but it is a predisposing condition with diabetes and hypertension.you start calling it a disease, are we going to call smoking addiction a disease? gerri: okay, so say that i'm overweight. cannot help it? at the end of the day, doctor steve, what you seem to saying is we can change all of that was just a matter of getting somebody to make the right choices in the marketplace. but not everybody can lose a lot of weight. >> i think if you work on diet and exercise, that is a step in the right direction. i agree with the fact that legally doesn't change anything tomorrow. but if we look at the discussion on the news and media today about obesity, people are more aware of it. what we are studying in cardiology a couple of years ago, it shows that obesity alone, not including hypertension or any of the other factors, such as cholesterol. it increases the rate of fatal heart attacks in men by 60%. not a gallbladder disease is giving it the right credit than it deserves. gerri: i think it is well known that being overweight causes physical health problems m

we are studying in cardiology a couple of years ago, it shows that obesity alone, not including hypertensionany of the other faor sucas cholesterol. it increases the rate of fatal heart attacks in men by 60%. not a gallbladder disease is giving it the right credit than deserves. gerri: i thinkt is well known thateing overweight causes physical health problems mental health problems. people seem to be sayi that if we just raise awareness abt obesity, b that is a great thing. people know that overheating causes obesity. they no lack of exercise causes obesit they seem to be mang their n choices here. how does th ama effect that? >> a lot of arketing campaigns, look at mrs. obama's campaign. it's nothing but just a marketing campaign and it has not put a dent in reducing childhood obesity orthers. there are number of things that have to happen. you must have stricer regulation on food manufacturers, regulations in terms of salt and sugar composition. ultimately you have to hold people accouable to their behavior. yes, there is a genetic predilection. gerri: should it be the law, or should peopl

heart failure, hypertension, diabetes, cancer, stroke, those kinds of chronic illnesses. when you get them in your 30's and 40's and you have them into your aging process, you are not going to have a comfortable old age. you are also seeing in terms of epidemics, an increase in alzheimer's and it is going to increase as the population increases. there are quite a few seniors who have mental health problems but they are also, the majority of seniors, who are hard-working, who had minimum wage jobs their whole lives, who paid social security. think about living on $889 a month in the city of san francisco needing to buy medication, one meal a day, hopefully, and health care. if we could provide health care early on we might prevent (inaudible) and people would be less likely to end up in the emergency room with a drastic outcome. we could actually provide prevention and health care to people who had no other way of getting health care, those without insurance, it might be more cost effective >> roll call >> vice-president brandon: here. >> item 2, approval of minutes alof a

that code would be hypertension.would be plagued with that diagnosis for the rest of their life. i would warn patients in this country that the irs, nsa, horrific what they've done to violate our privacy. the hhs, health and human services department, even worse. they have access to every record in this country. every medical record, governor, and every time we contribute to that by actually -- their new system, called meaningful use, a computerized system where doctors put in boxes, check off boxes, yes, i did this, yes, i did that, they get a bonus. they violate their patient's privacy to get a bonus. well, on moral grounds, just as dr. ciampi said, i cannot do that, my patients' records never leave my office. >> only a couple moments. i have to be quick with dr. ciampi and nunamaker. dr. ciampi, are your patients protected in a manner in which you provide medicine so they don't have to give up things, whether it is social security number or details about their health care and medical conditions? >> well, they are

again, we're setting up people that have chronic illnesses like hypertension and diabetes with a freever will expire this year so we're trying to find federal or state funding to continue these grants so these clinics can continue to function. >> hold on, dr. whitfield. i want to bring in the panel. he made the point that you have one out of four louisianans and governor jindal, the legislature saying they won't expand the medicaid, how much of a mess is this going to be when you have the affordable care act, now it is law, it is settled law in fact with the supreme court, but you'll have the states with the largest pools of uninsured that is not participating. >> there's a big risk for both parties. republicans, they're going to pay a steep price if people get sick and die and don't get health care. for the president, he has a tough task, number one, implementing it. the law may be settled but the policy is not. secondly, getting people like millennials to sign on is going to be awfully tough. they don't have a lot of faith in government. they don't think government is very efficient

mostly used by hypertension specialists. we need more of these.y are about $1500 each but they cut down costs. if it's diagnosed inaccurately it's a problem. >> jamie: what do you have to add on this? >> i think the technology measuring blood pressure is outdated. the blood pressure cuff that we use it's coming from 1800 over a century old. we need to come up with better ways to measure blood pressure. you go to the doctor you run up the stairs and blood pressure will be high. out of 67 million americans that are diagnosed with high blood pressure 13 million are overdiagnosed and with all these medications without any need for it. one of the newest things and i think this is going to be future is the measurement of central blood pressure as opposed to peripheral. right now they put a cuff and that is called peripheral. i think central blood pressure that measures the pressure in the aorta is much more accurate and new research that is much more related to the cardiovascular disease. talking about the studies that came out of london actually this w

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hypertension and emphysema. when we look at outcomes for chronic disease, a landmark study for the journal medical association in 1999, showed that results for treatments were no worse or better than any other chronic disease model. so treatment of alcoholism and addiction works. as far as new treatments for alcoholism, when it comes to substance abuse treatment, typically with any chronic disease it takes time and effort. let me give you a picture two of extremes. one extreme is the first of the month with $200 in your pocket and you are in tenderloin and the other extreme is the stationery outcome with handcuffs. so the illustration here is that somewhere between these two extremes, there is a level of treatment structure that is appropriate for the particular patient. when we think about the patients who end up in the revolving court's, they have trauma, bad thing that have happened to them and they have no support and they have gotten no lover to support them, no livelihood to live for. what you need to do i

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. >> when i was six years old i was diagnosed with a lung condition w called pulmonary hypertension.'ve been on an i.v. pump. >> the spirit of kids when they are hurting. there is fierceness about living. it's upbeat. this is going to be good. we're going to be okay. >> you've had four open heart surgeries and he suffered a stroke. he is just bag kid trying to understand his disease and what his limitations are. >> my condition is known as half of a heart. i wasn't able to circulated blood through my lungs or to my body. >> he remembers feeling different. so for a period he was feeling because of his scar on his chest not being able to keep up with his classmates. >> he was not expected to live but now he is going off to a college to be an rn in pediatrics. it's amazing. because he did make it and he is you is of a mentor to those kids. >> it's an opportunity for growth and everyone to look up to you. it's an amazing growing experience for me. >> the things i love when these kids come to camp and they see older kids. they know they are going to survive. they know there is hope. it is

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. >> obesity, as you know, causes hypertension, diabetes, heart disease, strokes, sleep apnea. but we end up sometimes telling our patients to lose weight as a secondary statement. and we will treat the high blood pressure and the diabetes, but we don't spend enough time dealing with obesity as a primary diagnosis. >> reporter: she says recognizes obesity as a disease will help patients. >> this will take away stigma and discrimination that is associated with obesity as a problem. it is a medical problem, and the sooner we recognize this, the more we can do for this. >> reporter: she also says the move to consider obesity a disease may also prompt insurance companies to cover weight loss programs and treatments. the doctor hopes the ama's decision will also make it easier for policymakers to do more to curb obesity and get government to conduct more research into the growing problem. many doctors think this move will actually help reduce overall health costs here in the u.s. if more doctors tackle obesity as a disease, that could mean fewer people diagnosed with diseases linked

those who served at least 200 hours of volunteer work were 40% less likely to develop hypertension over the next four years. experts think the social connections made through volunteering maybe the key. >>> blame it on men. they may be causing menopause in women. why? because they prefer younger women. and that means they are not reproducing with the older women, causing fertility to be useless. the genes in old women start to mutate causing menopause. male preference for younger women could be the result of menopause but not the cause. >> those men are a lot of problems. >> a lot of trouble. blame it on the men. >>> hope for parents with spinal cord injuries. the ground-breaking research in the south bay. stay with us. >>> pretty remarkable what they are -- the chance for parents with spinal cord injuries to gain more mobility a clinical trial is under way right now to help newly injured patients minimize further damage often experienced after their initial injuries. >> nbc bei bei area's marianne favro is looking at the groundbreaking research going on at santa clara medical center. >

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hypertension, sleep apnea, acid reflux. severe arthritis. >> reporter: all health risks tied to obesity. classified as a disease that requires medical intervention. a doctor in oakland says the change is important to helping people gain access to obesity treatment. >> it's not simply, eat less, exercise more, and that's the end of it. there's definitely more factors in play. it's a complex balance between genetics and environment. >> reporter: it's estimated that 78 million americans and 12 million children are obese. with healthcare expenses costing between $147 billion, and $210 billion a year. the hope of shedding pounds is what brings clients in, but the idea of having a disease will drive them too. >> the a huge epidemic. >> reporter: in addition to raising awareness of obesity, it's also believed this will improve the way insurance companies reimburse patients for drugs, and counseling. reporting live, heather home holmes, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> why dozens of whales spotted this weekend is such an unusual sight thi

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