jennifer ashton is here to tell us what we need to know, what to do about it this morning. we'll take care of those fears. first, we want to get to this incredible story of bravery. this past sunday a man's car burst into flames in northwest georgia. dan gloth would have died if not for some dedicated police officers. we're going to speak exclusively with dan and two heroes who saved him this morning. first, jeff glor with more on the story of that rescue. jeff? >> erica, those police officers are being called heroes this morning. when you see the video, you will see why. the dash cam video says 5:11 a.m. moments before sheriff's deputy chad phillips arrived at the scene of a horrifying accident. >> when i first arrived the flames were probably six, seven foot high. >> reporter: 56-year-old dan gloth was trapped inside his burning car. worried he'd never see his daughters again. his car filled with black smoke, making it impossible to see or breathe. he couldn't kick out the windows. what gloth didn't know was that deputy phillips, two other officers and a passerby were

jennifer ashton is demonstrating. we're going to talk to her ahead about what else you can do. >> also ahead this morning, it took years for society to slowly isolate or ban smokers from restaurants, right, and from airplanes. now it's sort of you would never expect to see a smoker in there, right? some people are equating families with small children, misbehaving children, not our children, maggie. >> of course not. >> as the new smokers. the new sort of persona non grata would be the screaming child in a restaurant. a lot of people might agree with it. but should they be banned from public places or even from airplanes as some people have suggested. >> or have a separate section. >> that has been another theory. we're going to talk about that this morning with our dr. jennifer hartstein who is here with some tips for all of us to live a little more peacefully together. >> i see dave nod being emphatically. if they were banning your dog wally who you take everywhere would you be as excited about this? >> first of all

jennifer ashton.d morning. >> a study came out in a reputable pediatrics journal. what did it find? >> they were really looking at trends, maggie, who exactly was having obesity surgery in an adolescent population and looked at the state of california and two-year period from 2005 to 2007, found there were 590 teenagers who underwent obesity surgery and this is in the age 13 to 20-year-old age group. >> and in those 5790 adolescent surgeries, did they break them down further? >> what was interesting, they found ethnic differences. they found gender differences. for example in this population, they found 28% of those who had surgery were white teenagers. however, 65% of them underwent surgery. this is a little bit counterintuitive because 28% represented the overweight teenagers, but 65% of them actually had surgery. so, in among white teenagers, more are having obesity surgery than are obese. >> exactly. i understand that. either way, when i heard about this, it's very alarming because it is such a dr

jennifer ashton. all right, first, can we talk about meridia, first?know about that? because there is new information about it. >> first of all, harry, when you talk about a weight loss medication, the first rule in medicine always is do no harm. >> do no harm. >> exactly. so, especially with this population, the obese, the overweight, they are already a population at risk, as we know. >> all kinds of stuff. >> for heart disease, stroke, and such. so, when you look at a drug like meridia, the question then becomes, risk versus benefit. >> right. >> and so a recent study published in the "new england journal of medicine" actually found patients who took the drug lost an average of 8.8 pounds, which is modest, to say the least. remember, we are talking about people -- >> who have a lot of weight to lose. >> 50 pounds or more to lose and conservatively found an 16% increased risk for heart attack, stroke and death, even in young people. >> right. >> so, that's what the panel was looking at, dot benefits outweigh the risk. >> and the fda has to make an dec

jennifer ashton is here to run this down for us.erest of full disclosure we should say you are an investor on on the scientific board of a beverage company. >> correct. >> we are talking about things to which sugar has been added, soda. >> juice not all jus and sports drinks. >> what did they find. >> first we have to ask why they bother to dot study, maggie. first we hear about it all the time e bossty is such an enormous problem in our teenagers and children and thought to target why. once you can identify the factors individually, hopefully you can then target the treatment and try to reduce those behaviors that may be playing a role. obviously, we can't do anything about our genetics or our family history. but, that's really why they did this study, they wanted to look at specifics, what were these kids drinking, how much of it and what else were they eating and doing? >> they found downtown have to drink very much of this to gain a significant amount of weight. one, 12-ounce can daily amounts to 15-pound weight gain per year. >

jennifer ashton is here with the story.ning. >> two procedures and what do they do. >> the first is called zeltic, actually freezes the fat cells, permanently destroys them, takes about one to three hours and you see results in as little as three weeks and after a period of months and we have before and after pictures. >> all done externally? >> right no incisions or cuts on the skin or no need for anesthesia or major downtime. very subtle. you see a paunch here and less here. there's another one. >> okay. >> again a belly bump here, less here. very important to understand not for people who are obese but almost at their ideal body wait weight or may want to jump-start fine-tuning an aerial it is body sculpting. >> that's zeltic. what is the other one called. >> also with a "zoo" cerona, you need multiple sessions. you can see, again, very subtle differences. another in a man, men get plastic surgery, also, a little less. this does not permanently destroy the fat cells, harry. it makes little holes in them like squishing a

jennifer ashton is here to tell us morning.>> good morning, maggie. >> so, what did this study find? >> remember last week we talked about a study out of norway. this came out of sweden. a very large study, over a million women, limitations like every study but found the women in the 40 to 49-year-old age group who had mammograms reduced their risk of dying of breast cancer by 26%. again, i do not think this is a game changer, this is just another another in the battle, ongoing debate between mammogram's pros and cons. >> but it is in keeping what we heard much of the time women in their 40s should have mammograms and last year this preventive task force changed it to 50. why did they change it to begin with? >> a lot has to do with science, mammography is not a perfect screening test, maggie. it has a lot of limitations involved, it has false positives, in other words finds things that turn out not to be cancer and has false negatives meaning it can give you a normal result with still cancer there. obviously, there's cost invo

jennifer ashton here with the scoop. every time we turn around, there's something else with bpa. it's terrible. you know, it's the end of the world. what's really going on with the latest bpa discovery? >> the saga continues, erica, and still really more questions than answers. you're right, bpa or this chemical, this bisphenol a. more than 95% of us have traces of it detectable in our urine. this should not be a surprise. this is a study that looked although the bpa compounds in dental sealants because they are used in -- to do good things in our children and actually found that when these sealants combine with saliva, the enzymes in saliva release a bpa by-product detectable in the saliva of children up to three hours after sealants are applied. >> is there enough that's detected or that perhaps would stay with us for it to be a major concern for parents? >> unclear at this point. it's unknown. this study was based on a review of toxicology literature and certainly more research needs to be done. they need to test the

jennifer ashton and jennifer hartstein will be here, as well, in a few minutes. >> if you are movingso can be a scam. people will quote you a price on the phone. when the truck actually shows up they double or triple the price. our susan koeppen will show us a mover who did that in front of our hidden cameras and we'll show you how to protect yourself. >> first a check of the news. good morning. >> the joys of moving. good morning to everyone. this morning southern florida is on flood alert a soaking tropical depression is now making its way up the coast. maximum sustained winds at this hour of 35 miles per hour. our miami station joins us now. >> reporter: good morning. south florida getting quite a soaking i'm ankle wading in ankle-deep water. we're on miami beach and when you have the downpours, flooding is a concern, exactly what is happening on o the roadways giving motorists who come through the area quite a bit of trouble making their way through. of course, that's something to be cautious about. in preparation for this storm, water management officials, of course, began to pu

jennifer ashton, you can stop now. >> no, i've got to get my 30 in. >> okay. well.. we'll talk kim clijsters, three-time champion and mother of one, when we come back. ♪ let's take a look at the stats. mini has more than double the fiber and whole grain... making him a great contender in this bout... against mid-morning hunger. honey nut cheerios is coming in a little short. you've got more whole grain in your little finger! let's get ready for breakfaaaaaaaaaast! ( ding, cheering, ringing ) keeping you full and focused with more than double the fiber and whole grain... in every tasty bite -- frrrrrrosted mini-wheeeeats! didn't know i had it in me. >>> the. it took defending champ kim clijsters less than an hour to beat vera zvonareva, as her 2-year-old daughter, jada, watched in the stands. there she is with watermelon. congratulations, great to have you with us. >> thanks. a pleasure to be here. you've said you really love playing in new york at the open. what about this particular tournament gets you so jazzed up that you enjoy so much. >> the past results always

jennifer ashton has details.ly is a difference? >> there appears to be a difference in the size of the brain when you compare men versus women talking about the anatomy here. obviously male brains tends to be larger because men tend to be but within the brain certain structures and parts of the anatomy, some are bigger in women, some are bigger in men. so, for example, in male brains, men have six and a half times more gray matter than women do. gray matter is partly responsible for information processing and may explain in general men tend to be better in math. >> don't tell larry summers, you'll lose your jobs. >> i know. women has ten times as much white matter, part of the brain partially responsible for connecting these centers. >> which is why they are such good multi-taskers. >> they did not find anything about parts controlling the remote or whining center. >> who whines more, men or women. >> not me. >> not you, certainly. there really is a difference a. man's brain is bigger? it is just plain bigger. >>

jennifer ashton is here to run this down for us.n the interest of full disclosure you are an investor on the advisory board of a sports drink, exactly the kind of the study. things sugar has been added, soda, juice that's not all juice and sports drinks. >> first we have to ask why they did the study. as we know, because we hear about it all the time, obesity is such an enormous problem in our teenagers, in our children so they really sought to figure out why. once you isolate factors individually, hopefully you can target the treatment and reduce those behaviors that may be playing a role. obviously we can't do anything about our genetics or family history. that's why we did the study, they wanted to look at specifics. how much are they drinking, how much of it, what else are they eating and doing. >> they found you don't have to drink very much to gain a significant amount of weight. one 15 ounce could mean. >> 15 pounds or more a year. that is a staggering fact. let's talk about what the study did. as you said, it was done in tex

jennifer ashton is here to talk about this with us.with every day. this study is important, looking at some of these surgeries. what is it telling us? >> this study focused on women with the brc mutation, a human gene when it's abnormal or mutated it has been linked to about 10% of hereditary breast cancer and 9% of ovarian cancer. this study was ground-breaking because it was the first one that showed it saved lives. it looked at 2500 women over four countries, followed them for an average of four years. and found that those with the brca mutation who had this risk-reducing surgery decreased their risk of dying of cancer by 70% to 80%. >> those numbers are amazing. anyone who's been touched by cancer is immediately going to sit up and look at that. but this is, as you mentioned, a high-risk surgery. talk to us, what are we talking about specifically when it comes to the surgery? >> right. when you talk about preventive surgery or risk-reducing surgery, you have to take into account not just the risks of the procedure but the age of th

jennifer ashton.ory, i knew that you were going to come in to chat with us, i'm going to ask questions that may sound dumb. do you remember being here last summer? >> yes, yeah. >> i'm curious. you are a person we can have a real conversation about, about having a stroke and the effects of that. >> yeah. >> did you come to after you were hospitalized, your brain is working? >> when i first got into the car with my girlfriends, they asked me to write the alphabet. i could only get up to the letter "l." then i don't remember anything after that. and when my doctor -- the doctor you saw, i was in the hospital, and he was asking me to touch my ear and my nose. i couldn't do it. >> you didn't know what they were. remarkable that you have to literally rebuild your brain basically from scratch. >> it was fascinating process. >> that's an interesting way of putting it. was it arduous? >> yes. it was hard. it was hard. >> even now, though, do you -- are you symptom-free? or are there longer lasting effects? wh

our doctor jennifer ashton is here. good morning. >> good morning, maggie. >> it doesn't affect liquid formula but powdered that they say may contain a small beetle or larvae. if your baby has already enjested this, is it a harmful? >> the dad has said they do not think this poses an immediate risk, that is a direct quote from the fda. however, if the baby ingests eggs of bugs, insects, or parts of insects, at most, the thinking is they might have stomach upset, digestive problems. bottom line, if your baby is not seeming right you to, take him or her to the peek tran. >> i called similac this morning and learned they set up a website where you can go to find out if the formula you have at home is affected. it's similac.com/recall and enter the lot number. i want to ask about another big health story hitting the paper this morning all of the country saying a study out of the new england journal of medicine studying how effective mammograms are in reducing breast cancer deaths. what did it find? >> this study tried to an

jennifer ashton is here with more. disgust. one out of seven kitchens wouldn't pass the test.lity. >> precisely why i stay out of my own kitchen. but in actuality, erica, there are number of foodborne illnesses every year, resulting in 325,000 hospitalizations and 5,000 estimated deaths due to foodborne illness. this is not an insignificant issue. >> it is ear just. actually a number of them also go unreported. numbers could be potentially higher. >> absolute. >> i what is it? where's the germiest, grimeiest, most bacteria laden spots in the kitchen we need to clean up? >> anywhere that you put your hands from the second you walk in your kitchen. remember, you can potentially bring germs into your kitchen before you start cutting. anywhere from the faucet and sink to the refrigerator and to the stove handles and everywhere. but these are really the biggest hotspots and start really with what we use to clean our kitchen which is are sponge. >> can i just say this is a plea to everyone, don't use my dish sponge on the sink or counter. it is cross-contamination. >> exactly. it wo

jennifer ashton is here to explain. this has been the driving force for so long. the low carb diet, you lose weight, but with it, all these health problems. >> some real risks. and as you mentioned, it's not just low carb, but it's high protein, high fat, which is instead of the carbs that are so harmful. but this diet is actually harmful, as well. they followed about 130,000 people and actually found that those on the low carbohydrate high fat, high protein diet, especially high animal fat and animal protein, actually had a freig greater risk of death and cancers and heart experts have been saying this for years, there is a healthier way to go where you can still dou low car, but substitute a lot of plant based. >> so if you feel it works for you, what are we talking about specifically? is it tofu and avocadoses? >> the key to any successful diet is anyone can lose weight over any period of time, but you need to maintain it. and it needs to be relate abiliable and work for your lifestyle. good sources of protein like tofu, almonds are good.able and work for your

jennifer ashton. bonnie, you, of course, you guys covered the premiere last night. what were the reviews that you got from your reporter about michael douglas? >> he looked fantastic. i saw all the pictures myself. he looked robust. he was strong. he didn't look in any way sick. the only thing is, he didn't talk much. he was protecting his voice. >> because, as we know, you know, they can lose their voice, especially from all the treatment, doctor, right? >> absolutely. and you know, it can affect your voice. it can cause hoarseness. but the most important thing is really going to be the impact on his nutritional status. because with any treatment, radiation to the throat, it not only kills the cancer but it kills or damages the healthy tissue around there, also, so being able to swallow, being able to eat, being able to drink, will all be impaired. and his nutrition will suffer, as anyone knowles fighting a chronic illness, you need good nutrition. so that's going to be his major struggle. >> it was

jennifer ashton.ood to see both of you. >> good morning. >> what is it about this and why is the dea doing it now. >> well, when you look at the numbers, it's staggering in terms of the number of people that are abusing prescription drugs. seven million people abuse prescription drugs a 13% increase in just one year. when you look at the number of teenagers that are abusing prescription drugs, it's frightening. 2500 teens, on average, every day use prescription drugs to get high for the very first time. so, operation takeback is a chance to get those drugs out of the medicine cabinet where they're just sitting there waiting to be abused. >> jen, as a doctor, how rampant is the abuse that you see in your own office and what is the seriousness of it? because i think a lot of people miss that point this all of this. >> well, i think we don't really know how rampant it is. those numbers we just saw are just really estimates and the fear in medicine, clinical medicine, this key even be worse. i think a lot

bonnie fuller, jennifer ashton. >>> from laugh to the law, jim belushi is here to talk about his roleh unique sin city clients. you're watching "the early show" on cbs. >>> well, if your were gambling on which new prime-time show will make it big this season, a good bet would be "the defenders." it's a drama about a pair of las vegas defense attorneys, and jim belushi plays nick morelli, a hard-nosed lawyer with a soft spot for his clients. >> they will bury this jury in charges. they'll confuse them. the jury is a wild card here, bud. they could give you 40 years. this plea gives you a chance to have a life. >> what kind of life is that? i didn't do anything wrong. >> look, you want to go into court tomorrow and tell them to shove it? we'll do that. but do me a favor, all right? sleep on it. >> jim belushi, good morning. >> good morning. >> your character is so likable. and the best part about it is that he's based on a real defense attorney in vegas. >> yes, there's a criminal law firm in vegas and they had a documentary done on them and basically cbs bought the rights and wrote the

>> the text from ashton kicked off the night of passion. >> jennifer grey in tears.ur niecy backstage with the "dirty dancing" star. >> was patrick swayze her dancing angel? >> i think patrick would be proud. >> god, i hope so. >> bristol palin, the situation, the hoff. >> i'll reveal my surprise pick. >> in tonight's celebrity gps, >> michael douglas fighting cancer out in new york with catherine. a good night in the city for the good wife. >> it's been a good year. >> in the "e.t." slide show, brad pitt behind the wheel. >> ll cool j and chris o'donnell with us. >> hundreds of real life sailors. >> my character is a former navy seal. >> plus l.l. with his kids inside his mansion. >> facebook, the movie. >> i don't k

>> the text from ashton kicked off the night of passion. >> jennifer grey in tears.ur niecy backstage with the dirting dancing star. >> i think patrick would be proud. >> god, i hope so. >> bristol palin, the situation, the hoff. >> i'll reveal my surprise pick.