of the american medical association. he was a very astute individual of the american medical seecene. he wrote the great -- subsequently without harming of actions and true digging into professional character. key words professional character. what do we mean by profession? what are we talk about as medicine exists today? well, how do we define a confession? a confession back then is mostly ministry and law and medicine, those were professions, a profession is a group of people who have specialized education and training. however you want to define it in today's world. there's also the question of medical licensure, and we will get into that, but specialized licensure and certification. there's ethics, professionals have a series of ethics that they have to follow. and then there's just the entire concept of organization of the profession, national society, local society, all that go into making up a profession. i'm sorry to break the news to you, but none of that existed in antebellum before civil war america. if you thi

according to the journal of the american medical association more than 1 in 10 gastric bypass patients have become alcoholics after two years after the surgery. >> essentially what a gastric bypass does to alcohol is similar to what people who snort drugs would get into their bloodstream. >> reporter: that's because the stomach is shrunk to roughly the size of an egg, limiting the body's ability to absorb calorie eyes. that also includes alcohol. so patients both feel the effects of alcohol and also sober up quickly. >> one drink which may not have had any effect on you, may have a very, very big effect on you following a gastric bypass. >> reporter: for many, life after weight loss surgery can be a troubling reality. >> my weight loss surgery was entirely done in vanity. >> reporter: in 2006, beth had her stomach reduced and went from 320 pounds to 160, half her weight. her husband had it, too, and lost 200 pounds but after the high of losing weight quickly, she began feeling let down, frustrated and regretful. >> every day you get up again and think i'm going to get on the scale agai

the way they communicate with their patients, e-mails, text messages identify medical problems via facebook and track disease trends on twitter, but some doctors still cling to pen and paper. the american medical association warns, while there are benefits to using social media, doctors must protect patient privacy. for more information on this and other health stories head to the web and check out the web. check out the health page online at msnbc.com. >> announcer: "early today" health is brought to you by vagisil wash. the confident clean. >>> now heeshz an early look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 12,554 after adding 93 points friday. the s&p up 10. the nasdaq gained 27. taking a look at overseas trading in tokyo, nikkei spiked 165 points while in hong kong the hang seng skyrocketed 451. >>> coming off their best week of the year, stocks should get another lift today. eurozone finance ministers have agreed to lend spain up to $125 billion to help the battered banks, removing a huge cloud hanging over financial markets for month. asian stocks rallied today but an lis worry the reliv could be short-lived. worries over greece's vote to leave the eurozone. >>> investors will be

it is the world's largest gathering of voluntary and service leaders >> the american medical associations annual meeting in chicago today. their top priority this year is to get congress to implement higher payments for doctors who treat patients through medicare. doctors are currently facing a 30% cut in medicare reimbursement next year. this would force some practices to close and others to stop accepting new medicare patients. the meeting comes just days before the u.s. supreme court is expected to rule on these changes >> coming up a local marine received a hero's welcome after a tour of d [ bell dings ] when it comes to home insurance, surprises can be a little scary. and a little costly. that's why the best agents present their clients with a lot of options. because when it comes to what's covered and what's not, nobody likes surprises. [ click ] [ chuckles ] we totally thought -- [ all scream ] obscure space junk falling from the sky? we cover that. moving on. aah, aah, aah, aah. [ male announcer ] we are insurance. ♪ we are farmers ♪ ♪ bum, ba-da-bum, bum, bum, bum ♪ one from ill

the way that they communicate with their patients. they send e-mails, text messages, identify medical problems via facebook and they track disease twends on twitter. some doctors still cling to pen and paper. the american medical association warns while there are benefits to using social media, doctors must protect patient privacy. for more information on this and other health stories, head to the web. check out the health page at msnbc.com. >>> "early today" health is brought by vagisil cream. >>> here's an early look at how wall street will open. dow opens at 12 j. 594. the s&p went up ten. the nasdaq gained 27. taking a look at overseas trarding this morning. in tokyo the nikkei spiked 165 points while hong kong, the hang seng skyrocketed 451. coming off their best week of the year, stocks should get another lift today. eurozone finance ministers have agreed to lend spain up to $125 billion to help its battered banks. the deal removes a huge cloud hanging over financial markets for months. reacting to that news, analysts fear the relief could be short lived. worries about the outcome of greece's elections next sunday which could determine whether the debt ridden country stays in the eurozone will likely resurface later

but a study in tomorrow's journal of the american medical association is putting that gap in some stark terms. researchers found that over the course of a career, the difference in what female physicians and scientists are made versus their male counter parts could pay for a college education, a spacious home and a retirement nest egg. >>> after the maryland live casino hit capacity in just the first 24 hours it was opened, lawmakers are wondering if perhaps casino number six might be in order. scott broom went up to annapolis where they are crunching the numbers. >> reporter: everybody following this issue s there will be a special session of the legislature called here in july. in the spotlight, national harbor on the bench of the potomac just across the wilson bridge, minutes from downtown washington. >> the casino is viable in the state. >> reporter: and today baker ones a gambling opponent told a state work group considering more gambling in maryland he's an enthusiastic in gambling now. >> what has changed in prince george's county? >> one, it was a state-wide referendum where peo

. >>> a study in today's journal of the american medical association is putting the gender pay disparity gap in perspective. researchers found that over the course after career, the difference in what female physicians and scientists are paid versus their male counterparts could pay for a college education, a spacious house, or a retirement nest egg. the difference boils down to about $12,000 a year. >>> it is 4:53. coming up on 4:54. time for the question of the morning. >> it is 52% of women say they will not allow their significant other to do this around the house. is it a, laundry, b, cook, or c, decorate. >> why not? log on to the wusa9 facebook fan page. leave your response. we'll reveal the answer during our 6:00 hour. >>> welcome back. 4:56. your weather first. we're drying out. the humidity levels are going to drop and it's going to be a nice day although a bit breezy. partly to mostly skies. by noon in the mid- to upper 70s with highs upper 70s to lower 80s. looking like a pretty good wednesday across the region. let's find out about that commute. it's early. here's monika. >>

the government serve as a guarantor of insurance for all americans. >> but in congress truman's plan never got so much as a vote. >> the american medical association, very wealthy, very powerful lobby group, also vehemently campaigned against truman's health care plans. >> we do not want socialized medicine. >> in the 1960s, a similar fight. ronald reagan before becoming governor of california recorded this message. pass medicare and the united states would soon become like the communist soviet union. >> one of these days you and i are going to spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it once was like in america when men were free. >> but reagan's efforts fell short. in 1965 president lyndon johnson signed the law creating medicare. health insurance for every american over the age of 65. and medicaid for the poor. it wasn't just democrats. richard nixon had thoughts on health care. >> richard nixon put together a very comprehensive plan which looks a lot in structure like the obama plan. then we had a little problem with watergate and nixon resigned and health insurance totally died. >> by the early 1990s there w

and attention within the media and the fight certainly isn't fizzling out this week the american medical association is considering a proposal that supports soda taxes to fight obesity sensation estimates the tax on sweetened drinks with lead to a five percent decrease in the amount of critically overweight americans and save the country seventeen billion dollars in health care costs over the next ten years so here our team we've come up with a possible scenario for what the future holds if more cities fall on the steps of mayor bloomberg i want to from graphics department created this rendition of what could happen one day we could be marking our sodas like some places mark their cigarettes with an i saw warning label ours reads surgeon general's warning drinking soda can greatly increase your risk of obesity diabetes heart disease and cavities. so there you have it possible solution to cure america's soda addiction and argue about the reasons for this upswing in obesity all you want could be related to poverty or genetically modified foods or it could come down to something like soda that's not th

the law is it extended health insurance to millions of americans who don't have coverage. congressional republicans plan to repeal any parts left standing after the court rules. >>> the american medical associations should cost more. the ama points out, one in every five kids and more than a third of the adults in the u.s. are obese. one reason. another is the hope most costly sweetened drinks will encourage people to look for healthier options. >>> as a member of the giants kent was surely at times his next project will take him to the philippines where he will carry a torch and search for immunity. he is reportedly lined up to be one of the contestants on "survivor or." the only way this could get -- better is if they invited barry bonds to join the cast. no island big enough for both of them. they patched it up. >>> very interesting. big bay bridge series this weekend. how is the weather going to be? >> cool. avenue afternoon games, tomorrow 4:00, sunday 1:00 so it will be warmer than this afternoon or this evening's 7:00's game. cloud cover, patchy drizzle from emeryville to san francisco, live doppler showing that it is quiet and dry around the bay area right now if you head north live dopp

the american medical association says the number of mris has coop rupled since 1996. ct scans have tripled. these numbers have some doctors questioning just how much these images are helping patients. these tests cost about a total of $1 billion a year. doctors believe the tests are sometimes ordered to justify the cost of the piece of equipment. >>> your waistline may be to blame for being tired during the day. more than 1,700 adults and obesity is causing daytime sleepiness. sleep better at night and feel more refreshed during the day. >> i say if you're up at this time at 5:20, i mean, there's no way you can make it through the day. >> no matter what you're eating and what your waist size is, you're going to be tired. >>> little sunshine coming out soon will help wake us up. >> it will be invigorating here as we get into the latter part of the morning, winds increasing. right now we don't have a lot of wind in the wake of showers and thunderstorms that came through yesterday evening. the view from space now showing just a few high clouds drifting over the region fr

climbed by 33 and the s&p 500 rose by 15 sphwhrz a study published in today's journal of the american medical association is putting the gender pay gap in perspective. the difference in what a female scientist and physician are paid versus their male counterparts could pay for a college education, retirement nest egg or a spacious house. >>> we call this a later story except it's not really in case -- you need to get all your saturated fat and calories from just one item, burger king is going to offer its customer as bacon sundae. that's right, the ice cream whopper comes with vanilla soft serve ice cream, fudge, bacon crumbles and a piece of bacon on top. you know you need that with some ice cream. the salty sweet sundae clocks in at 510 calories, 18 grams of fat and 61 grams of sugar. some burger skippings will -- some burger kings will start offering it tomorrow. >> i know you'll be first in line for that one. >> how much is one spoonful? how many calories? >> it's a lot. >> mike will be first on that one. >>> president obama make as prediction about this fall's elections. that story is coming up. >>

americans? >> there are about 750,000 physicians in the country, the american medical association maybe representsthe system, but we don't agree 100% of the time. majority of physicians across the country and 21 members of the house gop doctors caucus that i'm proud to co-chair that group. i think we're spot on in regard to opposition of this law. what it will do to physician workforce, they'll be no doctors left in 10 or 15 years to treat our medicare patients, most frail. >> it would be change we would have those four groups and even further who agree with it and think it's stay great idea if they were going to be out of work. >> here again, i think these organizations sometimes speak from the top down and not from the bottom up, unfortunately. look what aarp did and the deal they cut with the white house? they supposedly purportedly represent 37 million seniors across this country. and 14-1 those seniors told aarp leadership, we don't want this. we're opposed to this. yet aarp, two and a half years ago, met with the white house, cut a deal and agreed to endorse it. for what reason? i think we n

the world and i want every american to be able to have that care when he needs it. >> but they didn't get it. why? because propaganda against healthcare reform has been going on forever. the american medical association'sedward annis had this to say all the way back in the 1960s. >> this would put the government smack into your hospital. defining services. setting standards. establishing committees. calling for reports. deciding who gets in and who gets out. after all the government has to treat everyone fair and equal, don't you know. take us all the way down the road to a new system of medicine for everybody. >> what an annis. they spent $235 million on ads in this go around, that had a similar message. and healthcare lobbying and they still lost. let's talk about what changes this will make to healthcare. we'll bring on our healthcare expert, jacki schechner here. there was one change that the supreme court did. and that is the states can opt out of the medicare expansion. >> that doesn't change the bill on its face very much. it will affect 17 million people if all of the states opted out. that's not likely going to happen. the states didn't want to be forced to participate in medicaid, because the

the book "guilt by degrees." also with us, criminal dense attorney mark geragos. and rush university medical center and child psychiatry to the american medical association. mark, so these two former penn state coaches say it wasn't at all uncommon to see a coach showering with young boys. that many of the coaches did that. adult males did the same thing. this isn't really a legal question, but i've been on teams in college. i've never heard anyone on the planet do that before. does that really sound like a good defense to you? >> well, actually, i can make some jokes, but i won't. the thing i like about it. remember who they're speaking to. their audience is not me in los angeles or you in new york. their audience are 12 jurors. six or seven of which have penn state connections. strong penn state connections. they start parading witnesses, especially character witnesses, who have a penn state connection to say this is what goes on. it's not something out of the ordinary. and i'm going to tell you something. before people say this is a complete slam dunk for the prosecution, understand, from the defense standpoint, all they're looking for is one or two ju

the government serve as a guarantor of insurance for all americans. >> but in congress, truman's plan never got so much as a vote. >> the american medical association, wealthy, very powerful lobby group, also vehemently campaigned the against truman's health care plans. >> we do not want socialized medicine. >> in the 1960s, a similar fight. ronald reagan, before becoming governor of california, recorded this message, pass medicare and the united states would soon become like the communist soviet yawn on. >> one of these days we're going to tell our children and our children's children what it once was like in america when we were free. >> but reagan's efforts fell short. president johnson signed the law creating medicare, health insurance for all americans over the age of 65 and medicaid, for the poor. it wasn't just democrats. richard nixon has big ambitions on health care. >> richard nixon, which i happen to work for, put forth a very comprehensive plan which looks a lot in structure like the obama plan. and then you remember we had a little problem with watergate and nixon resigned and health insurance totally died. >> by the early 1990s, there

but in language that echos the current debate, the american medical association denounced the idea asand it went nowhere. in 1965, the notoriously persuasive powers of president linden johnson led to the creation of medicare and medicaid. watergate prevented president nixon tackling health insurance. president carter was hamstrung by a recession. and then in 1993, president bill clinton put first lady hillary rodham clinton in charge of developing a plan for universal coverage. republicans united in opposition. and the plan died in the senate. and then came president obama's healthcare overhaul. >> this clearly is the biggest change in our healthcare system in the past 100 years. >> which brings us to today, and while the supreme court has upheld the leement of -- legality of the law. the politics of all of, this shep, haven't changed. and this century old battle over healthcare may well shape yet another presidential election. shep? >> shepard: jonathan, thank you. the healthcare law wasn't the only thing shaking up wall street today. the new numbers from the feds, which left some in

the american medical association says excessive light at night including lights from computer screens electronic media can disrupt sleep, particularly in children and teens. researchers also say the wrong type of light at night can cause unsafe driving conditions and may even increase the riskaton e a cancer suppresser. >>> time is 6:18. time is running out for lance msto formally respond to the u.s. antidoping agency's accusations that he used banned drugs. deadline is midnight today to submit a written defense. they accused armstrong and four staff members of his cycling team of conspireing to cheat with performance enhancing drugs and blood transfusions from 1996 until 2010. during that time armstrong won a record seven tour de france titles. >>> the nationals apparently recovered from their four-game losing streak. they beat the tampa bay rays for the second straight time last month, 5-2. gonzales picked up his ninth win of the season. nats are in first place and they will take on the or orioles this weekend in baltimore. >>> it's all about the heat this morning in miami. >> the m

a study published in the journal american medical association examined whether it focused on keeping blood sugar labors -- levels stable. it helped people burn as many calories as a low carb. >>> now however a person costs to lose weight -- through diet, exercise or both, dietitians recommend losing no more than a pound per week to stay healthy. as far as what to eat, try to double the veggies and cut the carbohydrates in half and adding exercise to weight loss ensures that the pounds are coming off in a healthy fashion but getting stronger and building muscle. >> you might try interval training. it's simply taking whatever you're already doing and adding more intensity. >> weight loss experts also say one thing that's weight for great loss is making sure you get plenty of sleep. sleeping fewer than six hours a night can make you hung dprip and make it -- hungry and make it tough tore control your appetite. >>> researchers from the national center on addiction and substance abuse found only one in 10 people who need treatment for addiction to drugs or alcohol are actually getting the

so you can have the american cancer society and the american lung association and the american heart association and the california medical association. you can have celebrity cancer survivor endorsers like lance armstrong and celebrity political endorsers like michael bloomberg, you can have all of the experts, you can have all of the great and good and philanthropic and high-profile and good and saintly on your side, you can have everybody who knows the issue on your side, you can have two-thirds of the public on your side before anybody has done anything other than explain the basics of what's going to be on the ballot, but even on an issue this popular, this incontestable, all it takes is unlimited corporate money on the other side, and everything else is outweighed. we talk about big numbers all the time, but qualitatively, that's how it goes now. that's what it's like now. that's where we are at. i am in washington tonight, which is why the backdrop looks different. the studio looks a little deferent than it usually does. last night, though, i was in our home studio in new york city. and when i am sitting in my usua

we're getting reaction from the medical community to the landmark decision by the supreme court, upholding president obama's health care law. the american medical association say. "we are pleased that this decision means millions of americans can look forward to the coverage they need to get healthy and stay healthy." and the american cancer society had this to say. "the ruling is a victory for people with cancer and their families nationwide, who for decades have been denied health coverage, charged far more than they can afford for life-saving care, and forced to spend their life savings on necessary treatment, simply because they have a pre-existing condition." big thumbs up wit, at least fro that part of the medical community. that's it for us. "cnn newsroom" continues right now with brooke baldwin. >> candy, thank you so much. hello to all of you. i'm brooke baldwin. what a day. a huge day of news and a lot happening live during this hour. first, this historic ruling from the united states supreme court today. the health care law championed by president obama is deemed constitutional. and this is really widely seen as the biggest supreme court decisio

the government assure insurance for all americans. >> reporter: his plan never got so much as a vote. >> the american medical association, very wealthy powerful lobby group campaigned against truman's health care plan. >> do not want socialized medicine. >> reporter: in the 1960s, a similar fight. ronald reagan passed this message, pass medicare and the united states will become like a communist nation. >> we will spend our years telling our children and our childrens children what it was like this america when children were free. >> reporter: president lyndon signed the law creating medicare for every american over the age of five. it wasn't just democrat, richard nixon had big ambitions. >> he put forth a comprehensive plan. you remember we had a little problem with watergate and nixon resigned and health insurance totally died. >> reporter: by the early 1990s, there was the clinton plan to cover every american without spending more. >> health care reform must be achieved for the good of our country. >> reporter: too big opponents said, too expensive, too complicated. >> we're going to lose our doctors. we're not going to be able t

today "the journal of american medical association" raised a red flag saying the risk of bleeding even from low-dose aspirin everyday is greater than they thought. abc's dr. richard besser is here to explain. >> we've known for years that aspirin can cause bleeding. here they look at hundreds of thousands of people who are on aspirin. the risk factors for heart disease and high cholesterol and they found that the risk of bleeding was five times as great as we originally thought. here is why that matters. say you took 10,000 people with risk factors for heart disease and put them on aspirin, you would prevent about seven heart attacks, not a lot. at the same time, you would see five people with serious bleeds. it could be a stroke, bleeding into their intestines. that's not a great tradeoff. it's very different if you take 10,000 people who have had a heart attack. there you're going to prevent about 250 heart attacks. >> if you've not had a heart attack, the tradeoff is not great. i can attest, i'm one of those. why not? it can't hurt you. bleeding is serious. >> this is a real medicat

study published today in the journal of the american medical association and it examined the drinking adults before and after the surgery. nearly 8% participants had alcohol use disorder before the surgery. by the end of the second year, it had arisen to nearly 10%. risk was twice as high among patients who underwent the routine bypass procedure where parts of the stomach and small intestine are reduced. doctors and researchers speculate the uptake is due to increased sensitivity to alcohol and patients returning to pre-surgery drinking habits. uhuh yep uch let's find you a room. at hotels.com, you'll always find the perfect hotel. because we only do hotels. wow. i like that. nice no. laugh... awe uch ooh, yeah hmm nice huh book it! oh boy call me... this summer, we're finding you the perfect place - plus giving you up to $100 at hotels.com in your car. now count the number of buttons on your tablet. isn't it time the automobile advanced? introducing cue in the all-new cadillac xts. the simplicity of a tablet has come to your car. ♪ the all-new cadillac xts has arrived. and it's bring

another report in the american -- journal of american medical association -- >>> dentists give us a hard time for not flossing. a study shows good brushing and flossing habits could lower your risk of dying from cancer. people with high levels of dental plaque were 80% more likely to die prematurely from plack. researchers haven't found that the plaque causes cancer, just that they are connected. >>> it's bathing suit season. there's a new treatment east -- often to eliminate cellulite. it targets it from under the skin using a laser. >> there are fibers in the fat that are actually pulling the skin down. what we're going to do is release those fibers. >> doctors say it can take up to three months before patients see the final results and they're not sure how long it will last yet. tend is not covered by -- and it is not covered by most medical insurance. >>> coming up, the day after that five alarm fire tore through fells point. we'll take a look at how business owners are cleaning up. >>> a peaceful hike turned into him being mauled by a bear. >>> chrysler is expanding the recall for j

you may think that the american medical association represents us. it doesn't. ting for, you know, physicians' rights. so i am putting it out there, and you can see it actually by the quality of students that are applying to medical school. the grade point average of the applicants has continued to drop yearf a year. and if you ask most physicians would they recommend that a young person go into medicine over 50% of them nowadays would say no. so this is not the only problem, but it is certainly a large problem. >> one tof the problems. >> that needs to be looked at. >> i think that you heard the president today say that there were certainly going to be things that he is looking for improvements all of the time. and as you say, maybe a start, but certainly not the finish. thank you so much for your time today dr. jorge rodriguez. we appreciate it. >> pleasure. >> thank you. >>> president obama did score a major victory on health care today, and the battle for reform is 100 years old, and a fascinating look back at the history of the health care fight. [ male anno