sanjay gupta. sanjay, sorry about the technical difficulties. >> it happens. >> what makes these new guidelines so monumental? >> well, as you mentioned, this is a huge shift, sort of in the way we think about cholesterol and probably heart disease overall. obviously a continued focus on trying to prevent these problems in the first place, but also this idea that look, we have a better idea of how heart disease develops and should more people be on statin medications. it's interesting, a lot of people know their numbers, so to speak. they know what constitutes bad cholesterol. you want your total cholesterol below 200, your hdl, your good cholesterol, above 60, ldl below 100. now, i throw those numbers at you because a lot of people know these numbers but as you pointed out, they're not that relevant anymore in this new sort of paradigm. instead, they're looking at specific risk factors and saying you take a statin if you have diabetes, period. that's it. if you have evidence of heart disease, does

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sanjay gupta earlier.inic here at the tacloban airport which is the point everybody converges on. according to patients there, it's the only hospital left in this area still willing to see patients. they're overdevel they're overdevelop. ed. you would think they would be swell supplied. but there are only two flights out every day. it is a desperate situation for people in tacloban, in the surrounding areas. you go into some of these neighborhoods, and there are people as you said, just wandering around, searching for their dead children. i met a woman who lost six children. she found the bodies of three of them. she covered them up as best she could, but she's still looking for three of other her children. and everybody you talk to seems has lost somebody. >> it's day five since this typhoon hit and everyone seems to be trying to help. there's an international presence there, but aid getting to folks seems to be very, very slow. and lives are on the line right now. what's the biggest problem in getting th

a reminder that sanjay has his show on saturday. quite extraordinary story on a british man who traveled to amsterdam to get medical marijuana. a new development on medical marijuana. >>> when we come back. bullying from the locker room to the boardroom. >> you're telling me there wasn't any signs going into that? >> you know, as the leader, as his best friend on the team, that's what has me miffed. how i missed this. and i never saw it. i never saw it coming. >>> also, out of control behavior. i'll ask what artie lange thinks about rob ford's out of control behavior. for those nights when it's more than a bad dream, be ready. for the times you need to double-check the temperature on the thermometer, be ready. for high fever, nothing works faster or lasts longer. be ready with children's motrin. ♪ ♪ i don't have to leave my desk and get up and go to the post office anymore. [ male announcer ] with stamps.com you can print real u.s. postage for all your letters and packages. i have exactly the amount of postage i need, the instant i

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be sure to tune in sanjay gupta m d.'ll have more details on the fda's move to ban trans fats from food. >>> despite the warnings about testosterone, you probably heard of a 74-year-old doctor who uses it and a human growth hormone to fight aging. he sure looks like he may have hit on a secret. medical experts say he could be putting his health at risk for the sake of looking young. here is kyung lah. >> reporter: this is the bodity of a man who uses performance-enhancing drugs, virtually the same ones connected to lance armstrong, olympian marion jones and baseball player alex rodriguez. but this man is not a professional athlete. jeffrey life is 74 with the rock hard body and claims the mental sharpness of a man half his age. >> everyone is going to age. i'm not against aging. i'm against getting old. >> reporter: he claims no one has to with daily rigorous workouts, a strict low carb diet and injections of testosterone and human growth hormone, hgm. >> what we use it for is to improve health, slow and prevent disease

you know, sanjay, it's not about expectations, it's about going into war! think of it this way, there are -- you go home to your family and there are land mines everywhere. there are elephants in the room that you walk around. why is cousin joey got blond hair? shhh, we don't talk about it. what is happening to derrick and sa sara? we don't talk about it. >> right. >> how long -- how many drinks has uncle arthur -- shhh, we don't talk about it. this is a time for backbone and steel because, frankly, only the brave get out of this in one piece. >> and if there's a lot of drinking, then all of a sudden you're talking about everything. nothing's off the table. >> exactly. >> is it psychological warfare, wendy? >> in some ways it can be, one of the things richard is talking about, you're talking about from the other side of the pond, where there's a lot of repression and here in america we talk about too many things and we need to learn to restrain ourselves a little bit. >> i don't know if you've met richard quest yet. he doesn't fit your stereotypical across

. >>> but right now, keep it right here for "sanjay gupta, m.d." >>> welcome to "sg md," we're sure to keep you healthy this thanksgiving weekend, including family, food, and football. the question is, can football be a safer game? >>> also there's this amazing medical mystery, this young jock who really wasn't into music at all, then he had a concussion. well, now he plays 13 instruments. how is that possible? >>> but, first, heaven. is it real? here's cnn's -- >> i could see the scene on the riverbank. i could see them pull my body to the shore. i could see them start cpr. i had no pulse and i wasn't breathing. one fellow was yelling at me to come back. >> reporter: you were unconscious, so how do you know that all this was happening? >> i felt my body break free, and i felt my spirit break free, and i was greeted by these people or these spirits. i could be with them and be going down this incredible pathway and simultaneously look back at the river. when i saw my body, i will say that was the first time that i actually thought, well, i guess i -- i am dead. i guess i really did die

sanjay gupta, thank you. and thank you, everyone, for watching.a big win for republicans in a blue state, new jersey governor chris christie wins re-election. >> do you think of yourself as a conservative? do you think of yourself as a moderate? >> i'm a conservative. and you know, i've governed as a conservative in this state and i think that's what's led to some people disagreeing with me. >> is he conservative enough to win over republicans in 2016? >>> then pope francis, shaking things up once again, this time asking catholics what they think about gay marriage and divorce. the vatican survey on the modern family, coming up. >>> plus, moments to live in, an extreme kayaker gets stuck under a waterfall and a daring rescue was caught on camera you're watching "around the world," the voters have spoken in key races around the knt and we're watching closely, ha does it mean for 2016 and the presidential race? the big winners are new jersey governor chris christie, a likely presidential hopeful. he beat his democratic challenger, in a mostly democr

sanjay gupta now. we'll see you back live at the top of the hour. >>> welcome to "sg md." we got a busy, important show today. the food and drug administration is making a major recommendation. get rid of trans fats. it's the ultimate junk food. this could happen. how soon? we're going to tell you. >>> also, you might be in for a shock when you see the potential replacement. >>> also i'm wearing a magnetic shirt. take a look at this. there's an amazing story behind this shirt. let's get started. >>> first off today, i want you to meet a young woman. her name is liz and he's been struggling with heroin addiction. i recently came across this remarkable video that shows her overdosing even close to death and then being revived with a drug called nolaxon, advocates say if more people including nonprofessionals had their hand on this drug it could help stop this overdose epidemic. this is controversial stuff for sure, but watch just how powerful this medicine can be. what you're looking at is pretty shocking. a heroin addict overdosing. her name is liz. she's been using drugs s

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sanjay gupta. what do you make that they're saying about the calculator? been saying it for a while now, the calculator has been in the works for a few years now. basically, what happened in the last several days they greatly expanded a group of people who should be recommended the statin drugs. so if you have diabetes, type 1 or 2, you would be recommended a statin drug, if you have heart disease of any kind, you would be recommended a statin. if your bad cholesterol is above 190, you would be recommended the statin, 10 years of having heart disease, at 7%, that is the one drawing the confusion. what people are focused on. if you put the numbers in on a risk calculator, for a 60-year-old man who has basically normal numbers, cholesterol below 200, for example, he would meet the criteria, he would be recommended the statin drug, even though he has relative normal numbers. i'm 44 now, pretty good numbers, my risk is low, around 1%. but if i do everything right over the next 20 years, my cholesterol stays fine, my blood pressure stays fine, i don't smoke or

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sanjay gupta joins us on the phone from london.'re familiar with the insurance industry as a doctor, as well ace journalist. how well do you think the insurance industry and companies are going to react to this news from president obama that individuals who have been kicked off their plan, because the plans don't meet requirements of obama care, can stay on their plans for an additional year? >> i think it's tough to paint the entire insurance industry with one broad brush. certainly it's a bit disruptive and people already start thinking about whether it's going to have an impact on premiums, cost for insurers, people buying policies next year. but you know, when you talk to these folks -- i've been reporting on this for a long time -- it's a long game here. you know you -- the whole concept of something known as adverse selection, which you've been talking about on your program, this idea that if your adversely selecting, people costing more money, that's not going to work and people have been describing it as this house of cards

sanjay gupta is outfront. me start off with, people have already sort of characterized statins a statin aday keeps the doctor away. sort of a tuck everlasting of drugs. but what is the significance of the new recommendation when it comes to the heart? >> first of all this is a tectonic shift as some doctors have put anytime terms of the way doctors will approach heart disease, the number of people likely to be taking the statistic inmedications. i think the big difference is there was some general guidelines in terms of cholesterol numbers. if it was over a certain amount you could be more likely to be prescribed a statin drug. but now they have very specific guidelines. sometimes it's just one risk factor that sort of triggers a potential recommendation. if you're a diabetic, for example, you could be recommended a taint drug. if you have any evidence of heart disease you could be recommended a statin drug. bad cholesterol over there at the bottom because of congenital causes, statin drug. if your ten-year ri

sanjay gupta has her story in today's "human factor." >> gayle deservers got away quickly. >> reporterthe fastest women in the world. known almost as well for her long fingernails as her olympic and world championship. >> things were going very well. i qualified for a world record. >> reporter: she qualified in 1988. when it came time to compete, her body failed her. >> i went slower than the first time i ever ran when i ever stepped on the track. >> reporter: her hair started falling out. her once long nails broke and she started losing a lot of weight, at my worst, under 85 pounds. >> reporter: her symptoms continued nearly three years without a diagnosis. >> i actually had covered up the mirrors in my house. because i didn't want to see myself. >> reporter: just when deservers w devers wass giving up, her special diagnosed grave's disease. a disease of the thyroid gland. she got radiation but a side effect, developed painful blood blisters on her feet. >> i stopped walking because it hurt so bad. >> reporter: it was so bad, doctors nearly amputated her feet. >> i just remember sitti

sanjay gupta is outfront.anjay, let me start off with, people have already sort of characterized statins a statin aday keeps the doctor away. sort of a tuck everlasting of drugs. but what is the significance of the new recommendation when it comes to the heart? >> first of all this is a tectonic shift as some doctors have put anytime terms of the way doctors will approach heart disease, the number of people likely to be taking the statistic inmedications. i think the big difference is there was some general guidelines in terms of cholesterol numbers. if it was over a certain amount you could be more likely to be prescribed a statin drug. but now they have very specific guidelines. sometimes it's just one risk factor that sort of triggers a potential recommendation. if you're a diabetic, for example, you could be recommended a taint drug. if you have any evidence of heart disease you could be recommended a statin drug. bad cholesterol over there at the bottom because of congenital causes, statin drug. if your t

sanjay gupta is at the cnn center with much more on this.s means something very big for about a quarter of americans over the age of 40. why are the guidelines such a big deal? >> i mean, you're talking about one of the most popular cardiac heart medications out there. they think these guidelines could potentially double the number of people taking these medications. let me just give you an example of what we're talking about. these statins or cholesterol-lowering drugs, for a long time, doctors gave them for somewhat specific reasons with, lower the total cholesterol below 200, lower the bad cholesterol below 100. they want to loosen the guidelines and they say for all these different things, if you had diabetes you'd be recommended a statin or evidence of heart disease, you'd be recommended a statin. there would be people who had bad cholesterol for congenital reasons. the point is if you do the math on all this, it increases the number of people. >> make the guidelines more understandable but one thing that seems confuse at least to me, t

again many thanks to allstate and now welcomes sanjay gupta for his opening remarks. [applause] >> good morning everyone and thank you elizabeth. thank you for joining us today right before the holiday week coming upon us. elizabeth has been a wonderful partner for hours and it's been something we have been doing for many years as elizabeth said and in fact this is our 19th -- and much like when we turn 19 there are things to be concerned about and things to look forward to. there can be no question that today's poll reinforces what we have seen in our previous heartland summaries that are we seem to be headed in the wrong direction with the president and congress falling to new lows in public ratings. most of our poll results point to the growing sense of mistrust and lack of optimism regarding the economy. 88% of americans say the economy is not fair or -- despite the booming stock market as referred to in the recovery and housing prices over half the people still believe we are in a recession. and what is worse is nearly half also believe the actions taken by the w

sanjay gupta. >>> a nuclear disaster turns part of japan into a danger zone.e still live there. they describe the fear they go through every day next. >>> what would you do if your hometown was suddenly contaminated by nuclear radiation. final living near the fukushima nuclear plant in japan have had to grapple with that question. as. >> reporter: march 2011, japan's 9.0 earthquake, unleashing a tsunami with waves 13 stories high, swallowing entire towns hole. 15,000 dead, a second disaster was just brewing. >> the powerful earthquake that has hit japan. >> reporter: i was in tokyo when the earthquake struck. my team and i drove north towards the tsunami zone and past the fukushima daiichi plant. we would wchbs the hydrogen explosions and later learn it was the visible sign of a triple meltdown, the disaster rained invisible and dangerous radiation across fuk fuk's neighborhoods. towns turned into empty shells. 160,000 people fled, children and pregnant women urged to leave first, considered most vulnerable. i was pregnant and moved miles north where i continu

sanjay gupta is just walking on to the set. >> it's sad for trevor bain.na 500 history. and ms is a debilitating disease. he's had problems before. in 2011 he was admit the to the mayo clinic. they thought that was all stemming from an insect bite while racing at the texas motor speedway. of course, now we're learning more. they thought it was an inflammatory condition but now they're announcing it is ms. >> he's determined to continue racing, right? >> yes. we have a quote from him. he said, i've never been more driven to compete. my goals are the same as they've been since i started racing. i want to compete at the highest level. and i want to win races and championships. i am the best -- i'm in the best shape i've ever been in and i feel good. so he's in good spirits. >> and of course he's a fighter. dr. sanjay gupta is here. explain to us first, ms is a neurological disease? >> yes. there's a coating around -- think of them like wires. if you lose a coating around a wire, it doesn't conduct as well. it's the same with ms. that coating deteriorates in c

sanjay gupta is joining us now. reported from areas that have suffered from catastrophic situations that are very similar to this. haiti, japan, even katrina, new orleans. what sort of health problems will the people of the philippines be facing? >> well, you know, as you're hearing there, it is tough to watch and but the basics apply here, clean water and it's a big challenge, obviously, move this water supply into an area that is wide hit and food, water being the most important. decisions that get made. you want to get water there as quickly as possible but is it a question, also, of creating larger footprints in the area so you can desailunate water and make it available for people overall in the days and weeks to come. so, those are the big ones. infectious disease outbreak is always a concern, but, you know, having covered a lot of these stories probably not as big of a concern as people think they're going to be. usually they can be pretty well controlled but the basics so important right now. >> the basics h

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sanjay gupta. >>> hey there. i'm in london on assignment. and there's a pharmaceutical company here that is trying to turn secretly grown marijuana, weed, into a medicine. >>> also, new guidelines are out on drugs to lower your cholesterol. a lot more people will be prescribed them, up to 70 million people. but for many, there's a better alternative. >>> and a device like this. can it really tell if you just got hit hard enough to have a concussion? >>> but first, as you may know, i travel the world in search of new, sometimes alternative therapies to treat people. the answer is not always pharmaceutical medicines. as i found this year, marijuana can sometimes help when nothing else does. but legally it is so difficult to obtain in many places around the world, including right here in the uk. but you're about to meet jamie, who has done something not previously thought possible, and could offer a glimpse of the future of medical marijuana. >> are we number 29 or 22? >> in just a few moments, 33-year-old jamie will get the medicine he says he

sanjay gupta, asked andy scholes to take a look. >> we have been covering this issue for a long time.ions in sports. i do this from a neurosurgery perspective. it doesn't seem to affect the fans' love for the game. there was polling data that s w view the nfl any less favorably. as a sports reporter, what have you sensed? has this affected how you report? >> it seems like no matter what, the nfl is untouchable when it comes to these scandals. this is two of the worst years ever for pr for the nfl, including the concussions, bounty gate, the lockout, and the aaron hernandez trial, yet the numbers are higher than ever when it comes to tv ratings. 19 of the top 20 watched shows have been nfl games. it goes to show it seems like we're trained, no matter what happens outside the game of football or even inside the game of football, we're still going to want to watch the game. >> i know you don't report on middle school and high school, obviously, but there seems to be more of a concern there. 80% of people polled say they worry more about kids at that level. is this just a question of thes

sanjay gupta. >> what you're looking at is pretty shocking. a heroin addict overdosing.en using drugs since she was 11. today, she's 29. adam and louise were both with her that night in august. they both volunteer with the program in greensboro, north care car, that provides clean needles and other assistance to addicts. >> she seemed to be pretty unresponsive. we were noticing a blue of the lips, a lack of oxygen. her breathing had become quite shallow. >> once someone is not breathing and not responding to stimulus, you give them breath, and at that time, i usually administer a shot. >> watch what happens next. >> we gave her about 60 units of narcan. >> also known as noloxan, can reverse an overdose from heroin and other drugs, like oxycodone. another sternal rub, another shot of narcan. >> giving her the rest. >> and finally, liz begins to come to. >> liz? are you okay? you went out. we gave you mouth-to-mouth resuzitation. some narcan. you overdosed. can you sit up? all right, come on. >> when someone takes heroin, the drug locks on to receptors in the brain. it slo

thank you so much, sanjay. a trans fat ban might be felt the most, actually, at mom-and-pop bakeries. cnn's alexandra field shows us how it could change the way your favorite doughnuts and pastries taste. >> reporter: fred, despite recent efforts to curb the use of trans fats, they can be found in a number of processed foods and baked goods. so a ban on trans fats would send some bakers back to the kitchen to try and rework recipes to make the things that taste really good a little better for all of us. >> we haven't changed recipes in 40 years. everything's all old school, old-fashioned. >> reporter: new federal regulations could soon force thomas to change the way he's always made the doughnuts at brothers quality bakery in new jersey. this is how you make the doughnuts? >> we fry the doughnuts inside this oil. the oil is all-purpose vegetable shortens. it contains artificial trans fat with the food and drug administration is now taking steps to ban. the american medical association called that a lifesaving m

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sanjay gupta has more. >> brianna, i would tell you, i think this has been a long time coming.d in 208, but the background on this is for decades the health care system has pretty openly i think discriminated against the mental health field. we so that in so many ways. mental health, substance abuse illnesses. insurance often wouldn't cover treatment, and it was often looked at as a taboo, compared to physical ilnecessary. as opposed to somebody who came in with chest pain, who would obviously get treatment right away. but today hhs that's going to change, because the new law -- this is specifics now, the new law requires health insurance companies to cover mental health and substance abuse just as it would physical illnesses like diabet diabetes. what does that mean? it means you can't limit how many visits to a therapist, for example, co-pays, out-of-pocket expenses. they have to provide the behavioral health coverage and make it on par, parity with physical health coverage. if you think about it broadly now, in the medical community, they're often thought of as in two separa

sanjay gupta is here to tell us what's coming up in the next half hour. >> rosa, we got a lot on "sgou healthy and also this medical mystery. a teenager who suffers a concussion, he was never musically inclined and now he can play 13 different instruments. what exactly happened in his brain? we'll explain at the bottom of the hour. >> we are looking forward to that. >>> now, black friday, it's more like black and blue friday. >> punch video on my phone. >> do you know what if you were watching a five fingered -- keep your phone out of my face here. keep your phone out of my face. [ bleep ] >> flaring tempers led to altercations across the country as millions of shoppers battled to snag deep discounts and even parking spaces. two shoppers got into it at a mall in philadelphia, one of them used a stun gun before they were pulled apart. our alexander field joins us from new york, and alexandra, my goodness, a stun gun, really? oh, my goodness, when did shopping become a bloody sport? goodness. >> reporter: yeah, rosa, just when you think you've seen the worst of the worst, shoppers show

[applause] >> thank you so much sanjay and thanks again to allstate for this terrific partnership.going to kick off this morning with the headline interview with mark ramstein and sheila bair the former chairman of the federal deposit insurance corporation. ms. bair served as chairman of the fdic through 2011 in what we would all agree was one of the most tumultuous periods in the history of the nation's banking system. she was working there to bolster public confidence in the financial system and to bring more stability to it. prior to joining the fdic she was the king's professor financial regulatory policy for the isenberg school of management at the university of massachusetts amherst and she has received numerous awards including the john f. kennedy profiles in courage award. she has twice been named as the second most powerful woman in the world by "forbes" magazine and she was named by harvard university and the "washington post" magazine as one of seven of america's top lawyer so we will hear from sheila bair. she will be interviewed by my colleague ron brownstein. ron has

thanks to sanjay gupta for that.me back, a prominent virginia lawmaker stabbed nearly to death by his son. why wasn't more done to get him help? we'll tell you why, when we come back. when our little girl was born, we got a subaru. it's where she said her first word. (little girl) no! saw her first day of school. (little girl) bye bye! made a best friend forever. the back seat of my subaru is where she grew up. what? (announcer) the subaru forester. (girl) what? (announcer) motor trend's two thousand fourteen sport utility of the year. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. >>> welcome back to "new day." we have a shocking story out of virginia to tell you about this morning. well-known state senator was stabbed in the head and chest. authorities this morning say creigh deeds' son attacked him in their home. his son gus was found later fatally shot. chris lawrence is following developments. good morning, what do we snow. >> reporter: basically this morning, right now hospital officials are saying that creigh deeds

sanjay gupta, cnn, reporting. >>> they are back.et ready for monty python's greatest hits. >> we just thought it would be fun to try and do one and see if we were still funny. and that is our intention, just so far. >> so, yeah, you get to be the judge. and our resident brit, richard quest, is about to join me life to talk about the big reunion. let's say mr. quest is apparently not a fan. this should be interesting. is this the bacon and cheese diet? this is the creamy chicken corn chowder. i mean, look at it. so indulgent. did i tell you i am on the... [ both ] chicken pot pie diet! me too! [ male announcer ] so indulgent, you'll never believe they're light. 100-calorie progresso light soups. and better is so easy withrning you cabenefiber.o something better for yourself. fiber that's taste-free, grit-free and dissolves completely. so you can feel free to add it to anything. and feel better about doing it. better it with benefiber. i use my citi thankyou card to get 2x the points at the coffee shop.at the office, which will help m

sanjay gupta is at the cnn center with more. >> it's a big deal.for a long time that transfats are problematic. they really increase your risk of significant diseases including heart disease. even in the industry they've recognized this but the fda has been largely silent on this issue up until now. it's an ingredient in a lot of our favorite foods, microwave popcorn, cookies, cakes, frozen pizza, and much more. transfats. they increase shelf life and add flavor to processed foods but the fda is now saying they are not safe and wants to ban them. it's a move they say would save thousands of lives. >> we think it's time to address and phase out the remaining uses of transfat in the diet so that we can reduce the incidents of heart disease and deaths resulting from heart attack. >> reporter: you see transfats lower good cholesterol. and they raise bad cholesterol. what we're trying to avoid is this, ldl, or bad cholesterol building up as plaque in the blood vessel walls, because that plaque buildup is what can cause heart attacks. the cdc says ditchi