we surrender our modesty and trust physicians especially our ob/gyn with our needs and vulnerabilities. in return we expect expertise and respect. elizabeth blackwell to get a medical degree of gender power and balance and advocated for women's equal representation. it isn't only about what women will do in medicine but also the influence they will exert she lectured in 1959. today half of our medical students but another go-round is no more secure either is our health. the report found the life expectancy has risen and women are dying at younger ages than international peers. it's kind that has been worsening. in the years it is worse than men and worse than the previous generation. the 2013 study found that doctors enter adulthood greater risk for the development. in 42% of counties women's life expectancy is decreasing. fact, haven't we come a long way from where cervical cancer was the number one cause of cancer and the days when breast cancer and more awareness, haven't we conquered this and aren't we already more flexible, shouldn't women have more power now in medicine and the s

he's been in this field of ob/gyn for more than 40 years, and for back use to start working with this midwife and he told several stories. he didn't denigrate what to do in hospital. what he's been doing in hospital, but he pointed out how he could learn so much listen to the midwife and the women and he gave some great stories. we are going some of this, these sort of short presentations at the briefing at the statehouse this morning which is for this important bill where can't get past. people should refer to physicians to that short presentation to role model how to be positive about opening these conversations and share information and enable others to save maybe we're doing things not the right way. an endocrinologist going up against the gynecological establishment with information that are endocrinologist peers have problems with the gynecologist you because it's not their sphere. but the conversation has to happen and your book is going to help that, so thank you. >> thanks. [applause] >> i'm going to add a question to that. which i like to ask a lot of people i develop for un

but two of them, two modules will become a surgical center and one module will become an ob/gyn, and the other modules will be for emergency services. so, it is exciting. >> is there anyway we can contribute to this project? >> of course. i am sure our sisters will be happy to take contributions. i can give you our address. >> speak it now if you don't mind. >> we are at the sisters of st. francis, we are at po box 1028 in redwood city, california, 94064. >> reporter: wonderful, good to know. >> it is wonderful. we need funds. as franciscans, we are so so with begging. it's not one of the things we like to do, but we do do it when we need to help the poor. >> sure, that is wonderful. it is an interesting product. you mentioned your consecrated population is injured aging. are you looking for vocations? >> the world is changing. women have many more opportunities. in some ways, that plays into it, and other ways it has nothing to do with it. god is still calling people to follow him in whatever way god chooses to call them. and, it might not be to the kind of religious life i have liv

doctor.d you are a ob/gyn. i said you are doctor. let me ask you something. , doe a doctor in oklahoma you have to have any formal and he said yes, you got to go to medical school. andid ok, that was a joke that is what i used to do in my career. hour and i explained to him what jokes were and what the props for -- proper reaction to jokes were and we had a nice talk. nervous.was so the first day i got there, i was put on my desk a constituent note and there was a woman in 110.sota who is turning i was supposed to write her a note. ruth, you have a bright future. so, my scheduler picks it up and goes what's this? i said what is this? it is a joke. you think she will find it funny? i don't know. 110. you think her family will find it funny? court ruled one same gender marriage, i wrote give it toelease and my staff and my press release minnesota senator al franken supremeay i applaud the court for legalizing same gender marriage throughout the nation, but i found justice polices -- veryce scalia's dissent gay. what is the harm? i don'

ultrasound technician leighann decker is a former employee of an ob-gyn in owensbro, kentucky. he prescribes testosterone to patients with normal levels. >> more and more practitioners have tried to jump on board when they see the cash being made from it. it's cash pay. it's easy money. >> they read about it. they see it. >> reporter: the doctor in kentucky and practitioner in indiana both attended seminars given by this man, dr. neal rouzier. rouzier has been promoting hormone replacement therapy for decades. >> i don't care about the number. i treat patients. >> reporter: during a 2016 deposition, he said he gives testosterone to patients even if their levels are normal. testosterone is only fda-approved to treat men with low levels of testosterone. and some research suggests testosterone therapy may increase the risk of heart attack or stroke. back in 2015, rouzier dismissed that concern. >> there is thousands of articles to show protection against heart attacks. >> reporter: but under oath in that deposition, he couldn't back up his claim that his approach to testosterone t

he is an ob/gyn. i said, you are doctor. let me ask you something. to be a doctor in oklahoma, do you have to have any formal education and he said yes, you got to go to medical school. i said, ok, that was a joke, and that is what i used to do in my career. we spent an hour and i explained to him what jokes were and what the proper reaction to jokes were and we had a nice talk. my staff was so nervous. you write constiuent notes. the first day i got there, i was put on my desk a constituent note and there was a woman in minnesota who is turning 110. i was supposed to write her a note. i wrote dear ruth, you have a bright future. so, my scheduler picks it up and goes what's this? i said what is this? it is a joke. he goes, you think she will find it funny? i don't know. she's 110. hyou think her family will find it funny? okay. i didn't get to do that. when the supreme court ruled on same gender marriage, i wrote our press release and give it to my staff and my press release was minnesota senator al franken said today i applaud the supreme court for

a recent grad is at schoo10 minutes away from greenstreet studying to eventually become an ob/gyn whileing part-time. she said greenstreet prepared her to juggle both. >> m i was prepared based time management because that is what they need always, strive -, time managemen don't procrastinate. >> back at greenstreet academy, students are harvesting apples and enjoying the fruits of their labor and the school will begin a capital campaign for a new living wage career training for students and their parents. for the pbs newshour, i'm in maryland. ♪ >> for decades, the governing body overseeing collegiate sports has refused to budge from its position that student-athletes should not be financially compensated for their performance the field or on the court. today, for the first time, the ncaa seemed to open the dr to change. but the announcement comes with many caveats. >> the ncaa was facing a wave of new pressure on is issue from california and a dozen other states. the california governor recently hasigned a lawwould allow student-athletes to profit off their name, image, and likeness,

what about the penetration of these machines, my ob/gyn orders me too have a 3d mammogram. >> you haveedit card and try to get reimbursed by my health insurance company because of the way that medicine works in new york. but what about the penetration of the 3d mammography machines? how easy is it for woman to get one of these critical mammogram. >> some people say there's also false positives in the 3d. >> let's take both, first off we are now about 60% of all the machines in the united states are now 3d. so were launched about seven or eight years ago and over the next couple of years that will probably move north of 80 or 90%. most of the leading institutions and certainly in new york all the leading hospitals have 3d. to your point, one of the fascinating points of the 3d is a clinically proven we are picking up 220 - 65% more detection of early stage cancers and importantly a 40% reduction in false positive. so how many women have had to go back and have biopsies that were not needed. the funny part about us, were the world leader in biopsies by launching the 3d we have actually c

i've partnered with doctor mccain task write an article calling on more ob gyn providers to become trained in atc we are playing hot potato with a mom is has these disorders. so we take care of her. and to other models i mentioned frequently the maternal opioid misuse model will increase access to effective substance abuse disorder treatment to a focus on improving the quality of care for pregnant and postpartum patients and created one for kids the again emphasis providing support pritikin agree with the more we are trying to do all we can to provide that flexibly. new hampshire also has 1115 waiver. >> thank you. it's similarly and we looked at reports on neonatal syndrome. ongoing work on mood work eternal. we have a report that is coming out and looking at medicated opioid use disorder services for pregnant and postpartum women is a part of the support act. i think it's actually being released today. there will be some more information there. >> thank you. i know i'm running out of time. a follow up with you doctor adams we have a bill to help remove the waywardness necessary for physi

are they an anesthesiologist or an ob-gyn or sometimes it's just an m.d.after hours? if you have a problem that night or the next day after, what's going to happen if you can't reach somebody? these are importance to ask. >> as -- important to ask. >> as the man said, things can happen with medical care. >> that's why it's good to ask the doctor, can i have your cell number? see how that goes over. >> thank you. >>> a study says the youngest kids in class have the greatest chance of being diagnosed with emotional and behavioral issues. psychologist lisa demother nature is in our toyota green o >>> in "school matters," new research shows a child's age compared to their classmates could impact their mental and behavior held. a study in jama pediatrics looked at data from more than a million kids age 14 to 15. researchers in britain found the youngest children in the class have a roughly 30% higher chance of developing depression compared to their oldest peers in the same class. apart from depression, they also have an increased chance of being diagnosed with

including keeping moment baby together i've partnered with the doctor to write an article calling on more ob/gyn to become strange so that we are in playing hopping potato with a mom and that we can can take care of our. >> two others and i will mention quickly on the misuse model will increase treatment and improving the quality of care for pregnant and postpartum patients and the integrated care for kids model through this is a child center in service that emphasizes providing those support, and so can agree with you more and we are trying to do all we can to provide the flexibility and we also have an 11:15 weyburn that provides more flexibility. >> thank you. >> thank you gao, we have looked at neonatal absent syndrome and we also have ongoing work on mortality, courtroom virtually doesn't relate to the opioid crisis, we have on the reports coming out on medicaid and postpartum women as part of the support, i think it's actually being released today so that there will be more information there. >> thank you i know we're running out of time, i will follow up with you doctor adams, and i have

james kern, an ob-gyn in houston, about 100 miles away. excuse me, dr. kern? i'm from cbs news.t landry was prescribed testosterone when he had normal blood hormone levels? >> i don't know anything. >> reporter: in 2017, the optimum clinic was raided by the dea. shortly after that, kern withdrew his supervision. the dea declined to comment. >> i was furious. >> reporter: amy townsend is a doctor in southeast texas. >> on the scene is multiple people that are my friends and my family that are being treated completely inappropriately. >> reporter: she decided to report the clinic to the state nursing board. >> i felt that it was something that needed to be done to protect the community. >> reporter: and did they take action? >> they did not. >> reporter: oversight comes from state medical and nursing boards. cbs news reached out to both sets of boards in all 50 states. of the 95% that responded, only seven states have both medical and nursing boards who keep track of incidents related to hormone therapy. >> right now this practice of giving testosterone to people, who in your mind

when you talk about this group of pregnant women, as an ob/gyn the first and most important thing youis recommended for all pregnant women, it is safe and recommended to be given in all three trimesters. it is the best way for that woman to protect not just herself, but her unborn baby because that baby cannot get vaccinated for six months so she will be able to protect her baby by passing those antibodies while pregnant. >> what is a concern for the pregnant woman that has the flu? >> well, we say it in obstetrics. we have two lives at stake and the pregnant woman has a weakened immune system. it puts her at much higher risk for severe complications of influenza, not just for her or the baby. i have had a pregnant patient die of influenza. i take this very, very seriously and last night we reached out to acog and they gave us a statement. they're not playing around either. they said vaccination during pregnancy is safe, we have a lot of reassuring data to back it up so i want to emphasize pregnant wife should talk to their midwife or obstetrician. >> and data behind it. >> yes. >> al

her sister is an ob-gyn. got married, pregnant, about to have twins, couldn't be happier, but the babies came early, and so this doctor went to the hospital to deliver her babies, her twins, and they needed to be put in the neonatal intensive care unit of the hospital, which of course she did. good news -- three or four weeks later they're ready to come home. they came home and of course everyone was happy to receive them. but they weren't happy to receive in the mail a few weeks later a bill for hundreds of thousands of dollars. whaps what was it for? it turns out that at the hospital, the doctor was in network for the woman who was delivering the baby. the hospital was in the network for delivering the baby. but the nicu was a separate entity that even this doctor didn't know it wasn't in network. her babies went to this lifesaving intensive care unit in the hospital, and she received a bill for hundreds of thousands of dollars, a surprise bill. is that right? of course it's not. and here is a professional,

and when i researched this, went to the university of chicago, asked the ob-gyns there, look into the stats, tell me the story, tell me what's behind this. they said, senator, there's no correlation between income or education attainment and this death rate among women. it is only a question of color. we're losing new moms, and sadly we're losing babies as well. every year more than 23,000 infants die in the united states, largely due to factors that could be prevented. black infants, twice as likely to die as white infans phants, a -- infants, a disparity greater than it was in the year 1850 in this country. that's why representative kelly, my colleague senator duckworth and i introduced this act. the bill would expand the amount of time that a new mom could keep their health conform. currently medicaid only has to cover women two months part partum after the baby is born. our bill would expand that to a full year. next, the momma act would improve access to dhulas. too often black women are just not listened to or taken seriously been health care providers. doulas can provide advoca