i wasn't always destined to be a pediatric surgeon. i have my own health situation in medical school and that turned the tide. a i met some amazing mentors over the years that you will hearre about. one was an icon here in washington, d.c. took care of so many children and families and to build one of the top departments of surgery and that is what brought me down here. i talk about some great pediatricians. great pediatricians here inon. washington. we talked about another incredible visionary who helped me think through how we could make children's national a leading hospital for children through and now i see one out of the corner of my eye that is here. he's probably the world expert on childhood concussion. he's in the book. one of the hardest parts of writing the book was knowing what not to put in.people i there were so many people and stories. my editor is here and she's the one that really set you can't do that. [laughter] but she took these massive stories and helped me craft it into a book. i hope you and joy in it and ita w

i wasn't always destined to be a surgeon, a pediatric surgeon. i had my own health situation when i was in medical school and at the time i met some amazing mentors over the year that you would hear about. jeff randolph was an icon here in washington d.c.. i took care of so many children and families and build one of the top departments of surgery in the country. that's what brought me down here i talk about some great pediatricians. dr. on, dark there stroud and many people here in the audience great pediatricians here in washington. i talk about joe robert, another just incredible visionary that helps me think through how we could make children's national a leading hospital for children in the world through our department of surgery and now all the great things. and a lot of the doctors and nurses at children's that are the real heroes. i see one that i caught out of the corner of my eye. dr. jerry joy is here. is probably world expert in childhood concussions and he is in the book. in fact one of the hardest parts that i write in this book was

that pediatric dentists use. >> they have magnifiers adjusted to my pupal distance. so no one else can use them. >> reporter: these dental loupes can cost upwards of 4,000. she desperate lee needs them back for a residency. on june 30th she and her mother drove from ohio. she parked her car in a metered zone next to the hotel. she checked in. someone broke in to her car, stole all the luggage, tv set, work records and dental loops. the valleys told her. >> this is something that hapbs in oakland unfortunately. >> reporter: sfiled a report. she was told they were severely

cynthia cristofani, is a pediatric intensivist who treats children in need of critical care. she decided early in her career to document the rare cases of vaccine-preventable illness that turned up in her portland, oregon, icu. (baby coughing) she has used the footage to teach other medics how to recognize these diseases. >> i'm old enough to have seen most of the serious life-threatening illnesses that are largely suppressed and some almost eradicated by the modern vaccines. this baby was a victim of rotavirus. there's major fluid deficiency in this child's tissues. actually kills over half a million humans annually, most of them elsewhere on the planet. the community recollection for these diseases has largely disappeared, and so the parents of younger kids who are of vaccine age are unlikely to have had any personal experience. and unless the grandparents or others can tell them what it was like and happen to have had knowledge of somebody who had a severe complication, it's easy to imagine that these diseases are eradicated. those spots are actually something probably non

this is an issue where the american academy of pediatrics has been talking to schools, middle schooligh school, and sing, don't start your day until around 8:30 am, just to give kids more time to get the rest they need. if you do have a teenager where the school is starting earlier than that, you need to work with your teenager to streamline the process in the morning. it's unrealistic to expect them to follow sleep early at night. maybe simplify things earlier in the morning so they get upcoming eat and hit the road to get to school and get more time to sleep in. >> there are other parts of the country, i believe massachusetts is one of them, where they tried this and there were good results. many things have improved. >> yes. we are seeing this is a trend that we will move in and hopefully this is the thing you will see in california. we will also see this across the country. schools moving in the direction of pushing the day back to give older students a chance to stay up on their sleep. it is a huge challenge for parents and it's a health challenge for young people. >> an ongoing

diagnosed with abnormal blood pressure levels under new guidelines published by the academy of pediatricsere are new, more precise classifications for high blood pressure, bringing so-called upper thresholds for teenagers into line with adults. and emphasizes frequent checks for high risk kids, primarily those overweight. and emphasizes lifestyle changes over medication to treat. >>> and there was joy as the susan g. komen three-day walk held the closing system. the hundreds who walked 60 mules in three days and the thousands who supported them raised $1.1 million for breast cancer research. they're getting ready for next year's walk. ♪ health, is having the freedom to do what you want to do with your life, every single day. so at aetna, we promise to keep finding new ways to join you so nothing gets in your way. because no matter where it is you're going, or whatever stage of life you're in. we believe that when it comes to health. you don't join us. we join you. action news sports sunday is next here on channel 6. action news continues at 4:30 tomorrow morning with david murphy, edwards

it's in the pediatric dissertation and the major hospitals during the apartheid immature mind that it came home to be in a visceral way to be protected by many vaccines. this is a horribly overcrowded hospital and they have a large patch all over by the time the kids got their day were really sick and typically unvaccinated and malnourished and when you have a lack of the vaccinations in combination with malnutrition it's a devastating cycle and they will cripple these kids either in saving their brains evolved in their lungs andng. pneumonia. it's not advancing. any idea why? >> this toddler had just died from the measles that invaded his lungs from the lack of a 29-cent vaccine. i went on to realize my calling was to be a writer and i couldht write for the newspaper and that was a moment of truth for me and he could go on and be a medical writer and i was lucky enough to be doing that in the 20 years most of the time it's like going from the red sox to the yankees but we are all one big happy family and there is lots of crossover.the why write a book and what is it about encoding to

carlito didn't meet his target for earnings, but with no pediatric clinic near their home, he had tourn to take maria to her regular checkup. the laundry pegs that mary and older daughter mary grace have made are piled up on the floor. tired out from helping her mother every day, mary grace has fallen asleep, waiting for her father to get home. their one dream is to live together as a family. back in the shantytown of san roque countless families like theirs remain. but as redevelopment continues, the construction work that so many rely on also casts a shadow over the future of this impoverished, urban community. ♪ ♪ >>> a very warm welcome to nhk "newsline." >>> north korea has issued another warning to the united states over its annual joint military drills with south korea. the country's national peace committee released a statement that it will not idly watch the u.s. take the foolish action of playing with fire on top of a nuclear warehouse. [ speaking foreign language ] >> this friday the country will commemorate the country's military first policy, which w

that pediatric dentists use. >> they have magnifiers adjusted to my pupal distance.e them. >> reporter: these dental loupes can cost upwards of 4,000. she desperate lee needs them back for a residency. on june 30th she and her mother drove from ohio. she parked her car in a metered zone next to the hotel. she checked in. someone broke in to her car, stole all the luggage, tv set, work records and dental loops. the valleys told her. >> this is something that hapbs in oakland unfortunately. >> reporter: sfiled a report. she was told they were severely understaffd and a heavy case load of break ins and security video may have captured the break in. >> if i wanted camera footage, i should ask the businesses myself and try to retrieve footage. >> reporter: they told us today apofficer on the scene did visually check but didn't see any. it was a rude welcome that turned her california dream into a nightmare. >> everything is perfect in california and i'm really surprised. i'm shocked. >> reporter: vic lee, abc 7 news. >>> meteorologist drew tooma is standing by with an upd

it's what the american academy of pediatric recommends. >> i which they were recommending that when i was in >> getting to school early for practice, not good. >>> coming up, what you may have never known about sesame street. how do you become america's #1? start by taking care of families for 70 years. earn the trust of 32 nfl teams. be there for america's toughest and help, when help is needed america's #1 isn't a status earned overnight. it's earned in every wash, and re-earned every day. tide, america's #1 detergent ♪ sunny days ♪ sweepin' the clouds away ♪ >> generations of children have imagined their way of how to get to sesame street. >> so the iconic show actually has productions in several countries around the world and it's coming to millions of children whose lives have torn apart by the war in syria. we are up all "nightline" with abc's terry moran. >> reporter: earlier this year, elmo went to a refugee camp. >> all kids are pretty much the same. you know, we have differences that elmo has red fur, but we like to have fun together. >> reporter: did you think that children

inside the pediatric ward, hospitals provide two things. they provide the bed and the doctor.verything else has to be provided by the patient. and then we saw these children. and it was already night. and all of them were moaning. writhing in their beds. nurses were just standing there. there's nothing they could do. and now, with the country descending even deeper into chaos, there's little hope left. a country that so many people like vanessa are desperate to escape. for nightline, i'm matt gutman. >> such a sad situation there in vblgz, and two of the opposition leaders were just taken into custody within the last 24 hours. the administration back here is watching. >>> all right, coming up, why a woman says she was arrested at the airport after using a phony stash can safe to hide her valuables. >> why that can may have led security to believe she was actually hiding cocaine. interesting story. you're watching "world news almost everything. you know, 1 i n 10 houses could get hit by an expensive septic disaster. but for only $7 a month, rid-x helps break down waste. avoid a

it wasn't until, as a medical student, i had a chance to go to south africa on a pediatric rotation of the major hospital for blacks during the apartheid area that it really came home to me how lucky we were in our communities to be protected by many vaccines. this is a horribly overcrowded, underfunded hospital as you will see from these four infants crammed into an incubator. typically the hospital had a a a large area and by the time kids got there in the role districts, they were really sick. they were typically unvaccinated and malnourished. when you get a lack of vaccinations in combination with malnutrition at the devastating cycle.ev the measles will cripple these kids either invading their brains in the lungs withas pneumonia. >> it's not advancing. any idea why? sorry. it did. bad.s lung this child had just died from measles that invaded his lungs. i went on during medical school to realize that my calling was actually to be a writer and i was able to write an article about the hospital for a newspaper, and that was a moment of truth for me but i thought i would go on to jour

this one doesn't accept medical for pediatrics. >> reporter: she found one, only in l.a. >> i am noting for luxurious, or money. i am asking for care for caitlin that is covered that she is supposed to have. >> reporter: what is the solution? increasing the medical rate might inties nurses. the department of health care services is reviewing the ability of providers and expects results this fall. i am liz wagner, back to you. >> powerful story. let's turn things back to chief meteorologist jeff ranieri and our puppy love experts. >> yes, clear the shelters. >> jeff showed us a couple of puppies and a couple of kittens. >> they are doing the waive adoption fees starting tonight through saturday. more on that coming up. let's getting into our forecast and it was cooler than average. your dogs and cats loved it. it has been a long and hot summer. this cooling trough of low pressure to the north. this polar air from the alaska region all the way down to the bay area. the low clouds and the fog will remain. 61 degrees fog for the peninsula, 58. and san francisco starts off with a mix of d

the child and the hospital responded saying the unidentified boy is alive and being treated in the pediatric unit. >> taylor swift's official website facebook page and twitter and instagram accounts have been wiped clean. >>> new jersey governor chris christie is thinking about what is next and what is not. >> plus our solar eclipse coverage continues, a preview of some of the watch parties happening in the area next. every year south jersey sends more and more tax money to trenton, but gets less and less back thanks to steve sweeney and chris christie. here's the sweeney-christie record eight years of underfunded schools. huge tax breaks for themselves and their rich friends while we pay more. and homestead rebate funding for seniors cut in half next year. don't believe the fake news from his wealthy donors. steve sweeney stands with chris christie, not with south jersey. 5:00 a.m., monday, august 21. here's what we're following. >> we're hours away from the great american eclipse. watch parties are planned across the region. >> philadelphia's mayor is getting involved in the debate over th

. >> under new guidelines released by american academy of pediatric more children and teens are likely diagnosed and treated for the condition, doctor jen culled is here with more, good morning, doctor jen. >> good morning guys, how are you. >> good morning. >> doctors try to communicate to parents. >> new guideline released by american academy of pediatrics an update to guidelines back in 2004 and these are guidelines for physician toss help as you pope eighthly evaluate children's blood pressure problem and diagnosis and treat it. it does two things: number one, it simplifies the diagnosis of high blood pressure in kid, it makes it easier for to us streamline tables, guidelines but for parents what it does for news general it raises it's a wear ness about high blood pressure and also with these new guidelines one of the thoughts is we may now be including more children adolescence in the higher blood pressure category then we have ever seen before. >> let me ask you often high blood pressure is a silent condition so should parents be asking for their children's blood pressure be chec

the american pediatrics and fda say only as a last result. the best option is to keep them out of the sun altogether. the next option to cover the baby with a wide brimmed hat blocking exposed skin. if you need to use it, bhai maka small amount because larger amounts lead to absorbing toxic chemicals. >> first resort, keep them out of the sun. >> it's a quiet night in philadelphia. looking at the ben franklin bridge, mostly cloudy, warm and humid. if you live in the northwest, you are probably seeing lightning from the line of thunderstorms knocking on our door. harrisburg hit hard with flash flooding, guesting winds. this line is weakening pushing east slowly ahead of a cold front. behind the front, we have a gorgeous weekend. the weekend forecast in a nutshell, tomorrow morning, morning showers possible along the coast. loads of sunshine, a breezy day, 84 and sunday, mostly sunny, low humidity with a high of 83. we have a severe thunderstorm warning lancaster county until 11:45. some of the storms getting close have a history of producing d

adrianna: the pediatric surgeon's trip usually takes 10 minutes but this one took one hour. his 16-year-old patient is thankful and says he is feeling a lot better. they have been pounded down there. hurricane, this one still in the atlantic. doug: probably 1000 miles off the west coast of africa. probably not going to get close to the eastern caribbean until tuesday or wednesday of next week. who knows be on that. -- beyond that. forecasters will keep a close watch on it. around the area, very pleasant with sunshine and high clouds. even on the beaches in ocean city with temperatures in the upper-70's. down to the final week of normally summer vacation season for folks, capping off with the big labor day weekend. it is 81 now in ocean city. forecastk to the saturday, sunday, monday, saturday with showers and thunderstorms, temperatures about 70 degrees. a be a lingering showers sunday. clearing in the afternoon. labor with plenty of sunshine. a few clouds now, sunshine around the nation's capital with reagan national airport tempter at 81 degrees and a viewpoint of 66. -- d

inside the pediatric ward, hospitals provide two things. they provide the bed and the doctor. everything else has to be provided by the patient. and then we saw these children. it was already 11:00 at night, and all of them were moaning, writhing in their beds. nurses were just standing there. there's nothing they can do. all of these children waiting for medication and additional testing. this little child has been suffering from convulsions for months. her family had to provide everything. and obviously she's been here six weeks and that is very expensive. now, with the country descending even deeper into chaos, there's little hope left. a country that so many people like vanessa are desperate to escape. for "nightline" i'm matt gutman. >>> was it a drunken hook-up or a rape? shedding light on a controversial case about what constitutes consent? ease. you're a life of unpredictable symptoms. crohn's, you've tried to own us. but now it's our turn to take control with stelara® stelara® works differently for adults with moderately to severely active crohn's disease. studies sho

troubling findings from a series of american parents many the pediatrics say they consistently put theiries down on their backs. considered the safest sleeping positions. the cdc says it reduces the risk of sudden infant death syndrome and suffocation. and they recommend putting the babies to sleep on a firm surface and tight fitting sheet and to blankets or pillows. >>> and weight loss they say slow and steady wins the race. researchers that published the study looked at people that were more likely to keep the pounds off for good compared to those that lost weight very quickly at the beginning and create a stabilize eating schedule to get the best results and stick with it. >>> more than 1,000 childrens picked up a brand new backpack in camden today. they teamed up to distribute the bags at kip cooper academy. filled with free school supplies, every child in the school receives the bag and the supplies for a successful school year thanks to this donation drive. >>> the "action news" team sought working on news stories this afternoon beginning at 4:00 including live team coverage from f

he served as director of pediatric neurosurgery at the johns hopkins children's center. a position he assumed when he was just 33 years old. he became the youngest major division director's in the hospital -- division director in the hospital's history. he performed the first ever successful separation of twins conjoined at the back of the head. he has received dozens of honors and awards and recognitions for his achievements including the presidential medal of freedom which is the nation's-civilian honor. nation's highest civilian honor. ,e has written several books and he has been named among america's best leaders in 2008. dr. carson and his wife cofounded the scholarship fund which recognizes young people of all backgrounds for exceptional academics and two minutes area in accompaniments. -- and humanitarian accomplishments. the fund has recognized more than 7300 scholars and awarded more than $7.3 million in scholarships. he and his wife are the proud parents of three adult sons and three grandchildren. please join me in welcoming to the stage secretary ben carson.

. >>> there's an alarming report tonight from the american academy of pediatrics warning about the growing problem of high blood pressure in kids. researchers estimate some 2 million or more american kids have high blood pressure, and they're issuing new guidelines on how to detect and treat this serious condition, which is so often invisible. here's nbc news medical correspondent dr. john torres. >> reporter: as a junior volunteer firefighter, 16-year-old cheyenne cameron has learned to handle pressure including her own high blood pressure. >> i always felt like my heart was racing. i also thought, oh, high blood pressure is for like when you're old. >> reporter: that common misconception all the more reason today's new screening guidelines are so important. >> the increase in the prevalence of hypertension in kids i think is really driven by the rising prevalence of childhood obesity. >> reporter: the new guidelines recommend pediatricians check blood pressure every year starting at age 3. younger if a child was born premature which increases the risk of hypertension. ask parents about t

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. >> as part of the burner center for advanced pediatric care built in 2015, gardens were created on the roof and one on the ground. meteorologist matt peterson takes a look. >> reporter: storm water run off from rain, thunderstorms is number one cause of pollution to water ways and urban environments. in olde city like philadelphia where it combines sure is used water department is taking steps to keep water clean. >> what this program does is try to capture all of that rainwater, and then recycle it , or release it over a slower period of time so that we never bypass the sewage treatment plants and that is really powerful thing in reducing, downstream pollution >> reporter: each time philadelphia gets a rain storm water is selected and stored in the facility at children's hospital, recycled and used to water plants and trees in the rooftop and ground leveler garden n august philadelphia has received just shy of 3 inches of rain but that is a drop in the bucket for a system that can hold up to a hundred thousand gallons of water or 100 percent of the what the their hits the site. th

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