medical marijuana patients have self-medicated for years, anxious to get relief but with very little on how to do so. that's something that concerns the wilsons. >> these are just people who had political connections who got a dispensary. >> and by early october 2013 there was only one dispensary open in the entire state. they don't sell a high cbd strain. the wilsons believe it could still be at least a year before they will. that's a year vivian might not have. >> every seizure does damage to her brain, to her body. how much longer do we wait? >> they've got to do something. not ready to move, they want to still try it. so they're going to leave their familiar neighborhood behind to see firsthand if the marijuana they've heard so much about could help vivian. do you think this is going to work? >> for me, it has to work. because if it doesn't, i don't know where that leaves us. >> just days later, vivian wilson gets ready for the trip of a lifetime, a trip filled with danger since all the stimulation of a plane ride could induce seizure high up in the sky. vivian's future and life

she wanted to study this plant like you would any other medication. >> we had a duty as medical professionals to demand that this plant be allowed to go through the proper drug development process of the fda. >> so, the skeptic, and rick doblin, the believer joined forces and started their crusade in 2009. >> that's what we're hearing from most of these vets, they really want two different kinds. >> their goal -- to investigate this simple but profoundly important question. could marijuana help save veterans like shawn kiernan? >> the veterans are saying they want an activating strain for the morning and then they want a sedating strain at night. >> problem is they first applied to the federal government for approval in 2010 and were rejected. then again in 2012, but were delayed for years by government bureaucracy. >> that was extremely demoralizing to me. it was just frustrating. >> i can understand some concerns about inefficiency and cumbersomeness. >> the fda deputy director. >> for marijuana, three agencies are involved in making sure they're available to get the marijuana and able to c

is 'how long should a doctor prescribe medication?' and, at what point are you doing more harm than good?' >> opioids are very important medications for easing suffering at the end of life. and they're very good at relieving pain on a short-term basis. but if you look at the bulk of the opioid prescribing in the united states, it's for very common chronic conditions like low-back pain... >> doctor andrew kolodny is an addiction specialist who advocates for reform in opioid drug policies. he says the manufacturers of oxycontin encouraged a shift in the medical thinking about opioids. >> there's no need for anyone to suffer in pain anymore. >> this pill that's the time-release pill solves all the problems. >> see what it's like when you're not in pain anymore. take these medications. >> when purdue pharma launched oxycontin, they launched a marketing campaign and an educational campaign to convince the medical community that we had been under-prescribing opioids. >> there's no question that our best strongest medicines are the opioids. >

the medical i.d.ur victims have their medical identity stolen by a friend or family member. >> you have to protect your medical information from friends and family. just like you would with your credit information. >> tom is a santa clara deputy district attorney in the high-tech crimes unit. he says any time you get an explanation of benefits read it to make sure you received the treatment described in it and if something is wrong, request your records right away. >> you have a right to review your medical records. >> at any time? >> at any time. >> like ronny vogel, report the crime to police. >> a lot of times people feel like they report identity theft and medical theft and it goes to a black list. >> we have to start somewhere. we have to start with the report. >> he can't comment on the case but we confirmed an investigation is under way, thanks in part to the information we uncovered. >> i deserve to face this person in court. and i deserve the peace in knowing that he will no longer be able to

medical marijuana patients have self-medicated for years, anxious to get relief but with very littlence on how to do so. that's something that concerns the wilsons. >> i don't know if they know how to grow these types of strains. >> these are just people who had political connections who got a dispensary. >> by early october 2013, there was only one dispensary open in the entire state. they don't sell a high cbd strain. the wilsons believe it could be at least a year before they will. that's a year vivian might not have. >> every seizure does damage to her brain, to her body, everything. how much longer do we wait? >> they've got to do something. now ready to move, they want to still try it. so they're going to leave their familiar neighborhood behind to see firsthand if the marijuana they've heard so much about could help vivian. >> do you think this is going to work? >> for me it has to work. because if it doesn't, i don't know where that leaves us. >> just days later, vivian wilson gets ready for the trip of a lifetime, a trip filled with danger since all the stimulation of a plan

in addition to medication adherence and medication management let me just mention that you know we've done a lot of things we sort of knew we had to go anyway that 4 year effort has put a speciality on for us a small population and yet it has been our keg for the innovation creativity but i do have to give ucsf credit in its clinics they've going up and down done heavy lifting findings of the years and have all their patients certified this is an enormous amount of work and building on that we very narrative teams within those clinics with highly trained let me use lingo here r s p smart people not licensed but who are very highly trained and integrated with the clinics and the patients love them so i can't be more tickled than that with our hillside practices we've wrapped services around the practices but now have patient and advisors and pharmacy i was and case martin luthern king, jr. we're dogging those around quality and experience so we're happy with that coming up we feel pretty good we struggled around behavorial health, i you know it is a campfire out to open tim it has come

coming up getting medical help faster than ever. more on a much needed upgrade at one of the south bay's hospitals. >> one of the biggest scandals ever. teachers caught changing thousands of answers. why some of them could be stoent jail for dekales. >> it's been in the works for a decade and tonight the doors are open at one of san jose's busiest medical centers. regional dedicated its newer bigger and better emergency room today. the expanse cost 350 million bucks. it includes a stroke center heart attack center and more treatment rooms. >> now we have our facilities that allow the clinicians to do their work fwh a better setting. so it really just supports our programs. >> good news to the community. the work isn't done yet. the medical center has plans for adding additional floors and expanded operating rooms. >> the company known for its risque tv commercials has gone public. go daddy saw stocks sore in its debut today. stocks traded above its initial trading price. the shares closed at more than 26 bucks. go daddy is based in

and she went to boston university medical school.he had a mind of her own. >> reporter: in medical school, autumn developed a romantic thing for a research colleague and he for her. robert ferrante, bob to his friends, held a phd in neuroscience and was hunting for cures to devastating brain illnesses like lou gehrig's and huntington's diseases. he was also more than 20 years her senior, divorced with two grown kids. >> i simply told her that that was a little bit too old for her. i didn't think that that was the right age. >> reporter: but two days before graduation from med school, a determined autumn, wasting no time, was walking down the aisle with her much older bridegroom. >> and what was your impression of him, sharon? >> i -- nice guy, a charming guy. a bit heady, you know? >> egg head? >> yeah. >> nerdy? >> yeah. [ laughter ] and she kind of was. and she kind of wasn't, you know. >> reporter: the couple made a home just outside boston. in a few years, a baby girl arrived into their hectic lives. autumn took it in stride. >>

certain medications, changes in diet, or medical conditions may affect the amount of namenda xr in the body and may increase side effects. the most common side effects are headache, diarrhea, and dizziness. he's always been my everything. now i am giving back. ask their doctor about adding once-daily namenda xr. >>> it's easter sunday. happy easter to you. across the world millions of christians celebrating, including thousands who watched the pope give his traditional blessing to the vatican there in vatican city and the world. >> but the unusually celebratory -- the usually celebratory message, i should say, took a somber tone this time as the pope called for an end to the violence and bloodshed faced by christians at the hands of terrorists. >> ben wedeman is in rome with the details. >> reporter: it's supposed to be a holiday of celebration, but the weather in saint peter's square was cool and rainy. the spirit of easter this year marred by violence, most recently in kenya where the group al shabaab slaughtered almost 150 mostly christian students at garissa university. pope franci

you're at doctors medical center and people in that neighborhood won't have a hospital nearby for medicalrter: good morning to you. people in this community have relied on doctors medical center for close to home. a lot of patients will have to travel farther to other hospitals in order to get help. this is the end of the line for doctors medical center. you can see the sign out front here letting everyone know the place will be closing at 7:00 this morning. they will not be taking any new patients after that time. doctors medical center is the only hospital serving this part of the town. the hospital has been struggling financially losing $18 million a year. and last spring the final straw voters rejected a parcel tax designed to keep the hospital going. in an attempt to fill the void here in this community, the lifelong medical center community health clinic will be opening up across the street with an emergency care center. this is right across from doctors medical center. >> i think the urgent care is really going to be helpful in this community. but there is no way it replaces a hosp

the medical i.d. theft found one in four victims have their medical ids stolen by a friend or family member. >> you have to protect your information. >> tom is the deputy district attorney in the high-tech crimes unit. he says any time you get an eob, read it to be sure you received the treatment described in it and if something's wrong, request your records right away. >> you have a right to review your records. >> any time. >> a lot of times people feel like they report identity theft and it goes into a big black hole. >> we have got to start somewhere and we have got to start with the report. >> we have confirmed an investigation is underway thanks in part to the information we uncovered. >> i deserve to face this person in court and i deserve the peace in knowing that he will no longer be able to do this to me or anyone else again. >> the real ronnie hoping that finally the roller coaster of re-establishing his medical identity is coming to an end. >> one idea proposed to reduce medical i.d. theft

. >> the planning code and the planning code has an exemption for medical services not defined within the planning code. >> maybe it provides an option. >> right. >> it is in the planning code i don't - >> okay. >> it is used in the planning code what to what. >> it the planning code and the did you want code on this issue? it is >> so a conditional use permit is required in the event of a new chiropractic office or something of that nature wants 0 go into business and has massage you need a conditional use permit for a massage. >> i think what the confusion might be with the exemption for the dpw permit so there are two exemptions one a hospital host or other health care provider providing the services. >> it also states qualified health care provider under distinction two as defined. >> i think that language might be taken out with a new version it says of barer or cosmetologist for instance a massage of our face not considered a massage for a dpw permit for . >> so i guess when the commission heard the legislation the last meeting i think it was under the understanding that on page

side and in the pharmacy side in the medical side those are drugs that are provided in the hospital or maybe provided in if an outpatient setting but to the pharmacy benefits this is not what ear talking about significantly about today because those trends will show up in our medical claims experience what wear looking at it what you're going to see as a pharmacy experience going forward. >> one of the things in 2012 speciality drugs represent 25 percent of the pharmacy accept and it is growing at a sustainable rate matt haney that is going to continue to grow at 20 percent clip-on the near future according to the united health care this could represent by 2012 up to 9.9 percent of the national trend that's significant historically a hospital or hospital in patient costs have been a large portion as we're talking about the aco they're not here that's the outpatient side you want to see growing and growing at a small clip because it didn't cost as much, if you will, as hospitalization but to have a speciality drug to grow above and beyond is acquit alarming and so i'll talk about the

medical care. we won't have the money to care for them. >> we have given increased funding and mechanism to address workforce shortage in the v.a. we could be losing ground. not only attracting new physicians and medical personnel. the v.a. needs the authority to let them do their jobs and then crushing the ability to address the workforce needs we have in montana. who are doing their job, working with the veterans. even if it means less pay and longer hours. to what extent has this impacted your ability to recruit to the v.a.? >> well, senator tester, as you know, i've been to over a dozen medical schools and talked to candidates to become nurses and doctors at the v.a. and the has affected the perception on the v.a. we have increased the salary bands of our doctors. we are looking at competitive pay of providers within our system. we have hired more doctors. we currently have hired over 800 more doctors, over 2,000 more nurses. and we have opened new facilities. we opened about 17 new facilities

the medical i.d. theft study found one in four victims have their medical identity stolen by a friend or family member. >> you have to protect your medical information from friends and family just like you would with your credit information. >> tom is the santa clara deputy district attorney in the high-tech crimes unit. any time you get an explanation of benefits, read it to make sure you receive the freemt describ treatment described in it. >> you have a right to review your medical records. >> at any time? >> at any time. >> like ronnie vogel, report the climb. >> reporter: a lot of people feel like they report it and it goes into a big black hole. >> we have to start somewhere. >> reporter: flattery can't comment on the case but we have confirmed an investigation is underway thanks in part to the information we uncovered. >> i deserve to face this person in court. i deserve the peace in knowing that he will no longer be able to do this to me or anyone else again. >> reporter: the real ronnie vogel

people last year, and we will show you how the protect your medical records. >>> do you know what you are feeding your pet? surprising new research in pet food. >>> i'm jeff ranieri, and gusty winds for today, and we are tracking the wind for tomorrow, and we will tell you how is it going to impact your allergies in a moment. >>> here it is the next hot spot for hackers, stealing your medical identity. >> your health information is worth up to 20 times more than traditional credit card death. >> and we have to look at the cost of this identity death. vicki nguyen has a look at this. >> imagine using this information to get medical treatment, and thaey say it is tough to get your medical identities back, and it happened to 2.3 million people right here in the u.s., including the man you are about to meet. >> ronny vogel was on vacation in las vegas when he decided to splurge and apply for a credit card and he was rejected. >> i was really surprised by that because i had only had one other credit card and all of my payments were on time. >> reporter: when the automatic credit card showe

omi's investigations found the substituted medications created medical risks to veterans, and it called for review of all patients who were impacted to determine if there was any harm caused as a result of the drug substitution. o.m.i. also recommended that discipline be considered for beckley leadership and others who are responsible. while the facts of this case are very troubling, the o.m.i. is a response and sign of progress from where we were just nine months ago. in an organization the size of the va problems are bound to occur. therefore, it's critical when whistleblowers identify problems they are addressed swiftly and responsibly. a properly functioning o.m.i. is key to doing so. finally, since last year the va became the first cabinet-level department to complete osc's whistleblower certification program. in addition to fulfilling the basic certification requirements the va is working with osc to conduct additional trainings for managers, supervisors, and lawyers at the regional level. the commitment we are seeing from va leadership to correct and eliminate retaliation has not

it is stored next to all the other medications. abrams is using it to see if it can relieve chronic pain in patients with a rare blood disorder. janellea is a painter, and she was born with sick annual cell anemia, and has been in pain for as long as she can remember. she says marijuana makes her nearly pain free. >> how long after you smoke do you have a relief of your pain? >> instantly. it's, like, instant. a couple minutes after you feel the relief of pain. >> sanjay shared why he is so passionate about legalizing medical marijuana. listen to this. >> we know there are accepted medical uses of marijuana, and i think what made it more person for me there's lots of data showing this, and what made it more personal for me, there are people out there that it's the only thing that works for them, and it's a question of how it would be immoral to not provide something for somebody when nothing else has worked. >> what specific benefits have you seen that struck you? >> well, there are a lot of stories, and behind every story is a lot

the army medical museum sent out missives to medical officers and all the major battlefields and all theaters of the war with the instruction to send speaks means from their battlefield hospital to washington. -- send specimens from their battlefield hospital to washington. they were instructed to keep detailed notes and instructed to keep with the specimen the object that caused the injury. if you look at some of those on display, you will see a mini ball or fragment tasked into the prepared specimens on display. they would come to washington packed in whiskey casks. this is prior to having been cleaned and prepared, packed into the barrels. and where the staff would have taken them out of the barrels, cleaned them, prepared them and mounted them, and this is a good example. not only did they show the structure of the bone, you can see the missing bone but included the shell fragment that caused that injury. another good example, too, of the work that the museum did to follow individual cases is that of major general barnham and this is his hip. and the surgeon healed up the skin in

last year more than 2 million people had their medical identities stolen. >> medical identity theft ishen somebody uses someone else's identity to obtain medical goods or services. >> reporter: ann patterson heads the medical identity fraud alliance showing cases have jumped 21% in just a year. >> it's most certainly a life or death situation. >> reporter: unlike traditional identity theft which mainly has a financial impact she says this crime can also have severe consequences for your health possibly leading to confusion during a medical emergency. >> your medical identity is corrupted with the identity thief's health information, so their blood type their allergies, their diseases, their health conditions that are not accurately reflecting your health. >> reporter: it can sometimes take years for victims to fix, costing them on average $13,000. >> if you're a victim of credit card fraud, you can call your financial institution. the bank will you know close your account and reissue a new card. you cannot issue me a new birthdate. you cannot issue me a new social security number. >> r

kept alive by medical technology. relatives arguing about how to keep you alive when realistically nothing will keep you alive. choosing to sky involves a profound set of decisions. three states, washington, oregon and vermont have solid death with dignity laws on the books. in montreal, a similar bill is making its way through the legislature. the ability to choose a death moved into the spotlight last fall, with 29-year-old britney may nature. an aggressive brain tumor was killing maynard. she chose a dose of barr bit utes over a gruesome end. her story captured headlines, here she is in her own words. >> i can't tell you the amount of relief it provides me knowing i don't have to die the way it's describe, the way my brain tumor would take me on its own >>> maynard moved from california, where suicide with prescribed drugs is illegal to oregon, where it's allowed. britney's mother, who advocated for a death with dignity law in california says her daughter's everywhere. >> we agreed given her devastating brain cance

it is biggest on medical need. host: what is your top line the will of the medicaid system as currently it -- currently constructed? guest: i am not a health care policy person or elected official. it is an important safety net for those this advantage to in our country. there is politics whether it should be government at the federal or state level. there are strikingly different opinions about that. we are seeing that play out now especially with the supreme court case coming out. it will bring some of that to lie it. from our standpoint at the mayo clinic, the needs of the patient comes first. if a patient lives in our state or and adjacent state and they have medicaid or medicare, we are honored to see them. host: next caller, david. you are on with dr. john noseworthy. caller: good morning. my concern is having commercial insurance at the table. in helping decide how value-based health care will proceed. when you look at relative values and how medical services are paid for now, at least two independent, frees

certain medications, changes in diet, or medical conditions may affect the amount of namenda xr in the the most common side effects are headache, diarrhea and dizziness. all my life, he's protected me. now i am giving back. ask their doctor about adding once-daily namenda xr. >>> welcome back to the lead. i'm jack tapper. we're standing by for a news conference by the baltimore city police commissioner. ant anythony bats is expected to give us an update into what happened to freddie gray while we was in police custody. we'll bring the conference to you live. while we're waiting let's go back to miguel marquez. he's in baltimore. you've been in the neighborhood all week interacting with people. these are tense times for people in the community? >> reporter: incredibly so. they're looking very much very closely at every word the government says. there is very little trust for the government among the people here for the police the mayor, the police dmigs near. the police commissioner going to great length to meet with members of the public to meet with as many family members of the dista

. >>> the medical examiner ruled the death an accident. but a forensic detective disagreed. the final resolution took three long years and raised questions about the accuracy of an autopsy. >>> paterson, new jersey, is an industrial suburb outside new york city which has its share of violent crime. one of the town's most unusual cases happened in 1980. >> i would personally rank it as being one of the most interesting, challenging cases i ever had. >> 29-year-old frankie pullian was found dead on a deserted road underneath an abandoned car. apparently, the person driving the vehicle hit frankie, then fled the scene, leaving the vehicle behind. frankie pullian worked for a local funeral home as a handyman. before that, he'd served a brief stint in the u.s. military. >> he would run errands for the funeral home, and the funeral home was also kind of a stopping off point for the police, as well. and it was one of the more successful black funeral homes in paterson. >> police discovered that the hit-and-run vehicle had been stolen a month earlier. the owner was a retired policem

we've seen dhiem a lot of medical type procedures and give medical type information so i thought that was interesting for him to say it's not a medical show and i thought interesting that he said i will no longer uses phrases like miracle. those are some of the phrases that got him in this predicament. >> and he had to testify before congress last year. michelle turner thank you. >> i'm not going anywhere. >>> i'm joined now by dr. drew host of "dr. drew on call." you have been on tv yourself many many years, doctor in some cases giving medical advice to someone you haven't seen. those are big challenges right? >> they are and in my profession -- whenever someone who's not specifically necessarily a general appears in a public setting, they get scrutinized carefully and when generals show up they sometimes need get taken down a notch and in dr. oz's case he's a teacher. and this group from stanford in the west want him to lose his way as a teacher. no one has ever taken any issue with his abilities as a cardio thoracic surgeon. why they would want to knock him down is bazar. what he d

certain medications, changes in diet, or medical conditions may affect the amount of namenda xr in they and may increase side effects. the most common side effects are headache, diarrhea and dizziness. he's always been my everything. now i am giving back. ask their doctor about adding once-daily namenda xr. >>> stunning new time lapsed images of the volcano in chile that erupted last week for the first time in 40 years, officials say the volcano is still unstashl. volcanic ash spread to areas more than 1,000 miles away and they've forced evacuations of more than 6500 people. >>> how about this deep sea discovery. an enormous manta ray, weigh 1 ton was accidentally caught off the coast of peru. they were travel in a homemade wooden boat when the massive creature got tangled in their net. >>> a wiley coyote led police on a chase before being caught. the officers tailed the animal on foot and by cruisers. the coyote was taken by patrol car to an animal care facility. >>> he lost nearly everything but now one man is getting a in small business you have to work hard, know your numbers, and

the first boat carrying medical supplies to hospitals in aden have arrived. doctors without border say almost two tons of medical supplies-- >> well, as mentioned aden is the scene of some of the worst fighting in yemen. this dramatic video is said to show supporters helping a wounded comrade to safety. they forced many to flee or to go into hiding. now let's get more on the situation from doha. is the aid getting in to aden? two things that strike me about that. first of all two and a half tons isn't a great deal of aid given presumably the needs on the ground. and secondly, while this said has made it through to a hospital there are going to be enormous logistical challenges getting aid to others who need it. >> we're talking about country that is a poor country many live below poverty line which has been exacerbated by the fighting flaring up over the past few weeks. hospitals are overwhelmed by the rising number of those killed in the fighting in aden. they say they have no medical supplies, and they need urgent aid to be able to help people. thousands ar

>>> the first medical aid flights land in yemen since saad saudi-lead air strikes began 16 days ago. >>> goo to have you with us here on al jazeera. i'm david foster also coming up pakistan frees on bail the suspected master find of the mumbai attacks, infuriating india. >>> a late night phone call sets the stage for the cuba and cuba and u.s. president's meeting. >>> and cricket says good-bye to the legendary richie benoit. >>> updating you on the latest developments on the war in yemen. the saudi-lead coalition keeping up its air strikes with the defense ministry in the capitol of sana'a. there has been a setback. pakistan's parliament has decided not to join the saudis voting to stay neutral in the conflict. there was some relief for the people of sana'a when planes were able to land for the first time since the air strikes began more than two weeks ago. the united nations now calling for a daily pause in fighting to allow aid in. erika wood has more. >> reporter: this is much-needed medical aid being unloaded at sana'a international airport. it's one of two planes that landed in

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