look for diseases such as of the pancreas, or if there is blood in the stool, or chron's disease. lose weight with too much low and that is a simple test. you can check the thyroid. your heart such, metabolism is up, changes in your skin and hair. weight loss, too. everything else, diabetes is a huge epidemic in this country. we will see frequently, you are hungry, and the insulin is not functioning. >> do they test for all of this? >> they should be. >> by the way it is easy to do a scope in a pat scan. up explained weight loss especially with anemia, you check the colon and do cat scans. those are the big ones. >> if you have weightless, check with the doctor. >> yes. >> if you have questions, here is our e-mail www. www.housecalls.com and the sums are so necessary and important and they affect you will of us. >> thank you is correct. are you feels tired all of the time or experimenting unwanted chains to your hair or skin? we will tell you why it could be related to an imbalance in your hormones and what you can do about that. thing. the quietest or nothing. the sleekest... ...

and fat around the organs especially the pancreas which regulates your sugar will end up leading to diabetes. that's another thing that you have to do. you have to start exercising, doing abdominal exercises and you see the things that the trainers on tv show what they call the ab exercises. that's another thing that will help significantly reduce disease. >> reverend hurley, a lot of churches have exercise programs and have started wellness programs. how important are they in helping to change the culture? >> they are very important because a lot of african-americans live in prince george's county. and they have a lot of things -- activities where they serve food. and it's not always healthy. we're working with a lot of churches to help with that. and we have some churches who are actually participating in the event. faith united ministries in district heights, maryland, they are providing volunteers and new beginnings community church, they're providing help as well to make sure the message gets out to everyone. >> all right. we'll continue to talk about that message in just a minute. stay

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it's part of a new class of medicine which spurs the pancreas to create extra insulin after meals. is the most common form of the disease affecting more than 26 million americans. >>> sadly, it is official, but the home depot data breach is now the largest known hack of a retailer. home depot says 56 million credit card accounts were compromised all by some hostile software that took over its cash registers. the hack ran for five months before it was ever discovered. home depot is offering free credit monitoring to any customer who used a card at its stores. that is a lot. 56 million? >> you know what fascinates me, i tried to get the bus in london a few weeks ago and they have these called wifi card. it's all about this chip in their card that makes them more secure. i wish that more u.s. companies would adapt it. >> internationally you see them all over the place when i was traveling in greece this summer. anyone was using -- coming into the country. but here in the u.s., though, very slow to adapt because the cost to make that conversion is so high. retailers have a little pressu

the finest. john mcnamara died after battling pancreas cancer. he retired in 1991. among many contributions diversification of the police force. also among the first departments to use crime data to deply officers. as well as use computers and patrol cars. during his tenure, san jose was one of the safest big sit eyesen the c -- cities in the country. he was 79. >> a thief broke into saint ann's church in the east bay earlier this week. and stole money. money intended for kids. this may be an inside job. nane nannette miranda. na nannette? >> reporter: police believe a burglar popped out a locked office window, took thousand and put the when deb window back in. no one new anything was wrong for hours. through this office window at saint anne's katrina look chuca where a thief took thousand in checks in a binder on this table. money to teach 200 kids how to lead a faithful life. >> it helps them in their own faith journeys realize they have an important part to play in that. and in serving we do a large program on community service. >> but early tuesday morning around

a recent study found the risk for some cancers, such as those the in breast, liver, pancreas or stomach 15% higher if a person has higher than normal blood sugar. a condition often referred to as pre-diabete. and the centers for disease control is reporting that one out of three americans over the age of 20 or 85 million people have prediabetes. another 29 million already have diabetes. which would put half of the u.s. adult population at risk of developing serious health problems. dr. david nathan is director of the diabetes center at massachusetts general hospital. as well as professor of medicine at harvard medical school. he joins me now. dr. nathan, what explains this kind of increase over just a decade, an increase of 27%? >> we have been seeing this increase not just in the past decade but even in the past several decades and it seems to be attributable almost entirely to the co-epidemic, if you will, of obesity and overweight. 35% of the population is overweight and the other 35% is actually obese. obese and overweight as well as sedentary lifestyle are the major risk factors fo

exists in individuals who have a genetic predisposition to form antibodies and destroy the cells in their pancreas that are producing the insulin. in these individuals, which represent 5% of that 29 million that you cite they are unable to produce sufficient insulin and insulin is required to sustain life. the vast majority, about 95% of individuals have type ii diabetes were what we previously called adult onset diabetes. and then their body produces a sufficient amount of insulin. it just doesn't work very well and a condition called insulin resistance exists which is really driving this epidemic we are seeing type ii diabetes is that it's directly related to the obesity epidemic we have seen in this country. >> host: nexa the headline i just read is this headline in "the wall street journal." soda firms pledged 20% calorie cut by 2025. coca-cola pepsi company dr. pepper snapple will work to cut beverage calories in american diet 20% by 2025 by promoting bottled water low-calorie drinks and smaller portions. dr. rodgers the treatment is one thing the treatment combined with the bad diet does wha

the day. that kills your pancreas and makes it worse. you don't have upgraded information on diabetes. and '01 nutritionist is being told to tell people and it is wrong. like the one gentleman talked about his diabetes because of the misdiagnoses. i can be proactive and be healthy but what about those veterans that cannot? when did that take the initiative are seen as negative a neat person they're so good in that is how they're treated. we are not necessarily those prima donnas in rio not there for your sexual pleasure but that is what they think there is called military sexual trauma and how many know about that? for? three? then you come here to get harassed. the guys look at the women going by. but it still goes on. so that stuff needs to stop. 59,000 women. where are they? they don't want to come here.o: last friday and this friday i could have gone home and had a fine evening but i didn't because there is a woman is indeed and i saw that she was navy. i said come with me i brought her back i got her through the steps nobody else would help you hasn't anybody v.a. told you? know bu

the day. kills your pancreas and major diabetes worse. they don't have updated information on diabetes. they are sitting there -- the none -- the one nutritionist is telling people that. it is wrong. like the one gentleman was talking about his diabetes is killing them out because misdiagnoses and so on. i can be proactive. i can look things up. what about the poor veterans that cannot? women that take the initiative are seen as negative. men that take initiative are seen as -- what any person -- what a neat person. been taughtwe have and trained to take care of ourselves and others also. we are not necessarily the prima donnas that are wearing skirts. we are not there for your sexual pleasure but that is what they thought we were therefore in the military and they took advantage. it is called military sexual trauma on top of ptsd. and many women know about that? 1, 2, 3. they come in here and get harassed. there are groups of guys that send over near the coffee area. they google and all goal on the women going by and do cap calls -- cat calls. that was about two years ago. but, the same

the iowa. burst or youl might have a heart attack. i got there. i done that. i had a bout with my pancreas and had to be admitted to the va hospital up there. heaven compared to des moines, iowa. i had a liquid diet. the fifth day, they let me eat. date, and of that fifth woman comes red and she says i am from so-and-so canteen services. i want to do a report in question you about how good your food was. . said you've got to be kidding how can you mess up a grilled cheese sandwich. what i'm trying to say is there are some good things here at this hospital. there are some good things. it is certainly not the doctors. [applause] how would everybody feel if this was the last comment? you've got one more. we were scheduled for an hour. it's going to be 10:00. i will go to more and we will wrap up >> some of things that happened to me happen to other people. i have been escorted out of this hospital three times with police. motherme one with my when i brought her to the emergency and they didn't see her. hour withere for an an open sore on her leg down to the bone. i got witness of this. to go

pancreas attack. he was hurting. having problems. she was gone out of the room. he just said, dad, will you do me a favor?ah, what do you want? he said will you let me go to heaven. and i said, buddy, i can't do that. i didn't give you life. i can't take it away. me and your job is to stay here and fight. i said we got to fight. he never said another word about it and the fight continued. >> meredith: boy did you fight. go ahead and applause. [ applause ] it's a real testament to the strength of the family and to the strength of this little boy and the professionals who helped him. we have two very special people in our audience. linda middleton a physical therapy assistant at children's new orleans hospital and the man who performed little boo's life saving kidney transplant. thank you both for joining us. [ applause ] linda, you spent nearly every day in the hospital with little boo, playing games with him, watching over him. what does this little boy mean to you? >> i'm watching this. it makes me happy and sad at the same time. he's like another child. he was there. i met him in a coma. this is what we

pancreas. had to be admitted to the v.a. hospital up there for five days and guess what? v.a. is like heaven here compared to des moines, iowa. yeah. yeah. yeah. i had a woman, for four days up there, i had a liquid diet. oh, my. so the fifth day they let me eat. okay? at the end of that fifth day, a woman comes around and she says, i'm so and so canteen services and i want to do a report and question you about how good your food was. i says, you got to be kidding me, lady. how can you mess up a grilled cheese sandwich? it tasted like it had been through five fires. you know? tomato soup? tasted like a dish rag, somebody forgot to take the dish rag out of the soup pan. >> right. >> you know. so what i'm trying to say is, there are some good things here at this hospital. there are some good things. but it is certainly not the doctors. thanks. applause] >> how would everybody feel if this was the last comment? >> i got a comment. >> you got one more? all right. all right. >> we were scheduled for an hour. so we've been here, it'll be 10:00 so i'll go two more and then we'll wrap

pancreas. i was four, i was fine. after, i was always a type one diabetic. my mom is in her late 60's, and i'm getting concerned because she is on the line of diabetes type two. an excellent group of physicians, i am pleased with the care i get and i'm pleased with everything that has been going on with my care, except for the fact that our stem search -- stem cell research development got stopped when our last president was in office. i want to know if we can do anything to bring that back in what we need to do to bring that back. --t is very them written very important for the cure of this disease. host: dr. rogers, do you believe it is important for the care of this disease? guest: i think we need to examine all areas of research, including stem cells, both in humans and also other models. one introduction of a new , which we fund this type of research, is giving us clues to how one could actually take an individual with type one diabetes, take their skin cells, and then put them in a test tube with a combination of agents, reprogram those cells back to pancreatic cells reducing insulin. in this regard, one can begin to test a va

pancreas. i was four, i was fine. after, i was always a type one diabetic. my mom is in her late 60's, and i'm getting concerned because she is on the line of diabetes type two. an excellent group of physicians, i am pleased with the care i get and i'm pleased with everything that has been going on with my care, except for the fact that our stem search -- stem cell research development got stopped when our last president was in office. i want to know if we can do anything to bring that back in what we need to do to bring that back. --t is very them written very important for the cure of this disease. host: dr. rogers, do you believe it is important for the care of this disease? guest: i think we need to examine all areas of research, including stem cells, both in humans and also other models. one introduction of a new , which we fund this type of research, is giving us clues to how one could actually take an individual with type one diabetes, take their skin cells, and then put them in a test tube with a combination of agents, reprogram those cells back to pancreatic cells reducing insulin. in this regard, one can begin to test a va