief medical editor, dr. nancy snyderman interviewed the president earlier today, she is standing by at the white house. first, kelly o'donnell at the capitol with a look at where all this stands tonight. kelly, good evening. >>> good evening. the heat on health care was really turned up today. it was the president who lit the fire. after lots of rumblings here in congress they were losing momentum, might miss their own august deadline, the president jumped in. >> well, i think that the most important thing for people to understand is that the system as it is unsustainable. >> reporter: that declaration delivered with one of the president's high profile tools, sit down interviews offered to the network top medical reporters amplifying the message with a quiet power of a rose garden backdrop. >> i want to be clear. >> reporter: tactics to leverage mr. obama's appeal and persuasion to demand action on health care reform. >> we are closer than we have ever been to fundamental reforms that provide people choice, make h

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i'm dr. nancy snyderman. first today, breaking news in new jersey. police say they have made a major corruption bust. we're awaiting a news conference following the arrest of about 30 people, including two new jersey mayors and several rabbis. officials say some of the suspects charged today were selling human organs. the suspects were allegedly involved in taking cash payments to help find organs for payments in need of transplants. it is unclear where the body parts might have come from or how many surgeries may have been done, and we're hoping to get more information at that news conference in this hour. for more on this, joining me now from boston is bill gavin, an fbi veteran of 28 years and a former assistant director of the agency's new york office. and from philadelphia, dr. arthur kaplan, director of the center for bioethics at the university of pennsylvania. and interestingly, cochair of the u.n. task force on human trafficking. and from washington, d.c., dr. berndeen healey. reports right now that 30 people have been arrested, including a

i'm dr. nancy, live today in denver, colorado, on my way to the aspen health forum at the aspen institute, where the country's medical and political leaders will be gathering. we'll be talking about everything from health care reform to swine flu and also reporting on that and much more today. any minute now, we expect to be hearing from the police officer in the middle of the national controversy over the arrest of that harvard professor, professor gates, because it has erupted into a debate over race relations in this country and we will bring that to you, live. >>> plus, new developments in the michael jackson investigation. we now know what was taken from his personal physician's office, including a drug that we haven't talked about before that could have played a role in his overall health. >>> and an illegal organ-selling ring busted in new jersey is leading to a provocative question. we'll be exploring that today when we make rounds. >>> and should you be allowed to sell your organs to the h

i didn't say anything. >> host of msnbc's "dr. nancy." i love into. >> that is great. >> dr. who sat down with president obama yesterday in the white house to discuss his health care goals. trillion dollar health care goals. >> over ten years. >> did he explain how to pay? >> it's interesting because the president has been the big picture guy and i wouldn't say he's gotten his hands dirty with the details but now things are coming out and the one thing i asked him about yesterday was pharma and hospitals and the american medical association, everyone -- insurance companies -- have been asked to pony up. he talked about bucking up. i asked what he's going to take to the american public and here's a look. >> i haven't heard anyone ask for the american public to pony up to, that a this is going to require some give for all the stakeholders involved. >> let me talk about what i think the american people are going to have to do. first of all, the american people have to recognize that there's no such thing as a free lunch, right? so we can't just provide care to everybody. it has

dr. nancy nielsen is the immediate past president of the american medical association. dr. nelson welcome to the program. one of the bolsa de of the reform effort is to increase in short for the 47 million americans who currently are on the inshore or don't have insurance are there enough doctors to provide treatment? if there are but there are gonna be some shortages. there are areas where there's an area he was a shortage of primary-care and general surgery so we are going to have those issues. we will deal with it because it is really important if the all of these millions of americans have access to health insurance coverage. we know if that coverage they'd delay treatment often until it's very late. some instances of shortages couldn't bear results in the late of treatment as well even on their in any reform plan? let's get people insurance and then do the split level best that we can to meet the access problem is there's no question that there are some shortages in medical schools are increasing their enrollment to try to meet that but it's very difficult to. you poin

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dr. nancyll also join that conversation. >>> the recession hitting home especially in california which has more foreclosures than all of the home sales in america. the good news is there is some stabilization the past couple of months at a new low level in the housing market. we'll talk about that and whether that even will hold. >>> breaking down the real problem with health care. a variety of dolls to help you identify why our health care system is so inefficient. it's not a left/right issue, it's we spend a lot and get a little issue. different problem. >>> we've already hit the one-month mark here at the "morning meeting." my producers, through their research program, have some feedback for us. me in particular. we'll talk about what is working and what's not one month in. >>> it is 10:00 a.m. pull up a chair if you're still there and let's get back to work. >>> well, again, if you thought that you had heard the last of the swine flu, if you harken back a few years to the bird flu, you unde

nbc's chief medical editor dr. nancy parents interested. >> a lot of parents. sort of that insurance marker for way down the road. baby teeth were discovered to have stem cells in them about six years ago. and in the same way families have chosen to store umbilical cord blood some parents are paying to store their child's teeth, primarily to get those stem cells. but the question is, should you bank, or are you being taken to the bank? 12-year-old abby mcloan is missing a few baby teeth. >> like here and here and right here. >> reporter: her parents are keeping track of each one. not for the tooth fairy, but for something potentially far more important. abby has type i diabetes, and her parents hope that one day, some day, stem cells from baby teeth might unlock a cure. the idea isn't new. for a few years, many new moms and dads have been banking the blood found in umbilical cords, considered a rich source of stem cells, right after their baby's birth. but it's costly. and not every frazzled new mom takes the leap. moms

presenting mansy or planning on getting pregnant, it is a good time to check with your ob-gyn. >> dr. nancy snyderman. thanks so much. >>> coming up on "nightly news," a live report from the centers for disease control in atlanta on the swine flu vaccine. and nancy will report on new research that links tanning beds to a significant risk of developing cancer. >>> some encouraging news this evening about the economy. the federal reserve says there's fresh evidence the recession may be easing and that economic activity has started to stabilize. the fed reached that conclusion after getting reports from its 12 regions across the kungtri. ing the assessment is consistent with one made by fed chair ben bernanke last week that the economy should start growing in the second half of this year and ending the longest recession since world war ii. but even if the economy improves, unemployment is still expected to rise. the jobless rate could soar to 10% later this year. >>> if you are facing foreclosure, there's help available. representatives from the group home free usa are offering advice to home

i will see y in just a minute ter this quick break. >>> coming up today on "dr. nancy just announced, hitals are cougngp big money to help p for health care reform. $1 billion over ten years. but will i pick up the biggest tab for americans to get universal coverage? >>> and the obama administration is taking aim at eggs. new food safety guideli that say they will decrease the amount of salmonella illnesses in this country. those illnesses affect 80,0 americans a year >>> plus this -- >> we are marijuana consumers. insteaof being treated like criminalfor using a subst safer thanalcohol, we wan to pay our fair she. >> a n effort aimedt a legalizing marijuana i california after decades of arguing thatotis

nbc news medical correspondent dr. nancy snyderman sat down with president obama to talk about his health care reform package today and is live from the white house now to tal about this. is the system with the republicans saying that this is expensive and is the syste broke and really needs to be fixed right now? >> reporter: i think one of the real concerns right now is we have a patchwork quilt of health care in this country. and is it broken? i never met a fistnition the last three years that hasn't said yes, it is. but if you have a patchwork quilt, how do you fix it, you don't just sort of rip it all out and i think that's the problem. we have people who have stakes in the game. insurance companies. doctors. hospitals. pharmaceutical companies. and the one thing i talked to the president about today is that they haven't really taken his case to the american public. they say that access is a lot different than saying you can have everything up want. i think that idea we can order a la cart but want to pay important the

nbc's chief medical editor dr. nancy snyderman is at the aspen health forum in colorado. nancy, good morning. why are these findings so important? >> reporter: the findings are important because they really dismiss the link between the gut and these neurological problems that we see in autism. primarily, they were looking for problems like malabsorption and inflammation. 124 children followed, matched with otherwise normal children. these findings are very conclusive. there is no link between illness in the gut and the signs and symptoms that we see in autism. >> nancy, even though researchers found that there was not a significant difference in the overall incidence of gastrointestinal symptoms, children with autism may have some issues though related to food. why is that? >> right. there may be issues with constipation, most of all. children sort of not liking their diet. we know that kids with autism sometimes like the same food all the time and may not drink enough liquids. that may cause constipation. and medications they take may also cause constipation. but this is

maybe we need dr. nancyme and help us out on the food choices of america. >> reporter: of course, the president has long preached this kind of thing, prevention. forgive me, i think we've got a helicopter flying over us right now. but in any event, the notion being, of course, that that will serve the ultimate goal, not just the healthfulness, but also bringing down costs. but even on that, actually, the white house got a little bit of a blow, again from the congressional budget office, which has been something of a thorn in this whole health care debate. the bill together in the house right now isn't going to bring down health care costs. again, early estimates, this isn't the final bill, but another thing that's potentially a wrinkle in this whole health care reform debate. i think we've got more than one helicopters going on overhead. >> in the morning, you guys on "morning joe" have the lawn mowers, the vacuum cleaners at the state department. let's talk about the way the white house feels today about wh

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in new york, dr. nancy snyderman is with us. she's the most of msnbc "dr. nancy."ere a sense from you all watching this at the white house that the president laid out a compelling chase why we need to change the health care system. >> it's clear that's what the president felt his mission was is, to explain to ordinary americans why health care reform is a good thing. i think they rise here is part of the messaging is a little bit off. it could be a little sharper on that other. expectly when you have new

i'm dr. nancy snyderman. and we begin with that u.s. soldier who is being held against his will in afghanistan. a news conference is due to begin at any time in idaho with the latest on private first class bowe bergdahl. he disappeared from his base june 30th and was listed captured by the taliban, just days later. his captors released a video that you perhaps have seen, showing bergdahl in captivity, and off-camera you can hear his captors coaching him. at one point, bergdahl asks that u.s. troops leave the country. >> please bring us home so that we can be back where we belong and not over here, wasting our time and our lives. >> with me now, nbc's nan greg who is in idaho at the coffee shop where bergdahl works and jim mike la she halaszewslaszem. lee ann, who was supposed to hold this conference and what do you expect them to say? >> reporter: we could hear from some of the family's spokesmans, we're not sure what will be said, but they are keeping very quiet, low profile, they don't want any attention, and they're likely to appoint

dr. nancy synderman will be here to fill us in on what some doctors are saying about that. >> and we'll have more of my interview with susan boyle, a singing sensation. we'll also surprise her with the two people that have inspired her most in her singing career. and i get to sing with her. can't wait for that, huh? >> wow. not sure where to go with that. maybe to this first story. the president's prime-time news conference was held last night, and some very strong comments that the president made that had nothing to do with health care. >> i don't know, not having been there and not seeing all the facts, what role race played in this. but i think it's fair to say, number one, any of us would be pretty angry. >> the president was speaking about a man he calls his friend, henry louis gates jr. last thursday, returning home from a week's travel, gates couldn't get the front door of his house open. after enlisting help from his driver, gates pushed his way into his own home. a woman in the neighbo

absolutely. >> dr. nancyhank you very much. >> you bet, erin. >>> and now let's get another check of the day's weather forecast from mr. al. >> "today's weather" is brought >> as for our weather, we are going to surge to 90 degrees today. 75 already downtown, 71 at the airport. it is going to be very warm and humid out there. slight chance of seeing the we've got dueling mr. t. haircuts. what's your name? >> i'm jeremy. >> good to see you, bud. and if you want to check your weather and check your hair weather any time of the day or night go to the weather channel on cable, or weather.com online. mr. lauer? >> all right, mr. roker, thanks very much. now to a story that's raising a lot of questions about how old is too old to become a mom? over the weekend, a 69-year-old woman who at 66 became the world's oldest new mom, died in spain. our national correspondent amy robach has more on this. amy, good morning to you. >> matt, good morning. 2 1/2 years ago, maria busada gave birth to twin boys with the help of fe

and our chief medical editor dr. nancy snyderman is here with more to sort this out tonight. i was saying before the break don't people who strap on the goggles and go in those things assume a certain all. -- assume a certain all. risk? >> no, which is why the world health organization has now said look, we have an exponential increase in cancer, skin cancer, we can link it to the use of indoor sun and tanning booths, and if you, in fact, start using the booths before the age of 30 your risk goes up 75%. it is now linked to the same kind of cancer causing issues as tobacco, arsenic, mustard gas, the w.h.o. is taking it very seriously. >> they intended to sound a loud warning and they did. >> expect a punch back tomorrow from the trade industry. >> oh, this will get good. >> nancy snyderman, thank you for being with us as always. >> you bet, brian. >>> when we come back, the folks who drop everything and show up to do the work for no pay and very little credit for making a difference until now. e with cialis for daily use... a clinically proven, low-dose tablet for erectile dy

even state school superintendent dr. nancy grasmick was getting in on the act.is to help the students learn to better concentrate in class. >> this is another way that we're looking at for closing the achievement gap. >> reporter: carla bragg, the school's principal, says it's technology the kids are comfortable with. >> they can text. they can type. they online. they have myspace and all that other -- you know the kinds of things that children do. that's what they do. they have things like this all the time. so their brains are moving along with their little fingers. >> reporter: and the kids agree it beats the old way. >> it will probably be ead easier because you get to type it instead of writing it. >> reporter: and educators say the interaction with the computer seems to keep the students interested and more engaged. in west baltimore, kelly swoope, abc 2 news. >> kelly says the summer program is for third, fourth, and fifth graders. school officials are hoping in the fall the program can be expanded. >>> well, hey are, you addicted to facebook? it's not on

. >>> right now, dr. nancy snyderman picks up our coverage from here. what do you have?> coming up, we're going to talk about swine flu, obviously, and we have president obama's former doctor, who's taking on the president with regard to health care reform. we're going to talk to him about his objections. and as i said, swine flu on the minds of so many as we get ready to offer, as the government gets ready to offer millions of doses of swine flu vaccine. some people are saying, not so fast, questioning safety. we're going to talk about that vaccine and whether everyone should get it. >>> and that custody hearing for michael jackson's children, what's in it for them, what's in it for their biological mother? we'll have all of that coming up, because it is noon on the east coast and that means the doctor is in, right after this. everyone's talking about them. and now we can actually do something about them. at wal-mart, their prices are unbeatable. over 300 prescriptions are just four dollars. four dollars. imagine that. but i did. you need to talk to your doctor about as

>> anyway, dr. nancy is going to join us with important health advice for anyone taking more than one prescription drug. >> important stuff. let's begin with the death of little caylee anthony. it was exactly one year ago today that the mystery began to unfold. nbc's kerry sanders has been covering the case from the very beginning. kerry, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, meredith. it was a grandmother's frantic 911 call one year ago today that set off one of the fiercest death penalty battles in memory. casey anthony is charged with killing her daughter caylee. she main hins her innocence. a trial date is still a year away and the investigation so far has cost more than a million dollars. it was the missing child case that's become a legal dog fight. the outcome far from clear. but from the moment caylee's disappearance was known, there was suspicion she might be dead. caylee's mother casey's car was found in a parking lot by her mother cindy. and when cindy dialed 911, one year ago today,

nbc's chief medical editor dr. nancyyderman takes a look. >> reporter: the new energy fix on college campuses and even in the workplace is no longer just a cup of strong black coffee. it is jazzier and sweeter and a two-ounce shot does the trick. >> it is good. >> i think a lot of college students are gravitating towards products to give them energy because they are often tired. they are really searching for something to give them energy and caffeine is a stimulant and will provide them with a boost of energy in a short amount of time. >> used energy shots during football practice. generally when they are early. >> reporter: sales for these energy shots are expected to almost double this year to $700 million. at about $3 for two ounces, they cost at least ten times more per ounce than coca cola. even our own "today's show" interns have used them. >> long all-nighters, i have taken a few of them. >> reporter:ut what is the nutritional value? >> no clue. i never looked. >> reporter: drinks vary. common ingredient includes

nbc's chief medical editor, dr. nancy synderman is joining us now with also gynecologist dr. d from momlogic.com. good morning to both of you. a lot of questions. a lot of mothers, especially, and their daughters have some questions. you say it's important, nancy. >> it's important because there are 65,000 new cases of cervical cancer every year. we know that human papilloma virus causes cancer of the cervix. we know you get hpv through sex. this idea is to give a vaccine for girls before they become sexually active as an anti-cancer vaccine. it's not a pro-sex vaccine. so my view, as a physician is, if you can prevent an illness with a vaccine, why wouldn't you do it if it's safe and effective? and this is safe and effective. >> you're talking about teenagers getting this vaccine, is that right? >> 'tweens, really is where i think a lot of the controversy is coming up. but they're recommending that at least at age 11 or 12 it starts, and after the age of 26. as early as 9 you can receive the vaccination. >> one confusion is the human papilloma virus is something that you get

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>> you heard dr. nancy snyderman saying that has become an evil word, and they don't want to talk about rationing. >> yeah. >> and if you are going to have a comprehensive health care system that takes care of everybody that rationing will have to happen. you are not going to be able to walk in, and because you have an ache, go have a cat scan. >> and the interesting thing is if we go with the public option, they will be the people saying no, and you will say i want this, that, and the other thing, and the administration for the public options, they will say no. >> the president promised they will not do the doctor's job, tell people how and when they will be treated. >> can i use the super life extender under the obama plan? >> i don't know the answer to that, dylan. but i can work on that. >> i know. you get my point. >> yeah, i do. crystal clear. >>> breaking news we are following here on msnbc, a passenger plane crashed in northwestern iran and killed all 168 people onboard. state television and iran re

dr. nancy saying that makes sense because if your hair is on fire, it doesn't hurt until it gets down to the scalp. so when he did realize his hair was on fire, he sort of is still smoking, spins around, people are trying put it out. >> it's not just the video itself. it could be important in even the investigation into his death because allegedly, after this happened, there was a lot of the pain involved with the fire that had been in his hair and that's when he first got introduced to painkillers, am i right? >> reporter: right. in fact, demerol was the drug first given to him and the jackson family, jermaine told matt lauer, they still point to this particular incident, the pepsi burn as he called it, as the start of his possible addiction. and now, here we are years later, prescription drugs playing a key role. people speculate it began right here and they also say this is when he sort of became obsessed with his appearance because his scalp was burned. so the two things, the addiction to p

the "today" show this morning, medical editor dr. nancynyderman has some answers. >> we can think i'm just juggling two jobs and the kids and so we go through life chronically tired. if you find yourself exhausted all the time, it is worthwhile especially for women to stand back and say okay, let me take stock in things are there things going on in my life that could be -- die set a perfect place to start. it is possible you are not getting the foods that you need. >> a poor zi it can lead to anemia which is among the causes of exhaustion. and other causes include thyroid disease, depression, arthritis, and sleep april knee yeah or having a spouse whose snorink can keep you a awake all night. allergies, restless leg syndrome. if you are not too stressed and getting enough sleep but still tired all the time, talk to a doctor. >>> we are goingo get the latest on the rush hour right now. ashley linder is in the traffic center with details. >> taking a trip around town today. not as bad as yesterday, good news. we got our own problems today. i

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dr. nancy snyderman picks up our coverage from here. and have got good stuff. what do you have today? >> we'll have the latest on the michael jackson case. right now the medical investigation is increasingly focusing on michael jackson's doctors. and college campuses set to open in a few weeks. we'll look at that situation. >>> and president obama's putting his -- is taking his message to the public again today. we'll look at the lobbying efforts that are taking place with regard to health care reform. my take on today's stories, the health headlines, and the medical newsmakers. the doctor is in right after this break. geico's been saving people money on car insurance for over 70 years. and who doesn't want value for their dollar? been true since the day i made my first dollar. where is that dollar? i got it out to show you... uhh... was it rather old and wrinkly? yeah, you saw it? umm fancy a crisp? geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. medication to lower your bad cholesterol but your good chol

dr. nancy snyderman joins me now. we talk about this case in particular. there are so many families who are struggling with similar problems. how much of this -- okay, say you have a child who is obese and take to the doctor. what do they look at contributing factors for obesity? >> certainly sedentary lifestyle, high fat diet and all the normal stuff we know. there is something complicating this case. we have to add genetics. i don't know if this child is feeding hill self because mom is holding down two jobs. i also worry that public schools don't have enough physical education. kids are being driven everywhere. so it is a perfect storm where we're literally at the nation eating ourselves into the ground and into the grave, frankly. >> and to your mind, as a doctor, when does it cross the line to just being a bad parent versus being neglectful or being abuse sniff. >> i think the line becomes very gray depending on your socioeconomic status, your race, where you live in this country. i think one of the concerning things here is the authorities felt they

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i'm joined by rachel maddow and dr. nancy schneiderman both of msnbc. first you, rachel, the stakes tonight? >> the stakes tonight are whether or not the president can turn his personal popularity into the thing that bolsters this thorny, political issue that has stymied so many presidents for so many generations now, whether he can make this something that seems like the kind of thing that the president obama who americans still like and can therefore get done, rather than this issue to which has been attached so much fear in politics over the years. >> doctor, the health impact of the speech tonight on our public health? >> the health impact is huge because we can't sustain what we have. we know that. i've never met a doctor who thinks we're in good shape now. i think the challenge is to tell the american public this isn't big government coming in to strongarm you. this is basically looking at health care and access and affordability in a very american way, that is that we all have a shared concern here. >> let me ask you, rachel, tonight as this deba

medical industry, doing reports -- interviews today with medical reporters, doctors, including our own dr. nancy snyderman and also pushing he very hard for passage and for progress on his health reform proposals. joining me here, pat buchanan of msnbc, mark whitaker, nbc news, washington bureau chief, and richard wolf, msnbc analyst. first of all, let's talk about the president. he is coming into the rose garden right now. you are seeing people gathering for this white house announcement, he is going to be talking about the important of health care. mark what we saw today was the senate health and labor committee coming out with its version, a more liberal version. still waiting on the senate finance committee which will be critical. that is how to pay for it. >>> it is crunch time. i think everybody involved in this effort to get health care reform feels that if we don't get versions out of the house and the senate before the august recess, it may not go forward and the president has to get involved now. >> that's where the president is pushing hard, as he takes the podium in the rose garden.