eric hall. guest: i would follow your hunch, finding an opinion, talk to another doctor in the field, and have them come up with the diagnosis as well. the education you have bases some concerns and issues and you should follow them. host: a tweet -- guest: yes, regrettably, absolutely. that is an experience that more research is being focused on now. and brain trauma from war veterans, or multiple concussions from, say, sports and sport activities, all of this is raising an enormous amount of research to determine exactly how prevalent that is in the onset of alzheimer's disease. yes, there seems to be a significant number of researchers who believe that there is a connection there to be had. host: a recall is the president and ceo of the alzheimer's foundation -- eric hall is the president and ceo of the alzheimer's foundation of america. caller: i just have a question on the prevalence of alzheimer's in the united states versus other parts of the world. guest: age is a prevalent risk factor,

eric hall. guest: i would follow your hunch, finding an opinion, talk to another doctor in the field, and have them come up with the diagnosis as well. the education you have bases some concerns and issues and you should follow them. host: a tweet -- guest: yes, regrettably, absolutely. that is an experience that more research is being focused on now. and brain trauma from war veterans, or multiple concussions from, say, sports and sport activities, all of this is raising an enormous amount of research to determine exactly how prevalent that is in the onset of alzheimer's disease. yes, there seems to be a significant number of researchers who believe that there is a connection there to be had. host: a recall is the president and ceo of the alzheimer's foundation -- eric hall is the president and ceo of the alzheimer's foundation of america. caller: i just have a question on the prevalence of alzheimer's in the united states versus other parts of the world. guest: age is a prevalent risk factor,

eric hall. guest: i would follow your hunch, finding an opinion, talk to another doctor in the field, and have them come up with the diagnosis as well. the education you have bases some concerns and issues and you should follow them. host: a tweet -- guest: yes, regrettably, absolutely. that is an experience that more research is being focused on now. and brain trauma from war veterans, or multiple concussions from, say, sports and sport activities, all of this is raising an enormous amount of research to determine exactly how prevalent that is in the onset of alzheimer's disease. yes, there seems to be a significant number of researchers who believe that there is a connection there to be had. host: a recall is the president and ceo of the alzheimer's foundation -- eric hall is the president and ceo of the alzheimer's foundation of america. caller: i just have a question on the prevalence of alzheimer's in the united states versus other parts of the world. guest: age is a prevalent risk factor,

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we're going back to eric and jenelle. >> sue hall in for frances dinglasan. believe that's beyond holiday light. >> record prices at the gas pump might just be the beginning. the "moneyscope" report is just ahead. >> why weight watchers says for the first time a calorie is not a calorie. >> the efforts to help flood victims in australia after several days oflllllllllllllllll >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> good morning. we begin your "moneyscope" report with an encouraging sign for the job market heading into the new year. the number of people filing for unemployment benefits fell by 34,000 last week dropping below 400,000. that's the lowest level in more than two years. gas prices are near a record for this time of year but the pain of the pump may just be beginning. the former president of shell oil is predicting prices will reach $5 by 2012. the chick recovery will push up demand for oil worldwide. barnes & noble is selling more digital books than physical books on its website. customers downloaded more e-books on christmas d

eric? >> sue, thank you very much. sue hall in for frances dinglasan this morning. for many of us celebrating new year's means a gathering at home. that means your kitchen appliances could be getting quite a workout this season. if your guest list is up, "consumer reports" latest tests can help you get set up without spending top dollar. >> a professional chef has no problem cooking for a crowd. some new appliances are offering features to make that easier to do. >> now is a good time to buy. sales are slumping so a lot of appliance companies are rolling out lots of bargains. >> "consumer reports" tests of ranges show pricey features are now more common like dual oftens, induction and high-power burns. >> all for preparing a lot of dishes. >> professionals always knew the benefits of bigger ranges. they laughed that 36 inch g. e. monogram has four high-powered national gas burners. it has convection heating that can shave cooking time. the dish range is a wallop at 7500 dollars. >> dual ovens are a great option. they let you cook your main entree and bake a pie at t

hall over there doing traffic. you'll hear more from her throughout this newscast. it's 4:30 on the last day of 2010. i'm erichomas. >> i'm jenelle wang. the countdown begins 19 and a half hours from now people in the bay area will be ringing in the new year. here in san francisco hundreds of thousands of people are expected abeing lo the embarcadero to watch the fireworks show and police will be out in full force. abc 7's terry mcsweeney is along the embarcadero with more. >> police have a lot to do tonight. it's no holiday for them. of course they're watching out for people drinking and driving and the barricades out here ready to be fastened together later today in anticipation of a quarter million people for the fireworks show down here. take a look at the people who also are working on this new year's eve bringing out the barricades down here. they started about 9:00 last night. they've got a whole lot to bring out. they're going to be locking them together about 4:30 this afternoon. shortly after the fireworks end, they pack 'em up again. >> ordered about 2,000. a scale of the world series. it was 7,000

hall. the best things happen when they collaborate for the mayornd the board of supervisors. we have witnessed two of the leaders in this effort. carmen chu was the key sponsor and eric mar was the key vote. memo congratulations to the mayor for his leadership on the project, to my colleague, who was the key and deciding vote on the matter, but also to the department, who really worked hard to get the package together. the department of environment, the puc. without the hard-working staff, we would not be at this step today. the mayor talked about how it was so exciting to be able to fly over san francisco and see the solar projects. it is just as exciting driving by the solar reservoir every single day and seeing one panel go up and two channels and finally, all of them seem to be up. finally, it is very exciting to be the home of the sunset reservoir project. the solar panels here. the sunset really is a cool place to be. just two weeks ago, we open up the first lead certified public library in the entire city, the first ever, and now, we are at the home of the sunset solar project. the sunset truly is a cool place to be. i just want to say thank you to all of the