if you have hypertension. if you had brain injury. or an athlete and had a concussion, if you have adhd as a child, these lead to risk of dementia and neurodegenerative disorders and we know what kind of triggers it. in functional neurology a lot of my colleagues are doing things with brain stimulation where we'll publish some research soon that will really show that we can change this dramatically. gerri: that's very exciting. >> it is. gerri: i understand there is also research, research with people? research with mice, on this idea, this gene and changing it and making it do different things. >> right. gerri: is that convincing? >> yes, absolutely. i think that you know, it makes sense, really. when you look at it, it has got to make sense. this makes sense. we know that increased stress, a stress response, is related to increased neurodegeneration. we see this gene regulates that stress response. it basically turns it off. so if we have things related to stress like hypertension, diabetes, you know, obesity, these things elevate t

mining communities already have more instances of chronic disorders and hypertension, as well as higher mortality rates, lung cancer rates and instances of chronic heart, kizzny -- kidney and lung disease, proximity to mining locations also correlates with a higher risk of birth defects and damage to the nervous systems. and yet instead of finding ways to better balance public health and safety with coal mining, or at least working to prevent mining companies from turning our water supply this shade of toxic orange, we are debating a bill to roll back what little protection the federal government currently offers these appalachian communities. i sympathize with my colleagues' desire to protect jobs in the coal fields and the loss of 75% of eastern kentucky coal mining jobs due to mechanized mining over the past several decades has brought challenges. but a rule to protect waterways that's been in effect since 1983 is not the source of those challenges. nor is addressing the public health crisis that has unfolded in appalachia as a result of mechanized mining. no one here would risk thei

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 om

hypertension. think about the medine u' taking. what medine doou take? mellaril. well, i did. so witmellaril, you would be looking for the effect of mellaril onou, right? yes. sleepiness, um, anxiy. at about anxiety? i get it when i tk mellaril. ok. mellaril made you anxious, so iwas side effect that youere havi? one ofhe things you'll be monitoring is the side effects of it, right? would you be monitoring, randy about youredicine? i happen to take a lot of medicin mainly sinequan. navane for voices, sinequan for depression and schizophrenia. i take cogentin. i take klonopin. i take, uh, uh, clonidine, and with all these different medications, i take them at different time schedules. one of the things that i always look for is how my appetite is,ferent whether or not i slept well, drowsiness, if i'm tired or not, if i'm alert or not, whether i'm constipated or not. all right. besides helping patients manage the panoply of drugs ty take, skills training helps them learn to talk tooctors, besides helping patients manage tmake social nversation,take, ando suceveray tasks as plan

most recently, my >>> the older you get, it is essential hypertension where there is no underlying factor or cause. when you are young, the younger you are the more likely i will find another cause. i worry maybe his physician didn't find that cause. >> like what? >> kidneys are number one, is there a problem with the kidney? there is blood vessels that lead to the kidney, and the arteries can get a blockage in a young person and i want to see picture of the harm and urine studies to make sure the adrenal gland is not causing a hormone to skyrocket it like this. he could have a tumor, as well. usually, that occurs in older people. i am worried about kidneys. two, i don't want to slap a medication on it and call it a day. he has a risk of developing hard disease, of having a stroke. i don't want to scare anyone, but this is a big deal. high blood pressure is the called the silent killer. he is not under control and he is using a medication we use in older people. there are better medications for him, probably, something called beta blockers but he has to be worked up for an underlying caus

hospitalizations, hypertension, lung cancer, heart disease, kidney disease, increased flooding. water with dangerous concentrations of toxic metals, yes. that's what the science says and the destruction of forests and streams. these are the m pacts of mountaintop removal mining that congress should be acressing -- addressing today. this is what we should be holding hearings on and writing legislation about. we should be making the protection of people and the environment of the appalachian region our top priority. and making companies, the mining companies, act responsibly. ot just cheaply. but the republican, mr. chairman, don't seem to want to talk about any of these impacts. they prefer to keep their head in the sand and the gravel and the toxic waste. when it comes to this issue. instead of the real impacts of mountaintop removal mining, they are focusing on imagined impacts of a rule that hasn't even been released yet. they imagine a war on coal. they imagine a political conspiracy to subvert the rule the bush administration put in place in the last minutes of their adminis

the older you get, if you get high blood pressure, it's called essential hypertension where there's nofactor or cause. when i'm young, the younger you are i'm more worried about an underlying cause. >> like what? >> kidneys are number one. is there a problem with the kidney? there's blood vessels that lead to the on kidney called the renal arteries. renal artery stenosis occurs where there's a blockage in that young person. i want to see 24-hour urine studies to make sure his adrenal glands aren't causing things to skyrocket like this. he could have a tumor found usually in older people, but i'm worried about his kidneys, number one. number two, i don't want to slap a medication on it and call it a day because he has a risk going forward of heart disease or developing this stroke. again, i don't want to scare anyone out there, but this is a big deal. he's not under control and he's using a medication, a diuretic that we tend to use in older people. there's ace inhibiters, beta blockers, but he has to get worked up and get on a different medication. >> what should you do to make sure th

the treatment called renal denervation failed to reduce hypertension. the treatment was considered a break-through for high blood pressure that couldn't be lowered with drugs. >>> an earthquake struck the downtown area, but the quake broke water mains. objects were also tossed from stoor shelves. tlr with dozens of after-shocks overnight. >>> in washington state, a moment of silence. to mark the moment a week ago todayhen a huge landslide buried a cluster of homes north of seattle. 27 people are presumed dead and 90 more are still believed missing. >>> the revelation late yesterday afternoon that russian president vladimir putin called president obama with hopes that the situation in ukraine might be solved through diplomacy. tens of thousands of russian soldiers show no sign of pulling back. for more about that, we're joined now from washington by anthony from the center for strategic and international stud sis. so, there are some estimates by ukrainians there might be up to 85,000 russian troops along the border. whatever the number is, do we know abo

services, losing their lives to disease and conditions including cancer, epilepsy, asthma, diabetes, hypertensionand kidney failure. overall, at least 10,000 children have died in violence. last month, the second round of peace talks aimed at resolving the conflict ended in deadlock in geneva. this is you and special envoy lakhdar brahimi. >> and very, very sorry and apologize to the syrian people. hopes, which were very, very high that something would littlehere, i think the but has been achieved has given them even more hope that maybe this is the beginning of the coming out of the crisis they are in. . apologize to them we have not helped them very much on these rounds. inu.n. envoy lakhdar brahimi iran for talks with the top or any leaders on the steering conflict. earlier this month, a united nations panel said the assad regime is waging a campaign of siege warfare and starvation against hundreds of thousands of syrian civilians. the commission of inquiry said syrians are being denied humanitarian aid, food, and such basic necessities as medical care and must choose between surrender and sta

reduced risk of hypertension. cholesterol, diabetes and heart disease. those are just a few.o add a step or two or three or four. >> 10,000 steps is a good number to aim for. it's a little more than you would normally do. so it means you have to push yourself a little more. >> you burn about 375 calories while doing it. if you figure the average step is 2.5 feet, it takes just over 2,000 steps to walk a mile. if a mile seems overwhelming. >> take a walk or two around the mall, an easy place to get your steps in. lk the length of the las vegas strip, that's 8,000 steps right there. hike up to the hollywood sign, that's almost 7,000 steps right there. the washington monument, nearly 1,000. running errands? skip the spot in front and walk. >> i've walked 57 already today. let's see where we are after a quick shopping trip. ♪ one time around the store with minimal shopping and i have over 300 steps. they say a journey of 1,000 miles begins with one step. so go take that one step and see where the journey takes you. >> i love that kid. oh, my gosh. >> those little feet. >> i can't

that can be a false positive and lead to unnecessary treatment for problems like hypertension. the study looked at the differences in 1,000 patients. >>> a truck fell down a california cliff when the road crumbled away. how the man rescued himself before help could get to him. >> incredible pictures there. >>> tens of thousands of dolls under recall. this is the tracidal basin. a check shows most of russ below freezing. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein will have a look at warmer days to come in your weather & traffic on the 1s at 6:21. >>> we just learned new information on the search for that missing malaysia airlines flight 370. we'll go straight to molette green at the live desk. >> we just found about 122 potential objects spotted that satellite that could narrow the search area. we've been watching a news conference from malaysia. it ended a few minutes ago. we learn good new satellite images taken three days ago in an area cover being 154 square miles. -- covering about 154 square miles. some are bright indicating they could be solid materials and range from three f

services, losing their lives to diseases and conditions including cancer, epilepsy, asthma, diabetes, hypertensionand kidney failure. overall, at least 10,000 children have died in violence. children's roger hearn said the problem is most acute in besieged cities like aleppo. >> we're seeing there's been a complete collapse of much of the health system inside syria. situations in aleppo, for example, where 36 doctors are looking after around 2.5 million patients across the city. , 60%tem that has collapsed of health silicate -- cities have been damaged or destroyed. we're seeing some really terrible outcomes for children as a result of that. >> later this year will mark three years since the syrian conflict began. around the 750 prisoners have launched a hunger strike. there protesting the obama administration's record deportations as well as poor conditions that include wages of just one dollar a day for prison labor. some areas of the prison have been locked down and around 30 people are reportedly being held in isolation or crowded cells. speaking on friday, two prisoners appealed for public su

it also said those false positive results can lead to unnecessary treatment for problems like hypertensionnow know the healthiest place to live around here. researchers at the robert wood johnson foundation broke down the healthiest spots by county. in maryland, the top place belong to montgomery county followed by howard and frederick counties. in virginia, loudoun, fairfax, and arlington counties are at the top of the list there. the report analyzed 29 things including smoking, graduation rate, and unemployment along with access to healthy foods and physical activity rates. i'd always heard that arlington was a good hot spot. always makes the list of healthiest places. >> yeah. places that are walkable helpful if that is figured in there, too. yeah. >> very cool. >>> 11 minutes after 5:00. we'll take you outside. this is the view from our weather deck. and the flag out front barely -- no, it's holding on, but it's windy. >> the strong winds and slick spots is the story, right, tom? >> yeah. and a few scattered flurries. the latest gusts around 20 to 30 miles per hour. reagan national had

michael fredericson - a professor of sports medicine - says it can cause hypertension in your neck --pper body stiffness. he admits that anything that gets people to exercise more is fine.but suggests music as a better alternative to tv. >> jacqueline: another live look at side worktoyota will payout record cup coverage will continue in the overnight hours. warmer than yesterday as expected los 70's out there and mid-70s livermore at 75. it's the largest fine ever puts to rest a 4 year 73 in san jose and concord. we will cool down a few temps tomorrow. >> reporter: criminal probe into how toyota handled safety issues involving unintended acceleration that resulted in injuries and deaths. >>today we can say for certain that toyota intentionally concealed information and misled the public about the safety issues behind these recalls." >> reporter:toyota blamed floor mats that can jam under the gas pedal. along with so-called "sticky" accelerators.for cases where cars sped up, without the drivers intending. >> reporter:the company has already paid $1.6 billion to car owners who sued. alo

newborn has a much greater statistical likelihood of being obese as they grow older, or having hypertensionedical problems. >> sreenivasan: officials say producing better outcomes boils down to a simple calculation. >> sreenivasan: aggressively target at-risk groups like teens with information on how to have a healthy baby and take it to them where they are, including their classrooms. at mills high school on the outskirts of little rock, upwards of ten girls become pregnant each school year. this winter, seniors isaria jackson and keroshi hendricks are among them. jackson says she was pretty clueless when she first went to the school nurse for help. >> she was asking me what was wrong, and i finally just came out and just told her, and she was like okay, well, then she sat down, and she brought out the book, this nutrition book that we have. >> sreenivasan: school nurse rae rice considers herself the first line of defense for these girls. >> i wanted to first talk to you all about being here at mills and being pregnant. >> sreenivasan: so she'll remind them early and often that their child

obesity relates to coronary heart disease and hypertension.ll, $150 billion a year according to the centers for disease control and prevention. the regulatory efforts are not only aimed at trimming the fat from some of these obesity numbers. they can cut into the food and beverage industry deciding what and how we eat. this industry has long been resistant to government efforts because big food, would, well, rather regulate itself. according to a deep dive from reuters, at every level of government the food and beverage industry won fight after fight during the last decade. they've never lost a significant label battle in the u.s. despite mounting scientific evidence of the role of unhealthy food and children's marketing in obesity. according to the report, the industry's pockets are more than $11 trillion deep and have allowed it to have the loudest and most influential voice in some of these debates. what's different? it looks like some of the big bucks may stop at michelle obama's white house east wing office because she has positioned hers