elizabeth cohen joining us to talk about this. i love this topic. what are some of the health benefits of sex? >> well, it's interesting, an article in the journal of sexual medicine. in the article they talk about all of the health benefits of sex, one hoch them is you live longer if you have frequent sex. now, let's look at some of the specifics. people who have frequent sex have fewer heart attacks, lower rates of prostate cancer for the men and lower rates of breast cancer for the women. everyone's asking what is frequent sex. some studies define that as three times or more a week, others define it as a more than once a month. >> sorry, doing some math here. sorry about that. but i think that lot of people wonder, how does sex do all of these things? the health benefits? >> researchers don't agree on why they seem to be healthier. one is just that sex's good exercise. you burn about a 60 calories every time you have sex. that means -- we did the math for you, sanjay. if you have sex 12 times a month, that's the equivalent of running seven miles.

. >> larry: elizabeth cohen, i don't know how you do it. elizabeth cohen on the scene.ow, we are on a relief mission in haiti, students from florida. when the earthquake struck, representing speaking for them, paul t. j. tiska, and vicky, both students in the front row. along with them is lynn gingle, and lynn's daughter's brittany are among those missing. paul, what were you doing in haiti? >> we were on a mission trip with a group of students and two professors with an organization called food for the poor. we went there monday and were supposed to be there until friday. we went there to help paint houses and work at orphanages. >> larry: where were you, vicky, when the earthquake hit? >> all of us were outside on the hotel on the third floor patios. >> larry: all of you got outside except for four girls, right? >> four girls and two professors, yeah. >> larry: they are still missing, right? >> yes. >> larry: lynn, when did you last talk to your daughter, brittany? >> my wife spoke to her at 4:00, an hour before the earthquake hit. that was five days ago, larry. larry

back to port-au-prince, elizabeth cohen, cnn's medical correspondent, reporting from a field hospitalyou describe doctors being reduced to practicing civil war style medicine. what do you mean? >> reporter: that's right, what i mean is that they can't ful fulliance thfully ance t anesthetize, i watched a woman have her foot amputated on the side of the road, she had a local anesthetic, she had some sedation but you know horrifying to watch them amputate a foot while she's still awake and watching it. >> larry: how did she -- well, what did she do? >> reporter: she just had to suffer through it. i mean they could sedate her pretty well but still she just had to suffer through it and i'm told she's doing quite well but they're really operating on them, i saw the nurses sterilizing the equipment by washing it in a big open pan of warm, soapy water. i mean things are not even low-tech, they're no-tech here, larry. >> larry: we got about a minute left. what's the situation with orphans? >> reporter: the situation with orphans is so sad here, larry. this is a hospital of about 200 beds and

i'm elizabeth cohen sitting in for dr. january save gupta. we are pleased to be with you the first weekend of the year because we know you have plans. you probably plan on losing wagtd or eating better or cutting back on stress. maybe you are planning on having a few cosmetic procedures this year. well, we want to help you with all of that. it is a new year and we want to be part of your plan. we are only a few days into 2010, and if youfl resolved that this will finally be the year that you are going to get fit or eat healthier or stop smoking or join the gym, then this half hour we'll give you the tools you need to achieve your goals. that's where our guest comes in. his name is dr. jeffrey gardier. he is a clinical psychologist in a private practice in new york. now, jeff, you are going to tell us everything we need to know to start out right today. what is your number one tip, jeff? >> i think that the number one suggestion that i always make is instead of just talking about what your new year's resolutions are, actually write them down.

. >>> elizabeth cohen an amazing story about a baby in port-au-prince. story with our viewers. >> i've never seen doctors jump for joy but i did today. the doctors rescued a baby today. a 2-month-old baby brought in alive. they brought her to the hospital, they realized she had broken ribs and would soon get pneumonia if they didn't get her out of here. they managed to get her to an ambulance. the ambulance took her to the airport. and the airport brought her to ft. lauderdale, miami. i'll tell you, once they got to the ambulance, we said to the driver, we've got to get to the airport quickly. get her there in time to catch the plane, we'll name the baby after you. she landed in ft. lauderdale tonight. they brought her to jackson memorial hospital in florida and she arrived there safely. it really is an incredible story. they were convinced that this baby was going to die. but they saved her by bringing her to florida. wolf? >> an amazing story. thank you very much. unfortunately, there are a lot of unhappy stories as well. elizabeth is going to have a l

. >> larry: elizabeth cohen. what a team we have out there, don't we?k they've done, god. patti austin is here with a musical message for the people of haiti and i promise, it will move you, next. do you trust me? uh... hunt's flashsteams every tomato to keep that backyard garden fresh taste. get your hands out of there now. you're very lucky that it came out this good. isn't it time to take a fresh look at your tomatoes? the oil crisis is over. i don't think so. our economy is bleeding billions for foreign oil... importing nearly 70% - much of it from countries that don't like us. that's billions we should use to create american jobs. we have plenty of american natural gas, to power our trucks and bus fleets. it's cheaper, cleaner, abundant, and it's ours. we've had our wake up call. it's time to act. >>> welcome back. patti austin is a grammy-award winning artist who, like everyone else wants to do what she can for the people of haiti. she's right here with us tonight to lift spirits, inspire hope and generate goodwill for those who need it most. here

i'm elizabeth cohen. more news on cnn starts right now. >>> this is cnn sunday morning. it's january 3rd. thanks for being here. >> thanks for starting your day with us. we'll get straight to breaking news out of yemen. three days after warning americans to be on the lookout for possible terror, the u.s. embassy shuts down and we just got word in the last 45 minutes that the british embassy has also closed. the president has already blamed and al qaeda affiliate for the attempted christmas day bombing and the u.s. military top commander just held a meeting with yemen's president. what can be done here to stop the growing threat? >> you can say arctic blast? many of you already feeling it because nearly half of the nation is waking up with temperatures either at or plea zero. we'll is your frigid forecast. but right back to our breaking news. >>> the u.s. embassy in yemen closed day prompted by al qaeda threat. we have also learned that the british embassy has closed, as well. do you know the nature of these threats? because now both the u.s. and the british embassies are