the psa blood test can vary depending on a patient's situation. depending on whether they're old, young, what their risk factors are for prostate cancer. it will be one factor many terms of buy opsies. >> doctor in your position, you have written about it and daukd about it quite a bit in american cancer society supports these new guidelines, what do you think the role of psa test is? it sounds like people want to abolish it. >> we need new screening into the physician-patient relationship where physicians look at a particular patient and say these are the known harms, these are the possible benefits. there are a lot of things that there may be some benefit. do you want to get screened and let the patient decide. >> look, as a patient, how will they make that decision? >> i think the most important thing is there has been so much you should get a prostate screening without actually explaining to people that there are harms out there. >> let's say i'm getting a test many your office. let's just say i am. what do you tell them? >> i do practice gene

what do you think the role of psa tests are? it sounds like people want to abolish it where. >> we need to move screening into the patient/physician relationship where physicians look at the patients and say these are the known harms, the benefits, there are a lot of harms but there may be benefits. do you want to get screened? and let the patient decide. >> look, i'm a doctor, and i would have a hard time answering that question. how is sapatient supposed to make thatdition? >> the most important thing is there's so much you could get a prostate screen without plaining to people that there are harms out there. >> what would you say to them? let's say i'm getting a test in your office. i know you're not a urologist. what would you tell me? >> i do practice general internal medicine. i think there is a point in time where the patient can legitimately say, doc, i can't make a decision. can you help mero make a decision for me. i think the doc should weigh the patient's concerns, weigh the patient's risk factors, also inform the pa

tim got to the psa but he was taking note on psa test spirit good >> i think it makes sense. i think these guys know what they are talking about. >> despite the government panel's findings, we did speak to man who told us the next time they have a physical, they will request a psa test again. >> we turn to the case of the good cyber bullying and the bullying of gay teenagers into the national spotlight. the 20-year-old used now the web caromed to document a day encounter, and that led to suicide. he served 30 days in jail, which left some of rage. this brought tears of joy for the family of the defendants and bitter disappointment from the parents of his former college roommate. the mother of the court to send a harsh message. >> why was he so arrogant? what i want is justice. >> and there was the defendant's mother. as she spoke robbie finally broke down. >> he has so much burden on his shoulders. >> the pain began in september 2010 when the 18-year-old jump off the george washington bridge. it was discovered said robbie use a web cam to spy on clemente and tweeted about it.

we have all seen the public campaign to raise awareness for the psa test. the test itself is an annual ritual for a lot of men who want to avoid prostate cancer or catch it early. almost a quarter million american men are diagnosed with it every year and over 28,000 die from it. but this new recommendation clearly says the possible harm of treatment way outweighs the survival benefits of early detection. it is big news. it was expected to cause an uproar and it already has. we begin here tonight with our chief science correspondent robert bazell. >> reporter: since the psa blood test came out in 1986 it has become one of the most common cancer screening tools in america. today the task force gave the test a grade of "d," concluding it does more harm than good. >> this has been one of the most gut-wrenching aspects of medicine we deal with on a day-to-day basis. >> reporter: why not screen for the second most common cancer killer in men? the reason, many experts say, is that prostate cancer is very different from most other cancers. in one form it can be a k

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psa. the psa is a tool. the us preventive service task force should be ashamed of themselves. they aren't cancer specialists, don't specialize in this, if this test goes bay the way side and insurance won't cover it and i won't be able to order it and i need to to save lives and send appropriate patience to doctors. >> the message this morning is keep on getting it. also a pretty startling warning for people who take antibiotics. the new study foundation row max suddenly increases the potential of sudden-death. are you kidding me? dr. siegel. who is this about? >> the 55 million prescriptions written every here your zithromycin. we are overprescription it. it's a wake-up call for not overprescribing. on the other hand, the study that looked at over 350,000 men and women, the truth is that it only shows that you go from the chances of dying from this from 3 per million up to 6 per million. so even though that's double, it's still very, very rare and it only affects people who have heart dis

as for the psa test, a simple blood test, the american cancer society has not recommended routine psate '90s. but the american urological association still recommends that men get baseline screenings at age 40 if they wish to be tested. the bottom line for the task force, the benefits in the words of some, outweigh, the risks outweigh the benefits on this one. >> this smell as little bit of money, right? you start to wonder if this is a final recommendation, does that mean insurance companies will not cover the test? >> that's a good question. some states have the mandate to cover these routine psa tests. you have to wonder with the new recommendation, which will officially be out on monday, what will happen next. will states go back, who badly need the money, go back and say, should we be covering this. so you're absolutely right. you're right. >> it reminds me of the old mammogram -- >> that's not even that old. >> mammogram recommendation. >> the same panel. >> scary. >> very scary. >> a lot of women sat up and took notice. and a lot of men will pay attention to this. >> i would li

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get a psa test every year or two, detect prostate cancer early, and save your life. dr.lefevre helped lead the panel that said the message is wrong. >> the problem is that in contrast to the small benefits, a significant number of men will be harmed by the tests and treatments that follow prostate cancer screening. >> the task force said the psa is unreliable, giving a false result 83% of the time. prostate cancer usually progresses so slowly they usually die of something else. the panel is among the most influential in the country. it cited an 11-year study of over 1,000 men. the options for men with prostate cancer include radiation, surgery, hormones, or simply observing. side effects of treatments include erectile dysfunction and urinary difficulties. lefevre says the consequences could be even worse. >> ultimately we'll find that two to three men out of those thousand will, in fact, have a serious complication such as a heart attack, strobe, blood closet, or even death. >> the recommendation sparked fury at the annual meeting of the annual urological association. in

the psa is a blood test. there's strong evidence that the screening leads to unnecessary tests and treatments and can be harmful. the american cancer society agrees doctors should not use the psa test routinely to screen for prostrate cancer. many urologists however argue psa saves lives. >> if we go backward and we totally abandon screening, then we're going to go back to the 1980s when prostrate cancer was a death sentence. >> it is not clear how this recommendation is going to affect insurance company reimburse months. -- reimbursements. >>> this used to be a disease mostly seen in older people. type 2 is called adult on set. >> but a new study shows the number of teenagers with type 2 diabetes is rising sharply. >> reporter: 21-year-old sill very has type 2 diabetes and all the health problems that come with it. doctors diagnosed her when she was just 15. >> chips, candies, cookies, that was me. i probably egged it on to come and happen faster. >> reporter: she's part after disturbing trend according to a

psa antigen, i wish we had a specific one, but we don't.me to my office, i don't react based on one number. i look at the whole entire picture. >> but that's if they come to your office. i was standing there when a very young man here at fox was telling you that he had his blood drawn and he had all these tests, and you said what's your psa, and he said i didn't have it checked. tell us today who should go get it checked? this study is confusing. >> men over the age of 40 need to get a baseline psa test, despite all the confusion that this task force is telling us. if you have family history, if you are african-american, you are at higher risk. you should get the test every year. not every elevate the psa means biopsy, not every one needs radiation and surgery and not every surgery means innt

you may not need that psa test after all. that's what's coming up. >>> i'm meteorologist topper shutt. 76 today despite the clouds. temperatures kind of muggy andtomorrow a chance of showers and maybe even a thunderstorm by 9:00. we'll come back and track storms live on doppler and see if we're going to dry out the rest of the week. >>> unbelievable video right here. parents putting their toddler in a front loading washing machine. mom and dad seem to think it's kind of funny at first. but then the panic sets in. they can't get the door open. it's locked. an attendant finally shows up and disables the machine and that's what allows the child to get out. the toddler is expected to be okay. no word on whether the parents will be investigated by the police. >>> in tonight's health alert, a controversial recommendation from a top level government task force. guys, it says most of you can skip that psa test. what the u.s. preventative service task force is saying is running counter to two decades of health care practice. they conc

i started taking a baseline psa at age 40. it's been shown psa's over 1 can lead to an increased risk. specifically, finding these patients should undergo frequent screening after that. those patients that still have low psa's, even in my clinical practice. they are at lower risk. >> it's a very interesting debate. reminds me over the debate over mammography. >> and that was actually over turned somewhat because of patient advocacy. that's what we need right now. >> i would imagine people will continue to talk about this subject. thanks for being with us tonight. >> i appreciate it. >>> coming up, a memorial in the godfather of the late go- go. how middle school students are remembering chuck brown. find out why she is getting a warning from someone involved in a similar case. but first, here's fox business network. >> costing workers their jobs. general mills handing out 850 pink slips. the maker of browns ranging from cheer owes to hamburger helper having to cut back. meanwhile, those low mortgage rates might be getting more

now as for the psa test, while the american cancer society has not recommended routine psa screeningsince the late 1990s, the american you aurological wan to get baseline levels. the benefits of the psa test do not outweigh the risks. that's the take away. >> if my husband goes to the doctor, what's his doctor likely to say? >> you know, the interesting part about the reaction about all of this is that the american urological association condemned the findings. it is inappropriate and irresponsible to issue a blanket statement against psa testing particularly for at-risk populations. they go on to say that what could happen as a result is that many men will no longer get tested because they are listening to this news thinking they don't need to because they have now been told and they fear that prostate cancer that a psa test could have caught may go unnoticed until it is too late. carol? >> confusing. alina cho, thank you so much. >> you bet. >>> some critics called him a turn coat for endorsing president obama in 2008 but will colin powell, republican, endorse obama in 2012? his ans

the message i was trying to get across with my psa is that, like, people should just be driving saferlest thing you're doing in your car could, like, make a huge accident. >> so, we turned your storyboards into a television script. >> rebecca's finding out that what looks simple on paper takes a lot of planning to produce. >> then once we're set up, we're ready to go in the car and start shooting. all right. you ready? >> yeah. >> should we do it? >> yeah. >> let's go. >> the script calls for a driver to be doing things that are very distracting and dangerous. >> um, do you have a hair tie? >> yeah. >> put the hair tie on. put your seatbelt on. >> do we need to tell you not to try any of this at home? this crew is working on a road that's been closed specifically for the shoot. >> and are you happy with it so far? >> yeah, it looks really good. >> after each scene, the team reviews the shots to make sure they're getting what they need. >> all right. do our next shot. >> it's painstaking, demanding work, often doing the same scene over and over and over again. but finally, they have ev

researchers have never found the psa test to save lives.hat other test is on the market that is safer and more effective than the psa? >> the psa is the test and what we need is a better test so that we can find cancer where it exists and we can distinguish between fast aggressive cancer that can be deadly and cancer that is so slow growing, it's not going to be a cause of death. so, we need better research, and we need more research on a better screening device. >> and, karen, do you know, does this recommendation apply to men of all ages? >> yes, all ages. >> and if they're diagnosed previously with prostate cancer, does that apply to them as well? >> that is a different issue and becomes a surveillance issue and this is a screening recommending a from the u.s. psps. >> and are all doctors on board new with this? i understand the psa is commonly mentiond when men go in for their office visit. >> it is, and there is clearly going be a kind of shaking out period and, i would say again n that shaking out period what, men need to do is to hav

a psa they put together.t's a reunion of some of the best characters from the hit show, and they're doing one of their famous walk and talk scenes. >> do you have the new initiative? >> what initiative. >> sounds important. >> it is important. >> tell us what it is. >> somebody made an initiative. >> i definitely said initiative. >> famous for that. transition scenes with that single camera that followed all wait through. >> this is a walk and talk psa about the importance of walking. >> i don't know that the walks and talks to go to but i think -- >> did you get the -- >> of course question. it's our initiative. >> actually it's my initiative. >> yours, mine. what's the difference? >> mr. president -- mr. president? >> oh, yeah. >> that president, the best president america's every seen. martin bartley. >> oh, my. >> what's wrong? it's not dangerous is it? >> not at all. >> is it too expensive? >> actually it's free. >> does it involve wearing pink and spandex? >> i suppose it could, but no. >> to find out m

it's time to present the completed psa to the client, the national road safety foundation. >> and we shot everything yesterday, and everything was smooth. and we edited it all day today, and this is what we came up with. [ rock 'n' roll plays ] [ horn honks ] [ camera shutter clicks ] [ music ends ] >> yeah, that's good. nice, nice. >> i think it's great because you were actually able to show a variety of distractions in the car. >> there has been a lot in the news about texting while driving, but rebecca's psa shows there are all kinds of ways we take our eyes, our hands, and our minds off the road. >> i know many kids who do this -- i've seen do these kind of things, and i think many kids can relate to it. >> these kids are doing all the things that you see in this psa, so i think it will make a difference and it will kind of hit home for them. >> as for rebecca, she now has a real understanding of what it takes to get a tv message on the air. >> it was amazing. >> for more information about the drive 2 life program, check out the link on our website. for "teen kids news," i'm scot

get a psa test every year or two, detect prostate cancer early, and save your life. dr.le feeber helped lead the panel that said the message is wrong. >> the contrast is the small number will be harmed by the cancer screening. >> the task force said the psa is unreliable. giving a false diagnosis 83% of time. prostate cancer usually progresses so slowly they usually die of something else. the panel is one of the most influential in the country. it cited an 11-year study. the options for men with prostate cancer include radiation, surge rirks hormones, or simply observing. side effects of treatments include erectile dysfunction and urinary difficulties. lefevrer says the consequences could be even worse. >> two to three men out of the thousand could die of more serious complications. >> it marked fury. in a statement the group said it was outraged and that the recommendation was inappropriate and irresponsible. >> i do not believe that the medical evidence in any way supports this conclusion. >> dr. herbert lapour is the head of neurology at the medical center. >> psa is

. >> the psa test provides a warning about the possible presence of cancer but abc's dr.esser tells us why the risk may not be worth taking. >> it's one of the most common tests for men. a simple blood test to see if they have prostate cancer. why would anyone be against that? consider paul nelson. he's 51. when his psa came back high, he had his prostate removed right away. >> panic was the number one thing in my mind. and the doctors were like, well, the only way to get it -- make sure you are done is to get it out. >> reporter: in cases like paul's, the side effects of surgery may actually be worse than the disease. most prostate cancers are slow growing and won't kill you. but more than 90% of men who's treatment anyway. as a result, as many as 50% become impotent. 26% can't control their bladders. >> i think impotence and incontinence are minor problems. some will have pulmonary emboli, heart attacks. >> reporter: now he's trying to warn others how damaging the side effects can be. >> no one was telling you anything? >> doctors wouldn't talk about it. nothing on the

officials released new guidelines for prostate cancer screening urging doctors not to use the popular psa blood test. the is the test doesn't save lives and may cause many men with harmless cases to get unnecessary and aggressive treatment. critics say fighting prostate cancer with over treatment can cause men distress, incontinence and sexual disfunction. >>> four california medical marijuana patients considering a further appeal after losing their battle in san francisco. a three-judge panel rejected arguments that the americans with disability action should

when his psa came back high, he had his prostate removed right away. >> panic was in my mind.nd the doctors are, like, well, the only way to make sure you're done is to get it out. >> reporter: but in cases like paul's, the side effects of surgery can actually be worse than the disease. most prostate cancers are slow-growing and won't kill you, but more than 90% of men choose treatment anyway. as a result, as many as 50% become impotent. 26% can't control their bladders. >> i actually think impotence and incontinence are some of the minor side effects. some of them are actually going to have significant problems like pulmonary emboli, heart attacks. >> reporter: now he's trying to warn others of how damaging the side effects can be. no one would tell you anything? >> no one would talk about it. there was nothing on the internet. >> reporter: today's message, the psa is a test that has been overpromised and has been overused. >> if we truly appreciate men's health, we're going to work hard to find a screening test that actually works, before we make it widely available to the p

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a panel-of-fitions and scientists told doctors to stop use the psa, a blood test.bout 20 million men take it and although it does provide a warning about the possible presence of cancer, the panel said that information is doing more harm than good. here's abc's dr. richard besser. >> reporter: it is one of the most common tests for men -- a simple blood test to see if they have prostate cancer. why would anyone be against that? consider paul nelson, 51. when his psa came back high, he had his prostate removed right away. >> panic was in my mind. and the doctors are, like, well, the only way to make sure you're done is to get it out. >> reporter: but in cases like paul's, the side effects of surgery can actually be worse than the disease. most prostate cancers are slow-growing and won't kill you, but more than 90% of men choose treatment anyway. as a result, 50% become impotent. 26% can't control their bladers. >> i actually think impotence and incontinence are some of the minor side effects. some of them are actually going to have significant problems like pulmonar

psa test screens for the second most deadly form of cancer in men, prostate cancer and roughly 28,000 will die from prostate cancer this year. the u.s. preventative services task force is recommending men don't take the test, they say it could do more harm than good. dr. william catalona is a medical director of the urological research foundation, he joins us this morning. so this task force says don't take the test. you're the guy who created the test. why are they wrong? >> well i think it's really a misguided recommendation and just let me remind you this is the same task force that a couple years ago recommended against mammography in younger women and the frequency of mammography in older women. during this era the death rate has dropped 42%, so prostate cancer is the second leading cause of death among men for cancer and the psa test has dramatically reduced prostate cancer deaths. >> they argue in this that people who don't have the disease are actually flagged in the blood test and also there are people who do have the disease but it's such a slow moving cancer that they'll go

it's the psa test.ernment task force today recommended against routine psa testing for men of any age. they say the procedures following may be more harmful. for years the community has been concerned the process was hurting more men than it was helping. we should point out the urological association does not agree with today's recommendation. i spoke with dr. mukurji author of a biography of cancer. doctor, the task force that put out these guidelines said the tests do more harm than good. how so? >> well, the problem is that it's an in-exact and inefficient test. there are men who will have prostate cancer who don't get picked up by this test. more importantly, there are men who don't have prostate cancer who do get picked up by this test. then these men will have biopsies and surgery all of which are invasive and this will cause more harm than good for these men in which the cancer wouldn't kill them. they would just short of live with the prostate cancer. >> hasn't the death rate from prostate cance

i still recommend patients even without the histories to get a baseline psa at 40 years old. if it's high, then they continue to get screening. if it's low, then we can talk about intermittent screening, not necessarily annual screening but we can tone it down. it's all about risk stratification, not eliminating the test. >> thanks a lot for joining us. great advice. we appreciate the help. over to you. >> thank you, mike. >>> a beautiful start to the morning. we want to look at a shot from bristow, virginia where the sun has risen. you can see the clouds starting to break away. >> they're breaking up some. the showers if overnight have pretty much fallen apart. we're almost done with that at least for now. i want to show another beautiful picture. this one not a live one but maybe about 20 minutes or so good. national park service has a camera looking back toward dng. you can see some -- toward d.c. you can see some of the clouds. a pretty morning out there thankfully. we still have some issues out to the west where we had some heavier rains overnight. so a couple of spots t