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finally a medical mystery.ng we put into our bodies every day and the government may now be trying to regulate how much of it we can have. let's get started. >>> more and more dulls are doing this. teens have it down to a science. we're talking about texting. for many it's a social lifeline. there is some evidence it could also be an addiction. a new study finds teens send up wards of 100 texts a day. some surprising new research. >> get set, go. >> reporter: how fast can your average 15-year-old text a single line? >> let's say faster than someone not in high school. >> mine is not even english. >> for 10th grader on the right, sarah in the middle, and april, texting may be as important as talking. >> how many texts do you send and receive every day? >> probably around 200. >> definitely a lot. a couple hundreds. >> it varies. >> reporter: various studies show to the tune of 3,000 texts a month for the average teenager. the question now, are teens texting too much? >> it's right by my bed when i go to sleep. i

charles denham, chairman of the texas medical institute of technology here to talk about medical errorsand patient safety. dennis quaid, probably a lot of folks saw your story on "60 minutes" a year or so ago. for purpose of this conversation for our viewers, why don't you start us at that point. what got you initially interested in the issue of patient safety. >> guest: my wife and i, my wife kimberly and i we have two 2 1/2-year-old twins now just doing great. but on the 10th day of their lives they had to go into the hospital for, an infection that they had that required a round of antibiotics. they, during their stay they were injected twice with a blood inthiser called heparin. unfortunately they received two doses. 1,000 times the dose they were to receive. and it almost killed them. basically turned their blood to the consistency of water. >> host: heparin is a common drug? >> guest: it is one of the most commonly used drugs in hospitals to relieve clotting at the point of an iv. >> host: now there are obviously okay and doing well. but, at what point did you and your wife discov

i never expected i would read as many medical journals about medical safety before the incident of ourtwins. i figured out really my role in this is to really raise awareness because i am a public person. and i am glad to play that role. host: and part of that, you will be at the press club today to talk about this and take questions as well. we have phone calls waiting. just to remind folks of the numbers for the republicans, democrats and independents and others. before we get to calls, the number of problems, medical errors, compare that to other industries. are they higher? guest: staggering. in 1999 when the medical institute report came out in washington, there is 100,000 deaths. and then the cdc reported that almost 100 people die from preve preventible and that's 20, 747 jet lines going down every week. and it spreads over all hospitals. host: how many people every year die from medical errors? guest: it's got to be over 200,000. and that's why the documentary we are releasing, is choosing zero, not just the harm, that's the story. but the biggest story are the winners all over

, then you can deduct medical expenses. there is no penalty if you roll money from one ira to another. the big thing that has happened with roth conversions is prior to 2010 if the income was over $100,000 they were prohibited from making a conversion. anybody can convert. if you move $50,000 from traditional to roth, future withdrawals from the roth would be tax-free. you have to pay tax on that $50,000 right now. that would be added to your income regarding the medical to adduction -- the dutch and raising 7.5% threshold. -- deduction, raising the 7.5% threshold. several states give their residents' tax deductions if they contribute to their own state, but there are still federal taxes. host: one question on twitter has questions about time limits? guest: there are refunds from last year the people cannot collect because they did not file. you have to file within three years of the original due date. if it was able 152009, you have until 2012. -- if it was april 15, 2009, you have until 2012. host: is available on the irs

morales is an american citizen, living in texas, with a mexican medical license.got the credentials he submitted to one monterrey hospital, and found that the medical degree came from a caribbean school that was later shut down for selling diplomas. morales dropped out of residency training in texas. morales and stowe took our patients on a tour of the hospital where morales was already doing stem cell procedures. he explained the techniques he uses. >> morales: our team will go in through a catheter and place it right up close to the brain, or will go intrathecally, you know, right into the spine, and do other things that are pretty aggressive. >> pelley: mexican officials tell us stem cell therapy for a.l.s. is not authorized. the hospital says it didn't know morales was using stem cells and wouldn't have allowed it. >> morales: so we could just go right in and, okay, you got your stem cells and you're out of here. >> pelley: we found one of morales' former patients, muna erickson, in michigan. she has multiple sclerosis, for which there is no cure. what exactly

. >> and a local medical students giving back to the community. >> and a local medical students giving back to the community. >>> here is a look at what else is happening. a group of somalis accused of piracy will be back in the courtroom on wednesday. 11 are being held in norfolk. the men will be appointed defense attorneys. they are accused of attacking two naval ships. >>> a big change, airlines will be able to keep passengers waiting on the tarmac for nor more than three hours. -- no more than three hours. airlines to break this role could be fined per passenger. -- kubrick this -- could break this -- who break this rule. >>> an annual meeting this week. it would draw the attention to the importance of distracted driving. for more on our abc7 drive to stay alive program, go to jail a.com -- go to wjla.com, a keyword -- wjla.com, a keyword -- teen driving. >>> taking a look at the week ahead in sports, the capitals face off against the canadiens for game 6 tomorrow night in montreal. if necessary, they will take on the canadians here at home. the nats are on the road this week. they

and a discussion about medical issues and increasing the public awareness on trying to decrease medical errors. our guest for that is actor dennis quaid and dr. charles denham. thank you for watching "washington journal." that's all for today. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] . . >> we've got this conference coming up monday and tuesday in washington, heads of state from across the world. wondering if a couple of things that happened during the past week, the israeli prime minister deciding not to show up, sending his deputy, and also iran showing off its latest technology and seeming to thumb its nose to this whole effort. i'm wondering if that's, in your mind, casts a pal on this conference or does it focus people on the need to do something. >> well, i think that the main focus of the conference is going to be on matters usually not handled on the head of state level, and that is good house keeping, which is very important when it comes to nuclear materials. but i think what will come out of the conferenc

and being judicious and careful in our use of those medications.also think the public health community has a role in terms of getting a message out there and effectively educating people in the community about using these medications and obviously, there's a role for law enforcement, as your other guest clearly attests to. >> and what do you think the biggest change that could happen that would help tachl down this problem could be? >> one of the changes occurred approximately a week ago. on march 31st the federal register of dea implemented a law that allows electronically prescribing drugs by sdprs that can help reduce forged prescriptions that doctors are able to electronically file prescriptions with the pharmacies. >> i got you. so that could make a big difference in terms of forgeries. >> that and also states that implement prescription monitoring programs where you can monitor the prescriptions that are being taken by people that also shows whether or not the person is doctor shopping. if in one day they've gone to three different doctors an

my wife works for a large medical firm, they have like 600 physicians there. she can't afford their insurance. we also have our own business, a small business. so, we don't have insurance within that. my point is that, does this affect how her company would price her policy for her at her job since it was so expensive to most of the employees there? also, with our business, we have 12 employees. would we be able to afford coverage if we decide to buy a policy? host: julie appleby, do you have any questions from what he said? guest: do you know if your wife's insurance plan, how much of a percentage of income? you don't have to answer that on the air. but under the law -- an excellent this will not take effect until 2014 -- she made a bold -- may be able to buy insurance on the exchange but it has to being as buying the policy through her employer would cost more than, i believe, at 8% or 9% of income. it is more than a certain percentage of the income she may be able to go on the exchange. and may qualify for subsidies. if not, she does have to stick with her

host: what percentage of medical care is spent on and of life care? guest: i do not have an exact figure, but it is a lot. it is debated a lot. how do we decide what to spend? it is a big chunk of change. there are a lot of medical problems. we spent a lot, and it varies a lot across the country. there are a lot of reasons for that. it has more hospitals and doctors. in the last year of life, you get more doctor visits and special visits and spend more time in the hospital. we looked at florida and oregon, and they are very different. is there a way we can try to level that out and it would save a lot of money without compromising quality of care? more care is not necessarily better care. that is where this gets really hard. what is the right amount of care? host: west virginia, republican. caller: i would like to ask, why is obama trying to sell this health care plan? i cannot understand why he sells this program when the party owns it? thank you. guest: i think he is asking what are they trying to sell right now? the democrats are hoping that this l

on april 12, dennis quaid will be discussing the prevention of potentially deadly medical errors. april 15, secretary to paul lozano of homeland security will be here discussing aviation security -- secretary napilitano. also like to present today speaker -- thank you for your time today. here is the legendary national press club mog. -- mug. [applause] now for the last question -- given the debate and your position, what was the biggest challenge to staying healthy during the stressful months of health-care negotiations? >> i am our runner. i figure as long as no one is chasing me, i will continue to run. that helps us sort out my days. i go down to the mall,, a little "god bless america," and it believed the sun will come up. and sure enough, it has. i am pleased to be with you here today. thank you for inviting me. hopefully you will all visit our website, healthreform.gov. we would like to have your input on what is working or not working, what information is hard to find

that is what i hear from medical students all the time.they are in a real financial box in terms of not being able to pay off loans and being inadequately compensated once they become providers. >> so you think they will move ov over? >> i do. we have seen an increase already this year in primary care choices made by first-year residents. it is up about 20%. >> thank you. >> thank you for your efforts to pass what is historic legislation. i know that your department is working overtime to make sure we begin the implementation of this legislation and that people can experience the benefits as quickly as possible and whether they are small business owners or seniors or young adults or people with a preexisting condition. we have already seen a couple of instances where insurance companies seem to be changing behavior in response to the bill. on the positive side we have seen several companies who plan to move ahead of schedule to let adult children stay on parents' plan until 26. but this are instances in which we will need to watch insuranc

michael hunter, forensic pathologist, medical examiner, joining us out of new york tonight, dr. hunter, could there be any evidence left on the body of haleigh cummings even if, worst case scenario, she were left out in the elements? >> well, if she's left out in the elements, then given the time frame, she's going to be skeletal. and i think probably completely skelet skeletal. i think what a medical examiner can do, an anthropologist can do, can define possibly what injuries maybe she sustained. head trauma, penetrating and perforating wounds such as gunshot wounds and stab wounds. other than that you're really left to the circumstances behind her disappearance and her discovery. now, as far as evidence, dna, and so forth that may tie someone to it, i really doubt that that's going to be possible. >> and to you, eleanor odom, what do you make of it? >> i completely agree, nancy, you're not going to find that. that doesn't mean a person can't be prosecuted for murder even if

what we learned today was that the marijuana medical bill is on life support. we will have more at 6:00 p.m. >> thank you. >> it feels like summertime around the mid-atlantic region. temperatures of around the 90- degree mark in many places. another hot day tomorrow before a cold front roles in and changes things for the end of the week. downtown baltimore checking in at 92 degrees. 91 at frederick. colder near the pennsylvania border. annapolis, though, at 90 degrees. ocean city at 88 earlier, but now down to 77. 48 around milwaukee, 45 in northern michigan. there is a cold front of their and that is triggering showers and storms. in the sec wet weather, maybe thunderstorms here on thursday as the -- it looks like a wet weather, maybe thunderstorms here on thursday as the cold front moves this way. >> the obama administration laid out a new nuclear policy today to get rid of all of the world's atomic weapons. >> it makes clear what the u.s. will and will not do. >> we believe this represents the best interest for the united states. >> creigh obama team promise

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my wife works for all large medical firm -- a large medical firm and she cannot afford their insurance. we have our own business -- a small business. we do not have insurance with that. mike point is that -- does this -- my point is this -- does this effect how her company would price the policy for her, since it was so expensive that most of the employees -? would it our business, with 12 employees, be able to afford coverage if we decide to buy a policy with that? host: do you have any questions for him? guest: do you know if your wife's insurance plan -- how much of a percentage of her income it would cost? under the law, this will not take effect until 2014, she may be able to go and buy insurance on the exchanges that are set up. the policy through her employer would cost more than, i believe, at 8% or 9% of income. it is more than a certain percentage of the income she may be able to go on the exchange. and may qualify for subsidies. if not, she does have to stick with her employer policy. for you, it sounds like a of a small business so you might want to look like how much this

about 60% of them favored legalizing marijuana for medical use. when it comes to legalizing marijuana for recreational use, only a third of the people surveyed support the idea. >>> it was day late but the discovery space shuttle came in for a nice clean landing today. the kennedy space center in florida. there were some bittersweet moments there. "discovery" has only one flight left. christian ten dahlgren has our report. >> reporter: for the space shuttle "discovery" this morning it was another race against mother nature. >> 3500 feet. >> reporter: as the sun came up and the fog burned off, "discovery" was able to glide back to its florida home. the landing cap ad is a-day and 6 million mile mission to resupply the international space station and it ended with a rare flyover of america's heartland. >> we have it coming over the entire united states. it was just absolutely gorgeous. the entire entry track took us over the rockies and over the midwest and across the mississippi delta. and it was a fan it is a tuck entry. >> reporter: with "discove

. >>> tomorrow, the california medical board will ask a judge to bar dr. conrad murray from seeing patients in california. the doctor has not seen patients since the death of michael jackson. he pled not guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the death of the pop star. he is accused of giving jackson as a powerful sedative, which some say ended up killing the singer -- he is accused of giving jackson a powerful sedative. >>> there is a hearing coming up for some suspects in a case. a group of men broke into the miami home of the ballplayer. >>> and all eyes will be on tiger woods after he returns to golf after four months of controversy. he will return it to the masters in augusta, georgia. an accident led to the discovery of an extramarital affairs. he went to rehab and then announced his decision to play in the masters. the tournament begins on thursday. >>> more than 175 era men and women with the d.c. national guard will be coming home -- more than 175 airmen and woemn. -- and women. >>> the cherry blossom festival continues this week with temperatures

he joins us, you are a medical doctor, right? yes. >> sean: nice to see you, thank you for being with us. every doctor i talk to says health care is going to destroy the medical industry, true? >> it is bad it is going to bankrupt the country destroy our health care and it is against our values. >> sean: what do you think of the 11th hour deal? without stupak this bill didn't pass. a number of people come up to me today and say -- i've been saying on radio and tv he's gonna cave. just like ben nelson cornhusker kickback he caved. it came to be he caved. what did you think of that deal? he got an executive order that not worth the paper it is printed on. >> that's the way i feel about it too. that's the weakest of excuses to cave on after setting himself up as the hero for the pro-life cause to bail on that weak excuse is unbelievable to me. >> sean: rumor and speculation that stupak may not run. this was fueled by his own spokesperson who said that every two years congressman stupak discusses with his family and constituents whet

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health care reform is expected to electronically link all medical professionals. that, says o'leary, could cut costs by preventing duplicate testing. >> we talk about preventing disease and we talk about taking care of patients in an efficient way, but we often don't have a good way to measure that. >> reporter: dupage medical group c.e.o. mary goldsher is still leafing through the nearly 1,000 pages of the new legislation. she thinks health care reform will encourage her doctors to better coordinate patient care. >> what the insurance company does, what the public does, is gives us a little push that maybe sometimes we need to improve those factors that can have a real effect in making care better. >> reporter: o'leary says the legislation isn't perfect, but it's a step in the right direction. >> it is bigger than anything i've seen in health care over the last two decades. >> reporter: diane eastabrook, "nightly business report", naperville, illinois. >> tom: here's what we're watching for tomorrow. federal reserve chairman ben bernanke testifies on the economic

we have troops the conduct local engagements teaching medical skills a a and combat operations with their partners in those countries, like u.a.e. and cover and bahrain and here in kuwait. -- cutter and bahrain and here in kuwait. here this week we had a five man detail that was up in one of these central and south asian countries, probably not good to go into the details of which one, but in one of these countries, they were conducting a medical engagement and talking about how to respond to national -- natural disasters and what efforts we were doing in preparing for those. but they were also helping to maintain -- learn how to maintain their medical equipment, x-ray equipment, lab equipment, etc. and just this week also here in kuwait we conducted a small engagement of about five of our troops with some of these special troops in kuwait and conducted the air assault training, which included some classroom work, some fieldwork, and ultimately a ride in helicopters at night under blacked out conditions to deliver troops on the ground at an objective area, which they were able to accompli

. >> a lively debate in annapolis on a bill that would legalize medical marijuana.but as john rydell tells us, the measure may be in trouble as critics question how the program would be regulated. >> we are talking about people that are going through agony. and pain. people with cancer. people with leukemia. >> on the floor of the maryland senate there is little debate over the benefits of marijuana for patients with chronic or severe illnesses. after all many remember the testimony of patients that appeared before their committees. >> so my muscles are very weak. they have a tendency to cramp. and spasm. and can bis keeps them relaxed. >> but the debate here, a bill that would legalize medical marijuana. it calls for the state to grow and regulate the distribution of pot to certain patients, with clearly defined illnesses. and those that have an ongoing relationship with their physician. but some worry that marijuana may wind up in the hands of patients that are not severely ill. >> does this in fact, does that clause, open the door to thousands of patients with co

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to describe that very medley sounded -- medically sounded construct, we will give you a medical expert, but it's predicated on medical fact and capacity so at the battle states right here where the rubber meets the road, we are prepared for the unexpected and no matter what happens to us, no matter what the enemy might do we are ready to save lives and that we are so full with people that we cannot handle a major attack. >> i was wondering, this may be out of your lane, but do you have any information about how the survivors were evacuated or taken to medical care on april 9 when the os pre-- ospri crashed and can you give us information about what caused that crash or anything about it? >> well, i appreciate that question because i appreciate what's behind the question and that is a very deep concern for those who were wounded and killed and for the safety issues surrounding that. i will tell you the one thing rest assured that the department of defense is world class at any event that takes place, that they preserve evidence and they research root cause so we protect people in the fu

the budget also takes an and that medical errors.we know that the quality of health care in america varies widely and most tragically in the case of tens of thousands of americans who die every year from health says the detections many of which are preventable. chairman obey, to have been a national leader for e eliminating these unnecessary deaths and our budget is aimed at helping to do that. doubling the size of the cbc national health care safety network to 5,000 hospitals. you also mentioned the need to be ready for immunizations and i want to thank you for your support of the cdc section 317 immunization program, which we have asked to receive additional funds to make sure that all the americans have access to vaccines that are the best protection against some of our most dangerous diseases. investments like these will help make sure that americans get the best possible care when they are sick. but we also have to do a much better job keeping americans healthy in the first place. so this budget builds on the recovery act signif

she oversees the medical care here. but as this tent city has grown, so has her role. now the de facto mayor and on this day, our official tour guide. do you call this camp the most vulnerable? why? >> because it's the most underserve camp of all the camps in port-au-prince. it's one of the largest ones. it's one of the most in risk and it has the fewest number of organizations helping here. the basic human rights issues of what should be done in an emergency still hasn't really reached that level, even three months later. >> couric: to say these conditions are unsanitary would be a massive understatement. >> mud and filth and sewage. there's garbage everywhere, there are rats here that are biting children. this place, especially when it rains, is just a place that you wouldn't even keep your animals in, frankly. >> couric: what kind of diseases occur in these kinds of unsanitary conditions? >> diarrheal disease is probably one of the biggest ones. typhoid is very common. when there's standing water like there is in the drainage canals, you get malaria, dengue fever. >

whether it's in medical policy or in medical practice.nd i learned that i can make a difference in medical practice when the national health service corps sent me to bayou la batre. it's a pretty place but it's a poor place. i found a community of working poor, too poor to afford medical care but too rich to qualify for medicaid. i like the people and i like the community and i wanted to practice medicine there. but i quickly learned that practicing medicine wasn't just sewing up the shark bites. i had to deal with the land sharks. the regulators, the reviewers, the red tape dispenser, whom i jokingly call the hammer heads, the lawyers. [laughter] >> but i learned that i had to stay involved in any kind of organization that could help get services to my patients. you know, everything from the ama to the state medical society to the local medical society, united way, red cross, chamber of commerce, girl scouts, anything that we could get services for. it was an entire community that i had to turn to. and there were things that my prescript

it's a serious medical condition., effectively lowers very high triglycerides in adults but has not been shown to prevent heart attacks or strokes. lovaza starts with omega-3 fish oil that's then purified and concentrated. it's the only omega-3 medication that's fda-approved. you can't get it at a health food store. lovaza isn't right for everyone. tell your doctor if you're allergic to fish, have other medical conditions and about any medications you're taking, especially those that may increase risk of bleeding. blood tests are needed before and during treatment. in some, ldl or bad cholesterol may increase. possible side effects include burping, infection, flu-like symptoms, upset stomach, and change in sense of taste. ask your doctor about lovaza, the prescription that starts in the sea. >>> don't miss the cbs evening news with katie couric. with what is "eye on medicine" the story you're working on tonight. >> hey, kai. nice to talk to you. dr. lajuke. scientists have apparently found a way to predict the women w

a medical mistake nearly cost the lives of his newborn twins. it happened in a los angeles hospital right before quaid's unsuspecting eyes. >> when my wife and i were in the room, a nurse unintentionally gave our children 1,000 times the dosage of a dangerous flood thinner. we had no way of knowing that the potentially lethal quantity of heprin in their tiny bodies with was turning their blood into a consistency of water. >> reporter: the twins recovered but quaid and his wife were never the same. the actor has become an activist, speaking out, he say, not to criticize the health care industry, but to make it better. >> my mission today is to drive awareness. awareness of the shocking amount of harm that we can, that we can prevent. and my message is a call to action. >> quaid maintains in order to eliminate medical mistakes and improve patient care, health care professals need to speak out. the actor believes that investing in tech nolgs will serve as a safety net. >> technologies like bar code systems, smart influgs pumps, electronic medical r

why they are doing it and what is this medication?and just all the simple things that to find out because we're consumers and we're also, you know, we're caregivers as well. we're patients. we're also responsible for our own health care as a patient we should ask questions. >> having -- given your personal story in several different forms, people have been tched and moved by what they have heard you say. you're also in the genre of celebrity with a cost. you see people come through washington, d.c. with various things they want to promote. what are some of the challenging pitfalls on being a celebrity speaking on behalf of a cause and how do you deal with those? >> yes, it is another celebrity to be mr. smith goes to washington. or was it tom hanks? what i found in the role that i can play, i didn't plan on making this a cause. i remember being in the hospital with the twins and it was after the 41 hours of danger that they were in and they were out of the danger period and i remember thinking these little guys, they are 10 days old a

capital resources are in medical services. they are not simultaneously available for other aspects of the economic growth. since our growth is limited to, we have to recognize that demand a number of things that are important to us, if you add them up, we don't have the resources to do them all. we have to make choices. >> i heard that something like 5/6 of our health care expenditures, the consumer has no particular knowledge of what the costs are and no particular incentive to reduce them. does that fit into your concept of the culture we have? >> the question enters itself in the sense that essentially what the nature of what's wrong with the system is that there is no effective russian mechanism -- effective ration mechanism in our system. we know we cannot get growth in our economy from productivity of more than 3% per year for any period. if you go back, back to 1870, we have never had a. in the united states, very few periods where output per hour grew more than 3% over a 15- year period or less than 1% over a 15-year p

she was transported to the medical center and passed away this afternoon. >> the neighborhood could not stay out of the headlines a few months ago. there was a lot of violence and drugs. >> we are doing and give jobs. this is an encouraging sign looking at the numbers. >> police shifted tactics, a tactic that appears to be working despite the murder friday night. there is no ongoing danger. >> one of the key strategies is to be where crime can happen and get crime off the street. one homicide is too many. we will not be satisfied until i am saying none at the end of the year. we know that what we are doing is working. the community police and what we are doing. that is also important. >> what is important about this case is that they do not believe it is a random act. they have a suspect in custody -- custody. wbal tv 11 news. >> teenagers are behind bars charged with stabbing another teenager at white marsh mall. police were able to keep the set -- at the suspect minutes later. they have been charged with adults as first-degree murder. and police say is suspects opened fire on a victim

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you have a lot of medical problems. we spend a lot. it varies around the country. a lot of people have looked at that and ask why we are spending so much more in some parts of the country than others. there are many reasons for that. it could be the way medicine is practiced. it could be that there are more doctors and hospitals. certain parts of the country, in the last year of life, you get more doctor and specialist visits and spend more time in the hospital. i just heard a story a few years ago about that. we looked at florida and oregon which are very different. a lot of the economists and other folks say, is there a way we can try to level that out? it would save a lot of money without compromising the quality of care. . where this gets really hard. what is the right amount of care? host: west virginia, republican. caller: i would like to ask, why is obama trying to sell this health care plan? i cannot understand why he sells this program when the party owns it? thank you. thank you. guest: i think he is asking what are they trying to sell right now? the demo

research even though that would impede medical research appointed could not go forward? how did that happen? we have to turn back to peter sr.. back when he published the book and will liberation he was a utilitarian and does not believe in absolute principles he believes in the analyses that's which i would like a vase seminar but that maximizes happiness and minimize the suffering it generally speaking the right thing to do in a utilitarian vehicle pro prior to peter singer and in my a two a other book i get into utility area philosophy which has really permeated the bioethics movement before peter singer it was always about to humans and joseph fletcher who was a very big pioneer of bioethics and a utilitarian used to talk about what matters to maximize human benefit. peter sr. took a different step. he said not only should we do they utilitarian analyses in terms of how humans are impacted but we should give animals equal consideration when remake those analyses. he accepted the idea of speciesism he did not going to popularize it was coined by animal-rights a man na

>>reporter: welcome to scotland's new medical city. on the southern fringe of edinburgh, a two billion dollar project is underway to turn this site into one of the world's top ten bio-science centres. >>savill: we believe that if we can assemble a cluster comprising industry, the national health service, health provision in the hospital and the academic activity in the university we will achieve most quicklyimprovements in wealth and health . >>reporter: already scotland is home to 20 percent of the uk's life science companies, attracting more than 650 million dollars annually in research funding. on this site there are currently over 70 companies working alongside edinburgh scientists, including 17 of the world's top pharmaceutical firms. the aim now is to come up with more of their own. >>seckl: we are really smart at coming up with new concepts and new ideas and it ought to be possible for us - many of us like myself are clinically qualified and see patients in between doing the research andthe teaching students - we ought to be abl

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we are still reaching no where near the number of pregnant women who are hiv-positive with a medication that will -- it is 98% effective. bill is going to talk about vaccinations. they work and they are cheap. it is the best. i think that it is very important that we continue that. the third thing i would say is we ought to do more on clean water. 80% of the people who die from waterborne diseases -- cholera, dysentery, diarrhea -- our children under 5. my biggest worry in haiti is that the sanitation problem in the rainy season will lead to a second round of death. those children will just a surely be casualties to the hurricane as anything else. procter and gamble has a pill costs 10 cents that will clear water for a family of four for three days. finally -- i know people say this and nobody ever does it. you're being given an opportunity, this committee is, on a bipartisan basis, to look at whether we can substantially lower the overhead and transaction cost of our farm assistance program. i think you get a heck of a value for the dollar. i think we should spend more money on foreign

our chief medical editor dr. nancy snyderman is in port-au-prince. nancy, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. michelle obama is making the world's children a top priority, and today she came to haiti to offer support to some of the children who need it the most. they came for a firsthand look and their helicopter tour tookish mellow bahama and dr. jill biden over cities reeling from january's earthquake. after touching down in port-au-prince to meet president renee preval and his wife elizabeth, the next stop was a visit to a special arts program. haiti's first lady set it up to help children cope in the aftermath of the quake. greeted by children singing welcome, mrs. obama joined right in. dancing and trying her hand at painting. mrs. obama and dr. biden's visit was unannounced and security very tight. at a news conference, mrs. obama said, although the road ahead would not be easy, haiti has the u.s.'s support. >> after so much loss, how on earth can you still have hope? well, we have hope because we've been inspired. inspired by the r