parkinson's patients able to dance. >> this is a transporting exercise. when i come here -- i don't have parkinson's. >> reporter: for patients, intriguing mysteries that could put a new spin on treating their disea disease. sharyn alfonsi, abc news, new york. >> it is really amazing. >>> and still ahead on "world news," a flashpoint, and the case heads to the supreme court. protesters spew hatred at a marine funeral, and a grieving father is forced to pay them money? he fights back. >>> and some workers who were turned away by the world get a chance to show what they can do. welcome to the world of lovaza, where nature meets science. if you have high cholesterol, highblood pressure or diabetes, you may also have very high trglycerides -- too much fat in the blood. it's a serious medical condition. lovaza, along with diet, effectively lowers very high triglycerides in aults but has not been shown to prevent heart attacks or strokes. lovaza starts ith omega-3 fish oil that's then purified and concentrated. it's the only omega-3 medication that's fda-approv

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and the scientist said i have used a couple hundred monkeys my goal is to help the parkinson's patients think of the benefits that can come to the patient and peter says when you put it that way that is appropriate and that is the reason end parkinson's patients have greater value they and the monkey but he would say the same thing about a baby and have said when asked by a psychiatrist or psychology today, what about using chimpanzees and creating the hepatitis vaccines which have done so much benefit from human beings? >> host: said of using the chimpanzee they should have used people added diagnosed persistent a vegetative state. people who are profoundly disabled because the disabled him and have a lower quality of life and a chimpanzee because the chimpanzee have greater mental faculties. that is peter sr.. that is not animal-rights. and all rights took the india ofmoveast it almost made him a conservative. they came up with the idea that the human that gives a value of seat ability to feel pain and not just a painful sensation but the year, boredom, anxiety and this kind of thing

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her mother suffered from parkinson's, an ailment that impaired her ability to chew and swallow food. the staff served her beef stew. >> there was a piece of meat left in hearst do that was over 1 inch long. predictably, -- that was in her stew that was over 1 inch long. predictably, when she went to eat it, she joked. >> she never recovered and she went from hospital center to hospice, where she died from pneumonia a week later. pneumonia a week later.

. >> derrickson suffered from parkinsons, and she became a resident at summerville in july of 2008. within 12 months, she had lost 21 pounds. but the worst was yet to come. on june 16th, med-acts rushed derrickson to the er. she was ching on piece of meat. >> the last parent i had was my mother. i just lost my father, the year before. and i was told that she would have the best of care. and i feel they were negligence. >> months earlier, derrickson had experienced' similar problem. and it was noted her food needed to be cut into small bite size pieces. but on june 16, state records show that did not happen. even though workers attempted the heimlich maneuver three times, the meat remained wedged in derrickson's throat. forceps had to be used. >> i think, it is pretty neglect compounded upon neglect, they were understaffed and did not have people checking on the residents of the facility. had that been done, we would not be sitting here today and ms. you derrickson would be alive. >> rose came off life support after 10 days. now months later, her family is suing. and asking a jury fo

if you lose your sense of smell, that's one of the earlier signs that you may have parkinson's diseasel predate the diagnosis by about seven years. that's one of the tips you can look for. women who have calves that are large, a lot of times women get upset about that, the circumference of your calf, if it's more than 13 inches, you have a lower chance of having a stroke. we believe that's the case because big calves will suck up some of the fat that was in your blood, less of that fat is in your blood vessels, less of the disease affecting your brain vessels occurs. and less strokes. simple tips like that are what we are going to highlight. in tomorrow's show. for a lot of us, the more you recognize the clues your body is yelling out to you, the more you can pay attention to them. >> larry: i know summer is coming and there's a big thing now that we need more vitamin d. everyone should take more vitamin d. take it in pill form. get -- should we get more sun? >> i think we ought to get more sun, but i think there's a smart way of doing it. if you live north of atlanta, you can draw a l

connections between cell phone use and cancer as well as neurological diseases like alzheimer's and parkinson's. >>> we are all aware by now the health hazards related to second-hand smoke. cigarettes can still be dangerous even when there is no smoke. cigarette butts are toxic to the environment and are the most common source of litter in the world. >> reporter: cigarette butts are tossed out of car windows, left on sidewalks, stufed into the sands. these butts and other form of tobacco debris are the most common form of litter in the world. >> it is toxic litter. >> reporter: dr. hill son is the president of the american legacy foundation, nonprofit, committed to reducing tobacco use. she says that the cigarette butts are filled with toxins, nicotine, tar. although they are partially biodegradable -- >> into pieces of toxins. biodegrading something composed of toxins helps introduce the toxins more widely into the environment. >> reporter: in a 2009 lab study, researchers soaked one cigarette butt in less than a gallon of water for 24 hours. then added minnows to the tank. about half of the f

pitch that we secretly recorded again and again as stowe claimed to reverse cancer, a.l.s., m.s., parkinson'sease and more. >> lawrence stowe: we're the only one's who's been able to get anybody that's down here back up to here, and they stay back up to here. if we were a major pharmaceutical drug company, you know, we'd be talking about all of our research associating getting nobel prizes in medicine and things of that nature. >> pelley: larry stowe is not a medical doctor. he claims two phds, but we found he only has one, in chemical engineering. he had a career at mobil oil and holds patents in the oil industry. but by the 1980s, stowe had taken a strange turn into pseudo-science. for a time, he promoted something called "eon water," which, he said, slowed the aging process. and by 2003, he had created the stowe foundation to advocate unproven stem cell therapies. michael martin, one of the a.l.s. patients helping with our story, had heard about stowe from a friend. and before we ever met martin, he'd already given stowe a down payment of $47,000 to start the treatment. when dr. stowe said

they hope to find connections between cell phones an cancer and neurological diseases, like parkinson's. >>> the fund-raiser for the march of dimes is a way for families who have lost a child to honor their memory. >> kristen dahlgren reports how one soldier in iraq is not letting his being half a world keep him from showing his support. >> reporter: shawn and emily newsome are the proud parents of two healthy children but their journey through parenthood hasn't been easy. before aden and grace came along they had sara elizabeth. >> about 24 hours after she was born we noticed she wasn't responding very well. >> reporter: sarah died hours later from complications of a rare heart defect called hlhs. they only had time to take a few pictures. >> when that occurred, there's this void and you need to fill it with something. >> reporter: they turned to the march of dimes and along with family and friends have participated in the annual fund-raising walk for the past nine years. but this year, one of their family members couldn't make it. >> we're all going to put a t-shirt on here and at lea

so it's disturbed in schizophrenia, in parkinson's disease, and it also cooperative in addictive disorders. so drug use such as cocaine and heroine hijack the system. and one of the great insights that you'll hear is exactly how this occurs. these drugs simulate the activation of this system. they take it over. >> are there stages of addiction? >> there are several well-defined stages of addiction too begin with, there's the addictive process itself whereby as you outlined people begin to experience of an addictive drug, get the pleasure of addiction as the system hijack it is system and they focus on getting the drug and on all other aspects of their lives. they neglect their families and health. knowing they're destroying themselves they continue to use the drug. number two, as they continue to use it think become tolerant. so the doses they initially use to give them a high is no longer effective they need to go to higher doseage. and the striatum, which gets recreted but something like cocaine no longer responds once the person has used cocaine for some time. and one of the most tragic

. >> empaÑada por el anuncio del candidato que informÓ que los mÉdicos le diagnosticaron mal de parkinson que te diga, sabes quÉ soy homosexual, debiÓ haber sido un proceso muy fuerte para ella: >> es mejor que te lo diga y no engaÑarla. >> ella dice que mientras fue novia de ricky martin, jamÁs ella sospecho absolutamente nada. pero bueno, vamos... >> pero no se lo dijo a ella? >> pero mucho despuÉs. >> ademÁs, puede ser bisexual. >> pudo ejecutar con una mujer y lo dijo alejandra guzmÁn y lo dice rebeca de alba que era muy buen amante con las mujeres. y tiene una predilecciÓn mÁs fuerte hacia los hombres. >> exactamente. >> de un tema a otro. este fin de semana el cubano william levy se presentÓ en la obra un amante a la medida en la que tambiÉn develaron la placa por las 100 representaciones de la broa vamos a ver quÉ qué es lo que opina william levy de las fotos que le robaron en el hospital de su beba. vamos a escuchar. >> yo sÉ que es la misma persona de siempre, al revÉs, yo todas las cosas que tengo se las agradezco a dios. soy una persona que no tengo que decirte cÓmo soy, soy un

workers here at the fairfax plant applauding some of the dignitaries, including kansas governor parkinsonare here for the announcement from general motors. again, ed whitacre's going to announce that they have completely paid back the loans to the canadian and american governments, totaling more than $8 billion. also announcing putting about $250 million into this plant and a plant in michigan, bringing back more workers. don't forget, coming up at 10:45, we're going to be talking to steve girsky, vice chairman of general motors, first on cnbc. we'll ask him what's next for gm, including the move towards going public. erin, that's the latest from here. we'll talk to you in a little bit. >> going public. it will be an interesting topic indeed on that. when you look at the overall markets today, the nasdaq continues to be the standout, and that is thanks to apple and the iphone in particular. different story for yahoo! though, weighing down little bit, disappointing the street, and revenue was a disappointment there. let's get to bertha. bertha, on balance, if you're looking at a see-saw, a

this position took to administering the drug commonly used for parkinson's to these catatonic persons. -- this doctor to to a administering that drug. miraculously he managed to revive them and for short period of time they engaged in life by talking to their relatives. and then, of course, as all of you know, with the continued administration of this drug, they lapsed back into the catatonic state. it was a famous story that harold denton wrote a screenplay for it, then it was turned into a movie titled "awakenings." one cannot help but feel when you look to the middle east and consider the developments from madrid through oslo, then beyond, and then the regression from the late 1990's onward, you cannot help but feel that unless will resolve to solve this problem quickly, the future historians will look back at this time of peace as a brief awakening. of course, the tragedy would be beyond words, i think, for all of us. we either survive this crisis together, or we will not. having said that, i have nothing to say. like everyone from the middle east, that is never completely true. i

successful with congress, then these companies are going to do a better job, people won't have parkinson'scancer and we'll feed more people and we'll get green energy, so -- >> how often does it happen where, because of your service in congress, you're able to apply it directly in your current job? is that a daily event? >> of course it is. i mean, i know what -- i've been on the receiving side of information for 24 years as an elected official. i know what members of congress want when you go to see them. first off, they want you to walk in and say this is what i'm looking for. >> yeah. >> because people walk in and they tell you a narrative for 25 minutes and you're going, what do you want? so, you know, i walk in and say, look, this is -- and the reason we were successful with this biostimulus thing was, i walked in and said here's a molecule of aspirin, this is what it looks like, here's what a biologic is, here's how you make it. if this will cure this disease, do you want to help? sure. and it was actually real argumentative persuasion and not -- you know, nobody's going to give me a

the physician was administering the drug that is commonly used for parkinson's, for these people.raculously, almost, he managed to revive them, and for some time, they engaged in life and -- in a manner that had been impossible with meeting the friends, and discovering themselves. and then, as all of you know, they just began to relapse into this. the story was so famous that there was a screenplay about this, and this became a movie that was called, awakening. you cannot help but feel that when you look at the middle east, and you consider the development from madrid, and beyond, and the regression, from the late 1990's onward, he cannot help but feel that unless we all resolve to solve this problem, and we do this very quickly, future historians will look back at this time of peace as a brief awakening, a brief moment in time that introduced itself to us and then departed very quickly. and of course, the tragedy would be beyond words, i think, for all of us. because we have to survive this together, will we will not survive this together. we will all suffer. having said this, i

that there are more people that die from mrsa caused infections than those that die from aids, parkinson's emphysema or homicide each year. and i do think that this is something that has to be addressed. i was surprised as they looked at the issue first in 07, to find out from our tennessee department of health that there is not a national standard on a way to report mrsa issues, and that is of concern to me. do something i want to address with both of you as we move through the hearing. i do have a full statement that i want to submit for the record, but i thank you for the hearing and look forward to our witness is. >> the full statement will be entered into the record. thank you. are vice chair, ms. caps, the gentleman from california. >> thank you chairman pallone. i will be very brief but i want to thank you for holding the hearing and thank you are witnesses for coming in their testimony. i have to give a special thanks to dr. fauci they gave a stirring commencement speech for someone named amy fisher who is now my medical health specialist on my staff so you must have said just the

that there are more people that die from mrsa caused infections than those that die from aids, parkinson's, emphysema or homicide each year. and i do think that this is something that has to be addressed. i was surprised as they looked at the issue first in 07, to find out from our tennessee department of health that there is not a national standard on a way to report mrsa issues, and that is of concern to me. do something i want to address with both of you as we move through the hearing. i do have a full statement that i want to submit for the record, but i thank you for the hearing and look forward to our witness is. >> the full statement will be entered into the record. thank you. are vice chair, ms. caps, the gentleman from california. >> thank you chairman pallone. i will be very brief but i want to thank you for holding the hearing and thank you are witnesses for coming in their testimony. i have to give a special thanks to dr. fauci they gave a stirring commencement speech for someone named amy fisher who is now my medical health specialist on my staff so you must have said just the

he has parkinson's disease and he was really reagan's, sounds dramatic, but secret weapon so to speak. he's a man who throughout 1982 and 83 work to reagan's national security council and laid out, considers a paper trail of this, very explicit directions with the intention of these police taking a soviet union to bring down democracy are as they put in the document, political pluralism through the soviet union. that was a joy because myself, my family, we spent a couple summers saying that karp's ranch, interviewing him daily, getting to know him and his family. and that's the case where he was in a matter of just looking at documents and looking at books and other things that people have written. i actually got to know the figure and spend a lot of time with him. .. hillary clinton would be president frankly. i really did. so, that came out, and god and hillary clinton in 2007. another fascinating -- i really enjoyed studying that as well. >> what is your next project? >> i'm working on a cold war book and will be out this fall through intercollegiate studies institute. jed donahue

that there are more people that die from mrsa-caused infections than those that die from aids, parkinson's, emphysema and homicide each year. and i do think this is something that has to be addressed. i was surprised as i looked at the issue first in '07, to find out from our tennessee department of health that there is not a national standard on a way to report mrsa issues. and that is of concern to me. it's something that i'll want to address with both of you as we move through the hearing. i do have a full statement that i want to submit for the record. but i thank you for the hearing and look forward to our witnesses. >> and the full statement will be entered into the record. thank you. our vice chair, the gentlewoman from california. >> thank you, chairman pallone. i'll be very brief but i want to thank you for holding the hearing and thank our witnesses for coming today and for their testimony. i want to give a special thanks to dr. fauci who gave us is stirring commencement speech for someone named amy fisher who's now my medical health specialist on my staff. so you must have said