that. >> gordon: he didn't-- >> stahl: but maybe-- >> stahl: --kids from now on will. >> gordon: andthing. >> abby: youanjuli >> julia: play, play, play. >> stahl: also beautiful to gordon, the message of inclusion at the heart of one of the episode's most memorable scenes. >> ferraro: they decide to play tag together. but julia's so excited that she's jumping up and down. that's a thing that can be typical of some kids with autism. >> abby: oh, julia, you're bouncing like a rubber ball. boing, boing, boing. >> elmo: boing, boing. >> julia: boing. >> ferraro: and then it turns into a game where they're all jumping like her. so it was a very easy way to show that with a very slight accommodation, they can meet her where she is, and get something out of it themselves. >> elmo: this is fun, julia. >> abby: hey, it's a whole new game, it's boing tag! >> julia: boing! >> abby: ah! now i'm it! >> big bird: you know, i think i'd like to be a friend of julia, too. >> stahl: she is going to be a recurring character? >> ferraro: that's the hope. >> stahl: and will she become a major character?

we have to fight for it. >> stahl: he told us this in june.ent back immediately after, even though threats against him had intensified, like this video posted on instagram putting him in the crosshairs of a sniper rifle. he was continuing his opposition work, when just last month-- >> yevgenia kara-murza: all of a sudden, he begins experiencing this very elevated heart rate, his blood pressure drops very low. he begins sweating and he has trouble breathing. >> stahl: his wife thinks her husband was attacked, the same way as before. >> yevgenia kara-murza: the first time, he had been dragged from one hospital to another to yet another, where they were trying to establish the cause. this time, he was taken directly to the hospital, to the same medical team that had treated him in 2015. and the moment they saw him, they knew what they were dealing with. >> stahl: and what do you think happened? >> yevgenia kara-murza: the russian doctors' official diagnosis is an acute intoxication by an undetermined substance, which is poisoning. >> stahl: this

>>> it turns out a diet of too many vegetables could put people at risk health reporter stephanie stahl shows you rare conditions some vegetarian can face and how to avoid it, kate >>> temperatures are finally on the rise but we will trade the warm up for some cloud cover, getting rid of the sunshine as this warm front starts to lift through, we are tracking showers tomorrow, more as we head into next week but i'll tell you which day is the best to get outside. >>> been abundance of talent didn't win 80's world series, dallas green did. larry bowa pays tribute to the former phillies manager with the comment you have to hear, that is later in sports. >>> a drone training program, will set up shop at the millville airport. >> see delaware river bay authority has authorized lease for office space at the airport with a company called pentagon performance, that office space is next to a hanger facility that could leased separately for flight training purposes. >>> on the cbs-3 healthwatch, eating too much of a good thing, can cause a rare condition. >> health reporter stephanie stahl has mor

health reporter stephanie stahl has just released information, up next. >>> circumstances under which he was killed, obviously are horrific. >> we are hearing from the family of the american killed in last weeks london attack, how his wife, who survived is coping. when >>> a respected medical group released new guidelines on how to treat substance abuse disorder. doctors and lawmakers are being urged to think differently when it comes to tackling the issue. >>> the guidelines mark a major shift in how addiction could be viewed in the future. news continue at 5:30. i'm ukee washington. >>> i'm jessica dean. "eyewitness news" reporter stephanie stahl joins us with the new recommendation. >> reporter: these new recommendations say addiction need to be looked at like other diseases, instead of blaming addicts for being weak , new guidelines say they should get better medical treatments. forty-two year-old julio reyes has been clean for three years but his addiction to heroin is still a constant fight. >> yeah, it is an every day battle. lifetime battle. >> reporter: american college of th

health reporter stephanie stahl shows you some of the rare conditions, some vegetarians could face and how to avoid them. >>> country music legend garth brooks is in philadelphia for the first time in 19 years, and who else, when he give an interview too but our own vittoria woodill. hear what garth and trish year wood think of philly in the ♪ we buy any car ♪ any make, any model, any age, any price ♪ ♪ from 50 bucks to 100 grand ♪ we buy any car ♪ any, any, any, any at webuyanycar.com, the gimmicks stop with our ads. trading in our selling your car is hassle-free in just three easy steps. one, get your free online valuation. two, drive to your local car buying centre. and three, walk out with your check in as little as 30 minutes. so don't wait. get your free online valuation now. ♪ find out how much your car's worth ♪ ♪ at webuyanycar.com >>> a murder mystery in maple shade, new jersey, a mother and her young son are killed, still ahead, the tragic details, and why the case is now getting national attention >>> new this morning, dozens of young professionals give up their comfortable

puppies these cute animals are playing a roll today at a local hospital, health reporter stephanie stahl shows us how. >>> and frigid night on the way, as we head in the weekend temperatures are heading upward, and we're talking 70's i'll tell you which day will be warmer day of the weekend and which day could feature rain with the seven day >>> well, tonight power of puppy love on the healthwatch how pets can ease stress, and make people happy. health reporter stephanie stahl is here with more on a special pet visit to day to a philadelphia hospital. >> this ace good one get ready to smile. taking care of sick people can be especially stressful, and difficult, and so in the middle of the hectic day at the hospital what could be better then visiting with pets who are looking for new homes magenta the month-old puppy gets lots of love from people that work at pennsylvania hospital. >> it can be emotionally challenging to work in the environment such as a hospital >> reporter: hospital stress takes a break when puppies from rescue shelters come for a visit hoping to be adopted. >> we have

to waste an operation that could not wait for this baby boy to be born, health reporter stephanie stahl shows us the rare procedure and risk involved in this life saving surgery. >>> also cracking down on greek life following the death of the fraternity member of penn state the university is taking action, the changes that they announceed today, kate? >>> and we are tracking showers, moving into the area, right now, this is part of a larger storm that is pushing in from the west, coming up i'll time out the heaviest of the rain and let i know whether it stays wet for the weekend, sean. >>> is there crying in baseball and really good reason for it, don't miss, one philly to tears, that is late inner sports. >>> welcome back, penn state is banning a fraternity where a pledge was fatally injured. university has permanently revoked its recognition of the beta pii, university officials say an investigation found a persistent pattern of excessive drinking, hazing and drug use. nineteen year-old sophomore timothy piazza and engineering student was killed last in when he fell down a set of stai

. >> losing the ability to smell , that is not just, the nose that is affected, our stephanie stahl show you the common issue that can cause it and new treatment that is helping many regain their sense. >>> where this world renowned musician was sharing tips with students right here in philadelphia. kate? >>> we finally got some quiet, sunny spring weather back today but just as soon as we get it back it will be taken away our next storm arrives by the end of the week and we will have the threat for heavy rain, i'll tell you when this all arrives and how much will fall, don. >>> how did eagles head coach doug pederson do in his rookie year? take a few minutes, think bit, and later in sports, compare your answer to jeffery lurie, the owner, we will be right back. at longhorn, tonight's special, steakhouse cuts. featuring, for a limited time, the new delmonico ribeye, our tender flo's filet, and the juicy new york strip. and for lunch, try our steakhouse burger or any steakhouse lunch combo. you can't fake steak. >>> kimmel center performance. >> today they showed off their skills by one o

people, local doctors are saying treating one could help the other, when we come back our stephanie stahl shows you the clinical trial right here in our area that aims to ease pain in dogs, and a way it could one day benefit you. >>> they battled it out on the court but the area top college coaches, came together, the important cause and the big benefit, don? >>> we try to avoid it villanova wildcats are heading toward the eye of the storm march madness is here and we will hear from the wildcats, later in sports. he wouldn'help me.itting us. i'm scared. it hurts. he told me not to tell. make the call. make the call ...before it's too late. suspect it? report it. make the call. 1-800-932-0313 paid for with pennsylvania taxpayer dollars. >>> as we continue to keep an eye on the snowstorm inching closer to our area storm scan three is showing the systems heading our way and this video showing a snowy chicago, where many of us will be waking up to, and, it could possibly be worse. meteorologist lauren casey has very latest track in just a few minutes. >>> looking for a chore to ease an ailmen

. >>> from the brace to beautiful fashions health reporter stephanie stahl introduces you to the girls are showing that it can't slow them down see them in action this weekend. >>> also coming together for the community, the philadelphia neighborhood where volunteers were using a little elbow grease, to make their neighbors lives a little bit better, kate? >>> and rain has been with us all day long and still coming down, so the question is, when will it impact the weekend? i'll have you make those weekend plans when is best time to get outside and whether rain sticks around, don. >>> a young stud chooses the flyers over a rangers, we have details, and, why is on the rampage news at 6:00, over the time, that is late inner sports. for years, fios has been promising fast internet to small businesses. but for many businesses, it's out of reach. why promise something you can't deliver? comcast business is different. ♪ ♪ we deliver super-fast internet with speeds of 150 megabits per second across our entire network, to more companies, in more locations, than fios. we do business where you do

when we come back, our stephanie stahl shows us the clinical trial right here in our area that aims to ease pain in dogs. and the way it could one day benefit you. >> mayor jim kenney so gathered to celebrate ancestory and those who left ireland during time of hardship. irish dance, you see right there, tops off the occasion, children danced and sang to the crowd. >> this weekend you'll see a lot of green beer, other green colored foods, but there are safety concerns about food items that contain agree dye. artificial food coloring i, some linked the coloring to cancer in animals, behavior problems in children. dietitions though say consuming green colored foods once a year likely will not hurt you. well, that's good news, justin, not so much good news in the weather department if you don't like snow and rain? >> you know, eat those green cookies, you get green tea. >> very much of a celebration. >> but forecast, little creepy here. you know, it is late winter though, we can expect little bit of snow coming at us. depending where you are, mainly north of the city, wet snowflakes, not b

health reporter stephanie stahl takes a look. >>> villanova starred booth may be out for the season butl put him to mmmmm psst. yoplait custard's back. the family favorite... protein. protein proteiny protein. proteiny protein? protein proteiny protein. at least 14 grams of protein. 100 calories. new greek 100 protein. from yoplait. >>> don, we have more tournament all afternoon and it will go on well into the night. >> as you know we will be here until 1:00 in the morning. >> how are things shaping up. >> well, we are talking nova hoops. the ncaa tournament is a series of six pop quizzes you ate and you win the title. villanova passed first one and now they have prepping for second. leslie van arsdal is with the cats in buffalo and she joins us live as they get ready for round two, tomorrow begins wisconsin. leslie? >> reporter: well, don, i talked to a wounded cat, star gardasils booth was leading scorer in that national championship game an inside lined this season because of an injury but today, we put him to work. >> are you ready to go out, and hard hitting questions here. >> yes,

health reporter stephanie stahl shows us how it works in less than 10 minutes. >>> talk to everybody. >> different kind of doctor's office where co pay is covered , who they help and how , it is this weeks brotherly love, kate? >>> weekend watch we have got big temperatures swings to talk about we will talk about 70 degrees on saturday, that is our warm day of this next stretch, it will be a mostly cloudy day, could be breaks of sun not a total wash out or anything like that. it should stay dry on saturday but sunday, it is different when rain returns to the area, temperatures drop again from 70 back down to the 50's for part two of >>> wells fargo is upgrading all of the atm's so customers can take out money without using a debit card. >>> instead, it is, and wells fargo smart phone app and enter the code, and, in their accounts. the machine will still accept, debit card. >>> and ice cream inspired by harry potter, yuengling has developed a butter beer flavor taking a coup from the drink in the harry potter series. the flavor is a mix of butter cream and butter scotch, sound good to

stephanie stahl is in the einstein health care science center with more on this new study. >> reportercal mar juan ace legal in 28 states, including here in pennsylvania , new jersey and delaware. but previous research has focused mostly on pulmonary and psychiatric complications but this new study released to day shows it was first to concentrate on cardiac risks. medical mar juan ace used to treat number of conditions, including, pain, seizures, nausea but new research also find. >> patient that is use cannabis or significantly higher risk of developing heart failure. >> reporter: einstein cardiac researcher, shown hearsays the new study shows health record from 1,000 hospitals covering patients between the age of 18 to 55 and those who use marijuana had a 26 percent increased risk of having a stroke and a 10 percent higher risk of heart failure. it appears to be directly impacting the heart. >> when cannabis effects human heart cells they are less able to squeeze and therefore the heart as a whole is not able to pump quite as well. >> often this part of their heart was affected and

health reporter stephanie stahl is in the einstein health care science center with more on the f.d.a.reporter: this scientific advance marks the first time where a patients own healthy tissue is used to grow new cells through a process of tissue engineering. millions of the people struggle with knee pain related to cartilage breaking down. >> it has been quite painful, sports were difficult and i'm walking becoming an issue. >> reporter: three three-year old chris was too young for knee replacement surgery but was a candidate for may tricks or macy implant. chris's own cells were grown in the lab and placed on a college on membrane and then surgeons cut membrane to size and filled holes in the cartilage of the knee, much like filling a pothole, overtime those cells grow and develop into mature cartilage. >> we can just basically template, cut and paste the membrane preloaded with cells into the base of the defect and then just glue it there. that makes it much quicker, much easier. >> reporter: technique has been overseas for years but was just f.d.a. approved in december. chris's the

as health reporter stephanie stahl tells us doctors say there is a disconnect between what parents know what they should do and then what they actually do. >> reporter: number of children exposed to prescription opioids has fallen since 2009 but levels up from 2,000 and that has doctors concerned. >> lots of bad things can happen when children get in these medicine, children getting sleepy to the point of coma, and death, and children getting respiratory depression where they decreased breathing or even stopped breathing. >> reporter: study in the pediatrics journal found main groups at risk are curious youngsters under the age of five and teenagers looking to get high or harm themselves. while pediatric exposure to mess prescription painkillers has declined exposure to, the drug continues to climb. it is prescribed to people hoff been previously, addicted to drugs. >> it is the safe for addicts but turns out to be dangerous to young children. >> reporter: safe kid worldwide group says each year 60,000 kid or four bus load, wind up in emergency rooms because they got in the medicine. >>

health reporter stephanie stahl has more on the special pet visit to a philadelphia hospital. >> hello>> reporter: magenta month-old puppy getting lots of love from the people who work at pennsylvania hospital. >> it can be very emotionally challenging to work in an environment such as a hospital >> reporter: hospital stress takes a break when puppies from rescue shelters come for a visit, hoping to be adopted. >> we have a lot of fun. our animals have a lot of fun some times they get adopted out of here. it is really great for both side. >> reporter: magenta and her siblings are star attractions for this paws for pennsy event >> i think it is wonderful because it serves the need of both of these puppies and our community and also people that work in the hospital. >> reporter: doctor jeremy solder adopted a 10 week old lab mix and he and his family named her clover. >> is there stressful field. there is a lot of talk about burnout, well-being and people taking care of the patients. people hoff pets are protect from a lot of those negative symptoms. >> reporter: this visit included some

health reporter stephanie stahl is here at einstein health care science certainty report. >> this is an exciting development. there has been variety of technologies that help paralyzed people move again but this is the first, that was, implanted, a computer science that has allowed a quadriplegic patient to use, just his brain, to move. bill is doing things he never thought he would do again, like grabbing this mug and taking a sip, and eating mashed potatoes. >> this really is, possible, because before that, i thought , you know, i never thought would i move my arms again. >> reporter: fifty-six year-old was paralyzed below the shoulders eight years ago from a bike accident. now he is using experimental technology that allowed him to move his hand, arms simply by thinking. electrode are implanted in the brain that recorded signals of his intended movements. a computer interprets the information and electrodes implanted in the arm are stimulated. >> he thinks about a movement, we record from the brain signals, and we figure out what he was trying to do and we make his arm do that by

i'm stephanie stahl, cbs-3, "eyewitness news." >> a few weeks ago "eyewitness news" shared the story local man brandon holiday, he survived ten heart attacks, over came various health complications even after doctors amputated his left leg below the knee, win over to become a member of the national can ooh team, now asking for your help to raise money for a new sprint boat, that can land him a spot on team usa in the 2020 tokyo paralympics p do it fundraiser for holiday, former saulsbury maryland police officer. tyson is holiday's service dog. holiday says kayaking saves his life. >> the training is 20 to 30 hours a week. weight, cardio, i mean it, gets rough. but there is a hunger to it to want to see yourself do better to get the support from here and for everybody to know i'm going to do my best. >> saturday's fundraiser pulled in $1,700. >>> the sixers and temple university are giving back this weekend. they teamed to up bound south august tim. thirty children with a autism spectrum disorder work on their basketball kills ask sixers head coach brett brown. the clinic featured pas

i'm stephanie stahl, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> exciting for him to celebrate that birthday.you celebrate with us, ronald mcdonald house charities phone bank is this tuesday march 28th from 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. all day we will be accepting donations to help, families, and children, like asher, and we will be live all day here on cbs-3. join in on twitter and cbs philly.com and we will see you on tuesday. >> get tissues ready, in the meantime, it is a wonderful day. >> really powerful stories. >> yes. >> are you looking for real estate? a whole town in pennsylvania could be yours for the modest price asking price of one and a half million-dollar. >> interesting. village of reduction in west moreland county in pennsylvania is known as the town that garbage built. it was once home to 400 employees of the american reductions company. that is plant that processed tons of garbage every day for pittsburgh. today 75-acre property is made up of farmland, family homes and one room schoolhouse and it can be all yours. >> the town that garbage built >> sound good. >> might want to rebr

i'm stephanie stahl.-3, "eyewitness news." >>> and straight ahead right here on cbs-3 "eyewitness news," a health warning about items that may be in your closet. are some of your favorite styles also doing damage to your body? nicole brewer with the top five clothing items that could be hurting your back. we will be right back. kind of like this look. i'm calling it the "name your price tool" phase. whatever. >> you want to look stylish, but your back is aching? nicole brewer has the top five culprits in your closet. >> reporter: if you suffer from back pain you know several things can set it off. >> laundry, it could be shopping at the mall all day. >> sitting too many or working too long. >> but did you know clothing could be one of the worse culprits? >> i'm hoping that it is not suits. >> according to the british parra -- chiropractic association, skinny jeans are most often to blame. >> skinny jeans, okay. interesting. i really don't understanded what that would affect. >> i've seen some uncool thing

health reporter stephanie stahl is in abington right now where doctors, have had their hand, full withrm related issues. stephanie. >>> well, that is right, ukee. now that the storm has passed and the sunnies out, people are venturing outside, and they are getting injured. we are talking about, heart attacks, fractures and much more. after a slow morning here at the emergency department at abington hospital, things are getting crazy, busy. >> we are seeing a lot more, snow-related issues. we had back to back heart attacks at the same time from shoveling snow. >> reporter: doctor philip, from emergency department at abington memorial hospital say many people don't realize how physically taxiing, shoveling snow can be on the heart. there was an incident with the snow blower, that patient needed stitches on his fingers >> with the heavy snow, you know, snowblowers get jammed, and people think that because the blade are not rolling that they can put their finkers in and remove snow. >> reporter: doctors say, with every storm, people venture outside, not realizing how slippery, surfaces can

in april, 2015, "the star tribune" published brandon stahl's story.ader in particular was riveted. what did you think when you read the account of dale nathan? >> dumbfounded. and we were like, "this completely validates --" >> reporter: everything you suspected. >> everything. well, at that point we knew sandy was involved. >> reporter: and now police know too. they arrest sandra and charge her with three felony counts of deprivation of parental rights. she's thrown in jail on $1 million bond. but the mystery remains. where are the girls? one month after sandra's arrest, there is stunning news. >> lieutenant polinski called me and said, "are you sitting down?" and then i knew that something was coming. >> reporter: next, the rucki girls, found at last. but where have they been? who took them in? we're on our way to find out. and you may be surprised by what we find behind this door. stay with us. protein. protein proteiny protein. proteiny protein? protein proteiny protein. at least 14 grams of protein. 100 calories. new greek 100 protein. from yopla

stephanie stahl, cbs-3, "eyewitness news." i'm val. the orange money retirement squirrel from voya. represent the money you save for the future. who's he? he's the green money you can spend now. what's up? gonna pay some bills, maybe buy a new tennis racket. he's got a killer backhand. when it's time to get organized for retirement, it's time to get voya. >> villanova had to beat seton hall. swept in the regular season, here we are at madison square garden. nova down by one. brunson, josh heart, free ball is mine, cats, up a bucket. now we're tied with two minutes left. can't spell j without the j. regain the lead. but, they trailed by one, with 15 seconds left. chris jenkins no good. josh heart, the put back and the foul, had game high 19. and nova up by two. the pirates look side up, delgato down, point blank range. back rim no good. and the wildcats win, they'll play creighton tonight for the championship. here is lesley van arsdall from the garden. >> what a game, josh came up clutch when the team needed him the most. i caught one josh. >> it is about the details, about like the

an yesessive state in the first period against eric stahl. the red light doesn't go on though. as you can see, watch where it goes. it was in his jersey. he went behind the goal line. that's not enough. san jose on the short end of the 3-1 final. >>> time is 4:55. the giants had a day of mixed results in their lost game to the royals. madison had three innings of work, struck out four. he allowed one earned road am two-run lead when mac williamson hit the first homer of the spring. that gave the giants a 3-1 lead but he ended up losing 4-3. giants have a 3-8 record in spring training. >>> now the oakland as won the fifth spring training game an mind games. they beat the mariners 5-4. today is a day off for the okay land as. after more than 25 years of being a place where people gathered to be entertained atlanta is saying good-bye to the georgia dome. thousands of people came out to witness the last event yesterday. it was a monster truck rally. over the years that dome has hosting everything from the atlanta falcons games to a super bowl, concerts and the olympics. some people

that's what brandon stahl, a reporter at the "minneapolis star tribune" wanted to find out.o-year anniversary of the girls' disappearance, he decides to write a story. >> i wanted to know if the girls are okay and if i could find them. >> reporter: he didn't find the girls but he did find this man. dale nathan, a diminutive 81-year-old who has spent years working as an attorney in custody cases. dale had his legal license suspended after he refused to reveal where one of his clients was in hiding with her child. he is a fervent supporter of sandra. >> dale is somebody who believes to the bone that the family courts in minnesota are corrupt. >> reporter: the story dale tells is a doozy. he says he was with sandra on the night her daughters ran away. he says sandra and he were driving around in sandra's car when she took him to this field just blocks away from the rucki family home. we drove with dale to that spot. >> this is about the area, right back here, where sandra stopped. >> reporter: he showed us where they pulled over. >> that's the road we want to take. >> reporter:

>> they never did. >> lesley stahl joins us at the table. it's amazing you got an interview with him full face and not in disguise. >> this man is fearless. he was poisoned. that interview was done a year ago. he went back right into the jaws of the beast. >> does he have any idea how he got poisoned? >> he doesn't. hifs an activist, traveling all over the place having lunches and coffees. >> how did you get the interview with him? >> i interviewed him a year ago about another russian who died mysteriously. he came to talk about that and how he had been poisoned. we have to say allegedly poisoned because they never found exactly what it was. then, i hate to step on my own story, but when he was repoisoned, unbelievably, a month ago, we said, oh, my gosh, we have this interview that we did, so we went back to redo that. >> where is he right now? >> he is recuperating from alleged poisoning number two in washington. >> what is the heart of why he is an opponent of vladimir putin, why he's become an enemy of the state? >> he's been a long-time

health reporter stephanie stahl has more on the new warnings. >> reporter: nation's pediatricians are beefing up their warnings about teenagers and marijuana use, new report from the american academy of pediatrics finds as more states legalize drug for adult use more teenagers think it is safe. >> mar juan ace not benign drug for teenagers because it infects their developing mind. teens are in a critical time of brain development and they can have life licensing impact s from marijuana use during adolescence. >> reporter: potties more addict to go day and can affect learning and regular use, can lead to mental health problems, including anxiety, and depression. >> parents really model behaviors of drug use, to not use substances in front of their children. >> reporter: 40 percent of high school students say they have tries marijuana, 20 percent are regular users, experts say it is critical for parents, pediatricians to discuss dangers with kids. >> research shows that teenagers who use marijuana 10 times a month and develop brain changes in regions that effect memory and lower iq. i'm

. >> then at 6:00 with allergy season just around the corner, our stephanie stahl shows you the new treatmentt promises to save your sense of smell, from those pesky sinus issues, tune in tonight, that's "eyewitness news" at 6:00. >> so about to tell you something that you may not know, because i'm an open book. take a few minutes every night, at 5:00 when i'm going to bed, yep, i go at bed at 5:00 to color, seriously, i sit with my coloring books, i use my markers. >> i literally cannot handle you. >> for the first time in its 100 year history crayola is retiring a color from its box of crayons. jim broken up about this all day long. you do, how much, have no say in the matter. the company wants to you use the hashtag share your five. one crawler -- just one color that can you not live without. >> crayola will reveal the color taken out of the box forever in a live stream on national crayon day. who even new that existed which is this friday. dow not use crayons, though, i use fine markers, pointer markers. >> very important. >> i am not sure if dandy lion is in the box of 24, but i feel lik

health reporter stephanie stahl has ground breaking new research on dementia that is being done right here in philadelphia. >> when friends of yours or family members begin to say to you do you remember i just told you this. >> reporter: sixty-six year-old former teenage heart throb from the part ridge family tv show says he decided to go public when he forgot words to socks he has been singing for decades. >> that is when i began to be very concerned. >> reporter: cassidy's not alone dementia, alzheimer's affects millions of families. >> this is showing us high burden of alzheimer's disease. >> reporter: doctor david ir win says, pet conditions high lighting abnormalities in the brain can pinpoint different kinds of dimension, alzheimer's or frontal temporal dementia or louie body disease. >> we like to differentiate these types of disorders and then be able to diagnosis them early. >> reporter: with no cure early diagnosis and treatment can sometimes help slow the progression of dementia which is identified with certain proteins in the brains. >> just trying to detect accumulation o

. >> health reporter stephanie stahl is just back where they are getting rave reviews. >> rave reviews for this one. >> and, so when word spread on facebook about her wish to see the new movie, a dog's purpose , well, let's just say some dreams can come true. >> i can always, hold in my arms. >> reporter: brooke, has always loved animals she is surrounded by them in her bed at children's hospital. >> all of the won i have, right here, down with me, are my favorite. >> reporter: she has been battling neuro blast tome, and , treatment have stopped working and cancer has spread, and even though she is sick and in pain brooke is feeling energized after getting a special visit bailey, the star of the new movie, a dog's purpose. >> he was very sweet, very handsome dog, laying in bed with him. >> best i have seen her in, months, and i just could see her, so happy, justice my heart really good to see her like that. >> reporter: after word got out that brooke wanted to see the movie friend and strangers arranged for a private screening in her room, and the star visit. >> everybody coming togeth

. >> health reporter stephanie stahl is here to tell us about this extraordinary family and this greatonor. >> wait until you meet them they are special. talk about overcoming adversity, this mom has been invited to speak at a prestigious event called risk takers, change makers, and she's both. the title of her talk is, how i learned to see, through the eyes of my sons and her sons are blind but that hasn't helped them or held them back. they have learned to play air hockey not by watching the puck but by listening for the puck. mitchell and michael smedley are blind but that doesn't stop these bucks county brothers from playing. >> sight is not what should hold anyone back. it is just a minor inconvenience. >> reporter: mitchell is 13, big brother 17, they were born with a rare inherited eye disease called lca. >> having two blind kid initially the most devastating news. >> reporter: devastation turned into amazement for kristin smedley as she learned how well her boys could adopt and them excel. michael is an accomplish musician and involved with school productions. >> it is pretty h

. >> for the young patients they are also a place to play, health reporter stephanie stahl introduces us to asher and his family who left their home sweet alabama for their ronald mcdonald house in camden. >> three-year old asher wallace is a energetic little boy. >> big dump truck. >> big dump truck. >> reporter: playing with dad, and snug welling mommy, happy to meet new people. >> what is this? >> helicopter. >> reporter: and game for anything. here at ronald mcdonald house in camden. his parents love watching their son play but watching him one day they felt something was wrong. >> we noticed that his eye had begun to turn in. >> reporter: around christmas in 2015. >> his left eye would look toward his nose. >> reporter: diagnosis by doctors in alabama retina blastoma malignant tumor of the eye affecting the young children. >> we were shell shocked. >> reporter: doctor recommended treatment at wills eye institute and children's hospital of philadelphia they said it is best in the world. >> reporter: family traveled back and forth every month last year for asher's treatments always

. >> health reporter stephanie stahl has more on a new private center offering free help, for those in need. >> that is right, it often goes with the territory, being in the military can trigger a variety of mental health issues like depression, anxiety, and there is help at va and new is there also a private center at penn that is providing free, behavioral health care to veterans and their family members. >> sometimes... >> reporter: she adores her two-year old son but his birth triggered a serious bought of post partum depression. >> dark thoughts, sometimes i have violent thought. would i sit in my room, and in the dark and i would have thoughts of suicide, i would have thoughts of harming other people. >> reporter: former weapons instructor had difficulty getting through her sessions with the national guard. >> this is a very stressful job being in the military especially when you are in the national guard because you have to be a civilian and a solder. >> reporter: three months ago she came to the cohen military family clinic penn medicine. >> you took therapy and owned it. >> re

health reporter stephanie stahl shows us tiny technology similar to a rain drop that is now letting people ditch their w technoloo >> reporter: after investat anesthetic,ned and fla. >> reporter: cin after the procedarryl who task, thinks second>>> st.dl ahead hee memories. >>> most of us of loss moments before this one lost more than six decades ago was just found i'm alycia nieves and i'll have more on the items found inside being called priceless. >>> and are you tired of wasting fruits and vegetables that go bad before you are red toy use them? scientists now say they have a natural way to extend their shelf life. we will be right shake up your routine with a completely new way to clean. new colgate total advanced health mouthwash. shake to activate a powerful cleaning action that removes twenty four times more bacteria. improve the health of your mouth with new colgate total advanced health mouthwash. shake to clean. getting food to hungry older amerand it won't.stop hey, these are our parents and grandparents out there. let's start talking about how we can really get to the route of

in the healthwatch now, health reporter stephanie stahl has more from a local family's devastated bicep cyst, who say that the regulations cannot come fast enough. >> jet gun. >> reporter: six year-old connell harvey is a playful first grader. >> i like science. >> you like science. you mugs be smart. >> reporter: and happy despite difficult challenges. >> he has stabilized from a long way from a child who almost didn't make it. >> reporter: it happened out of no where where he was sick, fever, vomiting, not himself, at the hospital, he was crashing. >> i have never felt so sad in my life. >> reporter: connell's havertown parents john and christian were bombarded. first they were told their little boy had sepsis, potentially deadly infection. he was also diagnosed with leukemia, blood cancer was manageable, sepsis infection was more dire. >> we could see that his legs and his fingers were already starting to turn black from the septic shock that destroyed his limbs. >> reporter: connell ended up having both legs amputated and fingers on one hand. >> it is in the what you ever think that

people like mike wallace and don hewitt, jane pauley and lesley stahl. walter cronkite even once toasted george as the most trusted pr man in america. for much of his career -- 27 years -- he worked for hill & knowlton as senior vice president and managing director of broadcast. the hill & knowlton folks are here tonight to help us celebrate george's legacy, as is george's son brian. [applause] mr. cavender: george deeply believed in the mission of our foundation -- support young journalists in their studies, to provide training opportunities for professionals, and most importantly, to defend and protect our first amendment rights in the courts and legislative bodies around the country. he worked tirelessly to support all those efforts. his enthusiasm was infectious. he had a smile for anyone he met, and he would always ask one important question of anybody at rtdnf -- how can i help? we honored george in 1996 with the barney oldfield distinguished service award. that award named after our founder, colonel barney oldfield. barney would have been very pro

i'm stephanie stahl, cbs-3, "eyewitness news." >>> so precious.ell, nothing beats some quality time with mom. right? and it is not just people who feel that way, check out this video, of a mama panda playing with her son. this is from research facility in china. it looks like that baby panda is trying to leave, but mom just won't let him go. the panda camera also caught two baby pandas playing on the wooden platform of their play area. you see them right there, how cute are they? eventually, one of them falls off. i think i could watch this all morning long. let's just keep it going. all right. we will be right back with spring cleaning advice from a shake up your routine with a completely new way to clean. new colgate total advanced health mouthwash. shake to activate a powerful cleaning action that removes twenty four times more bacteria. improve the health of your mouth with new colgate total advanced health mouthwash. shake to clean. >>> springs is a time for cleaning, and sunday morning's lucy meets up with one tidy lady. here is a preview of

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mike wallace, dan rather, morley shafer, bob simon, leslie stahl, edve kroft, and bradley, -- bradleyt pelley, and now bill whitaker. [applause] bill joined 60 in 2014, and in three short years, he has pumped out an amazing body of work. 20 pieces last season alone, and he is heading for that number again this year. around the nation and around the from, stories ranging syrians seeking refuge in the united states to life on death row in texas, to race and policing in cleveland to the search for a ninth planet. leaderse pro-democracy to the arrest and escape and rearrest of mexican drug lord el chapo. that is just the past three years. there are 30 plus years of cbs news that read like a history of the news period. from his days in the atlanta the tokyo-based correspondent covering tiananmen square, to the george w. bush campaign, to every single day of the o.j. simpson criminal trial. i know, i was there too. -- magnificent portraits magnificent portraits of barbra streisand, and others for sunday morning. the man has seen and done it all. no matter which one of those pieces you watch

health reporter stephanie stahl has more on new research >> reporter: this makes sense, if you thinkfirst days and weeks of a premature baby are critical this new study released highlights importance of skin to skin contact, with those tiny babies. lucas and theo had a traumatic start born at 31 weeks, twins spent their first weeks in the neonatal intensive care units. it was scare. we didn't really know. what was going to happen. >> reporter: their parents could not wait until we finally held them. >> amazing, both for me and them, for me to connect to them to feel like i can really calm them down. >> reporter: many n icu's encourage kangaroo care, premature babies get skin to skin contact with mom to dad and exclusive breast-feeding is recommended when possible. >> when they are close to the mother and father they are able to maintain normal temperatures which helps them regulate their bodies better. >> reporter: research find that close case having long lasting benefits, a study in the journal pediatrics shows babies with kangaroo care are thriving, 20 years later. >> having bette

. >> i'm lesley stahl. >> i'm bill whitaker. >> i'm scott pelley.print. plus, when you switch now you can get a brand new smartphone for free. cricket wireless. something to smile about. my belly pain i could build a small city with all the over-the-counter products i've used. enough! i've tried enough laxatives to cover the eastern seaboard. i've climbed a mount everest of fiber. probiotics? enough! (avo) if you've had enough, tell your doctor what you've tried and how long you've been at it. linzess works differently from laxatives. linzess treats adults with ibs with constipation or chronic constipation. it can help relieve your belly pain, and lets you have more frequent and complete bowel movements that are easier to pass. do not give linzess to children under six, and it should not be given to children six to less than eighteen. it may harm them. don't take linzess if you have a bowel blockage. get immediate help if you develop unusual or severe stomach pain, especially with bloody or black stools. the most common side effect is diarrhea, some

leslie stahl joins us with a preview of her "60 minutes" piece on one critic who may have been poisoned twice. plus, responding to the nuclear threat from north korea. former u.s. ambassador to south korea christopher hill will be in studio 57 as part of our continuing series, issues that matter. and nintendo of america's president will be here with the company's popular new gaming console. see you at 7:00. >> can anything be better than soup mario brothers? "cbs this morning" starts at 7 a.m. anthony, thank you so much. >>> in other bay area headlines a beloved san mateo ice rink could be re-opening soon. a developer has withdrawn plans to develop retail shops at the site of the bridgepointe ice skating rink. the former ice center has a rink, locker rooms, bleachers and a neighboring restaurant. before it can re-open, the owner will have to find an operator willing to invest in upgrading the equipment. >>> the city of vallejo launched a new website to promote business growth, choose vallejo.com promoting activities and opportunities and businesses seeking to start up and relocate. the

. >> health reporter stephanie stahl is here with more on the new study on these popular supplements.re very popular, for sure. people take fish oil for variety of reasons, everything from fighting heart disease and cancer, to improving, memory but this new study out today from the american heart association says that not everyone will benefit. >> take a listen to your heart >> reporter: forty-four year-old an hans red meant will checks in with his cardiologist since suffering a heart attack at a young age. >> i had high cholesterol, i was 33. i more or less ignored it. i had gotten quite sedentary in terms of the lifestyle. >> you are taking fish oil as well. >> reporter: he was put on omega fish oil supplements and now american heart association says the supplements may have life saving benefits for heart attack patients as well as heart failure patients. >> they found evidence that in patients that have congestive heart failure a weakened heart muscle it reduces risk of death and reduce risk of repeat hospitalizations. >> reporter: when it comes to the average person the heart asso

health reporter stephanie stahl is here with more on the recommendations. >> reporter: study came out this afternoon which said poison control centers in the u.s. receive 32 calls a day about children, being exposed to prescription opioids, sales of the drugs are up dramatically, doctors say an unintended side effect is a sharp rise in the painkiller's being abused, and drugs getting in the wrong hand. number of children exposed to prescription opioids has fallen since 20 on 89 but levels are still up, from 2,000. that has doctors concerned. >> lots of bad things can happen when children get into these medicines, children getting sleepy, even to the point of coma, and death, and children getting respiratory depression, where they decrease breathing or even stop breathing. >> reporter: study in the journal pediatrics found main groups at risk are curious youngsters under the age of five and teens looking to either get high or harm themselves. and while pediatric exposure to mess prescription painkillers has declined, exposure to, the drugs continue to climb. it is prescribed to people