and then there are things like stattens. it is important. if you have a normal cholesterol and you go in on a statten you reduce the incidents of cancer by 30 or 40%. i want people to focus on things people can prevent. >> we talked about taking aspirin every day. why? because it thins your blood? it things your blood and blocks inflammation. one aspirin a day will reduce colon cancer by double digit percentages. you can get a statten at walmart for $10 for a 90 day supply. aspirin for a year is 3 # or $4. these are not expensive prescriptions. >> this is unbelievable. why isn't this more wide spread? >> i don't get it. health care and food are 31% of gdp in this country yet no candidate is talking about it. a third of our economy and i don't hear it talk about. i hear health care finance talked about but not health care. >> let me ask you about vitam s vitamins. you say 90% of things is not beneficial like taking vitamins and working out in the morning. you asked who takes vitamins in the room and i raised my hand. you said i was raisic my

and then there are things like stattens.eople get mad about me for talking about a drug but it's important. if you have a normal cholesterol, and have a statin, you'll reduce the incidence of cancer by 30 or 40%. delay heart attack and stroke. i want people to focus on things people can prevent. >> another thing we talked about is taking an aspirin every day. why? because it thins your blood? it thins your blood and blocks inflammation. looking on the data one aspirin a day will reduce the death of colon cancer by 60%, reduce cancer by double digit percentages over yawl. you can get a statten at walmart for $10 for a 90 day supply. aspirin for a year is $3 or $4. these are not expensive prescriptions. >> this is unbelievable. why isn't this more wide spread? the taking an aspirin a day is critical for a person? >> i don't get it. health care and food are 31% of gdp in this country yet no candidate is talking about it. a third of our economy are these things and i don't hear it talk about. i hear health care finance talked ab

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a link between statten use and type 2 diabetes.blems were generally not serious and went away after patients stopped taking the drugs. >>> another health alert now. this one involves birth control pills. recalling pills manufactured in india. they were packaged in the wrong order. the pills were distributed between september and december. the company says the recall applies to any package where the lot number and expiration date are not visible. >>> one form of vitamin d may help ease the pain of menstrual cramps. the women in group one were given a single dose of 300,000iu's of vitamin d three. the average pain score for the women on the vitamin d dropped 40%. there was no difference in the placebo group. >>> there could be the medical breakthrough that fertility doctors have been hoping for. challenging the idea that a woman is born with all the eggs she will ever have in a lifetime. they discover the ovaries of young women harbor very rare stem cells capable of producing new eggs. if that is true, those stem cells might one day

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the changes to the prescribing information applied to the class of stattens and including many prescribed drugs such as pfizer's lipitor. the new warnings are based on results from the latest clinical trials and reports of adverse events from patients, physicians and drug makers. we are watching very -- watching the players very closely. they are trading in negative territory. bring your attention to stap also. reported their earnings office supplies retail earned 41 cents per share the fourth quarter. one cent above estimates. the results were held bin crease in north american customer traffic. although the company does say that it expects slow u.s. economic growth this year. barbara, become over to you. >> all right. thank you. >>> the guest chef this week at rogue 24 is someone we got to know when she showed off her tough side on "top chef." jennifer carroll is chef this week at the d.c. restaurant known for its 24-course tasting menu. the chef there, as we have been telling you, is recovering from heart surgery. chef jennifer carroll joins us this morning with a little sample of what

things like statten. it blocks inflammation, lowers the risk of cancer., why shouldn't i be on it? go with the data that's in the book to try to understand where it's good for you or not. >> whether you have high cholesterol or not? i have high cholesterol. i'm on lipitor. >> if you look at the data, people with normal cholesterol benefit too. i just want those discussions to happen. come out of the closet. not just your doctor make a decision. you talk. >> how about vitamins? >> vitamins scare the hell out of me. the government spent over $200 million to look at vitamin e to prevent prostate cancer. after three years, 17% ancer, a lasted three years after stopping. that's a staggering impact on the individual and society. >> you know what? i'm going to have a visual. you talked about high heels. charlie, you like these shoes? >> i don't know how you do it. i do not know how you can walk in those. >> i think they're cute. you're saying that if you wear high heels -- look at you. look at your face. >> i thought she was going to throw it at you. >> no, i'm