. >> acute macular degeneration. the time we are talking about is called wet meaning blood vessels are leaking. it is a pail disc at the center of the retina. retina is like photo paper like you are a camera and you are printing on photo paper. interface between the eye and the brain. at the center is the macula. it is responsible for central vision for seeing for reading, for discerning certain surfaces. the basic things you do in life. over the age of 85, 20 percent get de macular degeneration. maybe there's an increased risk of this from aspirin. we know there's an increased risk for high blood pressure high cholesterol from being obese from smoking. we already know that. here's my take home here. i don't want people out there to stop their aspirin because of this study. it is not proof and i have a lot of people on aspirin that really need it to decrease risk of stroke, decrease risk of heart attack and certain cancers. aspirin is a miracle drug, but the real take home is get your doctor in the loop. don't just g

they looked at 2,400 people for 15 years and found that aspirin doubled your risk of macular degeneration, which, as you said, causes blindness. the risk is small. only 3.5%, but if you add that to what we know about aspirin causing internal bleeding, you really need to make sure you're someone who is going to benefit from being on aspirin. >> so, all the people who are being given aspirin, who take aspirin, thinking it's for their health, where do you start tonight? what do you ask your doctor when you go in? >> reporter: well, i mean, clearly, if you've had a heart attack or stroke, it can be life-saving. so, you need to be on that drug. next thing, you want to know if you are high risk. to find that out, did someone in your family have a heart attack or stroke at an early age. or do you have other risk factors like smoking, high blood pressure, diabetes? if you have those, your doctor can actually tell you what your risk will be of having a heart attack. the bottom line is, if you are low risk, you don't want to be on a drug that can cause problems. >> and you were telling me, even the

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macular degeneration is major cause of blindness once people turn 50.re is study you just alluded to that people who take aspirin regularly over a long period of time, have a higher risk of developing macular degeneration than those who do not. the study done by scientists in australia over a 15 year period of time. doctors will commonly prescribe aspirin for certain patients to protect them from heart attacks or stroke. that has helped to make aspirin one of the most widely used drugs all over the world. so this new warning is going to generate headlines, but we're being told, don't stop taking your aspirin just yet. the editor of the medical journal in this country that published the study says that more research is needed before doctors should start rethinking whether or not to prescribe aspirin for their patients. so keep an eye on this story. and we'll bring you new developments as we get it. back to you. jon: potentially affecting a lot of people. rick, thank you. uma: election day right now for our strongest ally in the middle east as folks acros

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those who take it on a regular basis can cause age related macular degeneration.ll you to take it for your heart and blood thinning. >>steve: the low dose. >>gretchen: watch this. a huge lighting fixture falls from above landing on the child during a meet in wisconsin. he had just gotten into position to start up the match again when it happened. luckily he only needed a few stitches. no word on what caused the light to fall. talk about the chances. that fell right on top of him. >>brian: wrestlers are tough. he walks it every year america imports over $20 billion in toys. but when it comes to exporting them, we only ship out a fraction of $1 billion worth. >>gretchen: a visit to one of those companies still creating toys and jobs. heather is over there with beautiful kid who are very vocal at this hour. >> they are. sorry about the noise over here. some of these are my kids and some are friends of ours. a lot of these things will look really familiar to you. little tikes is the company, and they made these toys for more than 40 years in america's heartland. hudso

regular basis for some reason tend years before the on set of this eye condition known as macular degeneration risk. before everyone stops taking their aspirin, remember that cardiovascular disease kills lots and lots of people. far more than is caused by problems with your vision. it's a small increase. problems with this study. check with your doctor but my opinion is if you are on an aspirin and need to be on an aspirin, stay on it. >> no need to switch and look for alternate sort of the same thing aspirin does for our heart. should we switch at all or what's your advice there? >> if you have a strong family history with problems with your eyes and that sort of thing, check with your doctor to make sure that that's not a problem. in my opinion though, the vast majority of people benefit from taking baby aspirin, especially and you have to prevent the risk of having a heart attack. there isn't really anything that's been shown to be as good as aspirin for preventing cardiovascular issues. i'm a big believer in low dosage aspirin. >> the minutes i've been speaking with you, i have felt so muc

breast cancer, hypertension, abnormal cholesterol, obesity lack of ovulation increased risk for macular degeneration and cataracts, polycystic ovary, excess facial hair, and adult acne. all those things are just associated with refined carbs and too much insulin. and they're easily reversible so let me give you my program to balance things, okay? so, step one, measure for health. your waist should be less than 35 inches. okay? you can do that tonight. go put a tape measure around your waist. if it's 35 inches or above, you probably have syndrome "x." your body mass index which you can get by googling b.m.i. body mass index -- it's all over the internet -- should be 24 or below. now, let me give you what that is. a 5'4" woman who weighs 140 pounds has a body mass index of 24. so you don't have to be twiggy. those of you with a b.m.i. of 25 to 29 -- that's like the 20 pounds overweight or so -- that is a health risk. we have recent, very solid data that shows that carries a 20% to 30% greater risk of premature death. a b.m.i. of 30 is considered obese and that's a huge risk of premature death -- 2 to

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