that's what macular degeneration is. risk factors are age and women are certainly involve and more prone to this. smoking and high blood pressure are big risk factors and high cholesterol. there is no cure for it and prevention and delaying it is perfect. it is posted on the doctor's facebook. these are some of the vitamins you can take. i'm not going to start. >> under the macular, there is a layer that are the elements. if you take them, it's delayed. the new technology that they are making. >> on the vitamin angle, this is the leading cause of blindness in the united states. this is a big deal. it's dry and wet. we are talking about dry macular degeneration where you get de s deposits in your eye and you can't see straight ahead. usually we use this with magnifiers on. this technology that is approved. the question is you go into the doctor today and get this. instead of the lenses, eye presuming you haven't had a cataract operation before and they take the lens out and put in the telescope instead. it's not a miracle

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. >> reporter: doctors say today's results hold promise for age- related macular degeneration the retinal disease that affects 1.8 million americans. dr. steven schwartz of u.c.l.a. is also working on treatment for progressive blindness. iy because this is something that's been hypothesized and worked on for almost two decades. the eye is the perfect organ into which gene therapy can begin to be successful. >> reporter: one way this therapy could be useful in patients with macular degeneration is to eliminate the need for monthly injections of drugs into the eye. a single gene treatment could teach the eye to produce the medicine itself. but more testing is needed. >> remarkable, jon, thanks very much. cecilia aaboutee is believed to be the first person in the country ever cited for driving while wearing google glass, those experimental lenses linked to the internet. but late today a traffic court in san diego threw out the citation because the police couldn't prove that the glasses were in operation when she was stopped. new technology is helping the coast guard cut through the frozen gr

others include rheumatoid arthritis, macular degeneration, erectile dysfunction, birth defects, and type two diabetes. research suggests smoking can block the effectiveness of insulin, the hormone that control sugar levels. active smokers are 30% to 40% more likely to develop type two diabetes. those people still smoking-- despite everything everybody knows about the dangers-- what's knowing that one or two or five or ten more problems are caused by it? >> most smokers really do want to stop smoking. it's never done on the first try. what i want to do is entice people who have tried before who have failed, maybe i'll provide that scientific information, that brand new disease that touches them. >> reporter: 55-year-old paramedic tim hession is a life long smoker and life long quitter. >> i would beat myself up over it which leads you to more failure so it became a that failure was the expectation and the expectation here is that, no, you're going to quit. >> reporter: last year, hession joined the smoking cessation program at yale cancer center. it uses individual counseling sessions to

time extended exposure to what's called blue light coming from digital screens can lead to macular degeneration and cataracts. no wonder almost a third of those polled spend almost ten hours in front of a screen every day and everybody surveyed spent at least three hours. some tipsment wear special glasses to help focus, also for every 20 minutes spent looking at a screen, take a look at something away from the screen. please don't take that l are time until after our show. >>> big time campaign for president. >> start with one issue ad guests on all sides of the debate. and a host willing to ask the tough questions and you'll get... the inside story ray suarez hosts inside story weekdays at 5pm et / 2pm pt only on al jazeera america there's more to finical news than the ups and downs of the >> presidential politics are anything but slick in the early stages. the documentary caucus, airing here on al jazeera america, at 9:00 sunday eastern, is the back stabbing politics of the iowa cause of action. >> this race race has been about two candidates but the problem is it hasn't been the same two ca

thanks to the strength of the macular degeneration drug that is surprising. even more good news at the conference. it did substantially better than expe expected. meanwhile the pipe lines is looking promising. bio techs is all about the new drugs that they have in the pipe. the new indication is for important phase 3 diabetic trials. they have a hype poe cholesterol product entering phase 3 this year. could do $3 billion to $5 billion and other drugs that could be a blockbuster. asthma and eczema drugs. and no wonder sanifi is so keen on it. little's look at the cofounder and ceo of regeneron, welcome back to "mad money," len. >> thank you for having us. >> i'm look at the research. december 11, 2013, the survey continued limited upside on eylea. the stock is at $274 when they did this. is there a continued limited upside for eylea? >> we think that eylea has lots of opportunities to grow. we think it can grow based on demographics. more people getting old ever. we think it the grow geographically. we think it can grow by new indications. we have submitted it

blue light coming from digital screens can deal to macular degeneration and cataracts. no wonder a third of those polled spend more than ten hours in front of a screen every day and everybody surveyed spent at least three hours. some tips, wear special glasses to help focus. also for every 20 minutes you spend looking at a screen, take a 20 second break to look at something that's at least 20 feet away. please don't take that break until after our show. coming up, presidential candidates in everyday life. surprising look into what it takes to run a campaign for president. the stream is uniquely the stream is uniquely >> presidential politics are anything but slick in the early stages. the documentary caucus airing here on al jazeera america at sunday, 9:00 p.m. eastern, is the back stabbing of the iowa caucus. >> two candidates for any two months in a row. >> we will beat obama, and i'm here to tell you it's not even going to be close, won't even be close! ♪ [simultaneous speech] >> boy, it's just great to be out here in wisconsin. >> in wherever. >> a.j. schnack is the

it's widespread in older people, called dry macular degeneration.that very, very closely for another huge drug. we have major growth on the top line. we have solid control of costs, very rapid earnings gains, and a great future. >> you made a huge amount of money in icpt and you like medivation which janney montgomery scott, that's also their top biotech candidate for the year. you go to the health care conference in san francisco next week? >> i hate to tell you, i am not. one of my partners and i haven't been there for years, we stay home to run the shop. all our colleagues go out and gather the good information, they feed it back realtime. we stay home and run the shop. >> or they can just watch me because i'm going to be out there on monday. >> have a great time. >> sam, thank you very much. appreciate it. medivation will be out there on monday. got to be a record, doing 12 interviews -- i'll be on the ground for four hours, 12 interviews, all kinds of great names. tune in all day long. i can't guarantee that i will carry that scepter. >>> up ne

they include type ii diabetes, cancer and macular degeneration.dren and found fast food consumption was only a small part of a much larger unhealthy dietary pattern. many children are eating too many processed foods and sugary beverages and not enough fruits and vegetables. >>> the massive security breach that hit target and millions of the customers may be even bigger than once thought. investigators say that target was not only the victim of the attacks, at least three other well-known national retailers were also hit with the same virus. the other companies have not been identified. but on thursday, luxury retailer neiman marcus said it suffered a theft of clients' personal data. but it didn't say if the two cases were related. >>> good news on the housing front, foreclosure filings last year reached their lowest level in six years. realty track says overall nearly 1.4 million homes received foreclosure filings last year, but that's down 26% from 2012. and down 53% from the peak back in 2010. >>> well, twitter not just a place for news headline

they find that smoking causes --umatoid arthritis, rick and macular degeneration. increases the risk of death from tuberculosis and infectious disease. it also harms pregnant women and their fetuses and causes birth defects. it can cause ectopic pregnancies, which occur when a fertilized egg implants in the fallopian tube rather than the uterus. this comes 30 years after the first report by the surgeon general on smoking. it goes on to say in this the report raises the annual death toll by about 37,000 additional lives lost. it notes that tobacco has killed 20 million americans since 1964 when the first surgeon general report was released. 21% of women of childbearing age still smoke today. that is little bit from the article in usa today. rie, oklahoma on the republican line. what do you think about nsa surveillance reform? is going to take about half of the money from the nsa and should secure our borders. people coming in and out of our country. thank you. host: ross in oregon. what would you like to hear the president say today? caller: good morning. what i wou