, platelet transfusions. if you can think of any symptom i'm one of those and can definitely say that now i'm postsickle-cell anemia that i live a normal life. >> so bone marrow transplant in the cure for this disease? >> yes. well, it was for me, anyway. but it is the cure. >> is that "the" cure, dr. o'neil? >> bone marrow transplantation as well as gene therapy are the two main ways of curing someone of sickle-cell disease. >> uh-huh. >> do doctors test for this when babies are born and do they need to? >> right. so currently in the united states, all 50 states undergo newborn screenings. so sickle-cell disease is one of the screening tests that we do. >> uh-huh. >> the importance is identifying whether or not you do have sickle-cell disease or trait at the time that your child is born and possibly repeating that test by the time the child is a year of age to just confirm if it is sickle-cell trait or if your child does have sickle-cell disease. >> you can be tested to determine whether you have the trait,

as chemotherapy treatments can wipe out their blood cells. >> a patient requires transfusion every threeonds. >> reporter: in fact, the doctor says 37% of the u.s. population are eligible to donate blood but only 5% actually participate. >> there's a donor community out there that is really dedicated and they can see that the vitality, the energy because they all have one common goal is to save a life. >> reporter: and for the little girl, it's the donor community that makes all the difference. >> the turn around is amazing. without the donations, the people who donate here at the broad donor services, she wouldn't be around right now. >> inova blood donor services will have two special events this month in partnership with the leukemia lymphoma society. it will take police this friday and next friday, september 25. visit inova.org or call 1-866 machine blood saves for moring -- 1-866-blood-saves for more information. >>> erica grow has been tracking beautiful weather. >> it's keeping me busy today. i have to admit, this has been a pretty easy job today and tomorrow more of the same. we'

they gave him a blood transfusion. everybody needs to pray because he can pull out of it. >> reporter: he has a young wife who is pregnant. all of them are by his side praying for him at the hospital. in terms of the investigation, the nypd is not certain of the number of they have not identified anybody but if you know anything about this please call crime stoppers at darla miles, channel 7, eyewitness news. >>> speaking of the nypd, new at 6:00, the number of misconduct complaints against new york cops using excessive force are up this year. many more of them are being found true. 6 % were true. that's the most since 1999. it includes 12 choke hold cases. cell phone video backs up the complaints. >>> the labor day holiday marks the unofficial end of summer and the weather couldn't be more perfect. tens of thousands hit the beach to soak up the last of the summer sun. this is live pictures right now. we can't give up on summer yet. a heat we've could be coming our way. the good news, the swimming has been extended. we

so the many patients requiring blood transfusion rely on just the generosity of a few. >> what's the most common reason for not donating blood, would you say? >> the most common reasons are they're either too busy or they were not asked to donate blood. so i would like to take this opportunity that i'm asking you, the listening people, to please consider donating blood with inova blood donor services. >> happy to get that message across, doctor. thank you for your time this afternoon. innerve v.a. blood donor services has two special events planned this month in partnership with the leukemia and lymphoma society. one is this friday and the other next friday, september 25. for more information vision sit inova.org/donate blooddonorcenters inova.org/donateblooddonorcenter s. >>> researchers in greece found women with high exposure to certain pesticides such as pcbs in early pregnancy may have more than four time the increased risk of developing gestational diabetes. and the rutses of three new studies suggest taking antidepress sanities in pregnancy does not have long- term effects on

. >>> in news for your health, you could get a new virus the next time you get a blood transfusion. that's not good news. scientists recently discovered this virus in the blood supply, and it can be transmitted from one person to the next. the virus resembles dangerous hepatitis c and the harmless pega virus. for now, doctors do not believe the new virus will make you sick. >>> a new report claims that nearly every american seeking health care help will be misdiagnosed at least once in their life. about half of those misdiagnoses could lead to death. that's what happened to a 12-year-old boy from queens. he cut his arm in gym class one day. that led to a blood infection that his parents say was caught too late. >> our son died, and our son died despite us raising our concerns that there was something wrong. we were told over and over again that this was a stomach virus. >> so scary. the report from the institute of medicine recommends improving communication between doctors, nurses, and lab workers, and stick to your guns. if you feel like something is wrong, push. it also urges pat

to reach across party lines and selected to republicans to join the cabinet in a political blood transfusion and. the first as the republican vice-presidential candidate the second was henry stimson and upper crust new york lawyers serving as the secretary of war under taft said general in the philippines under to lynch and secretary state under hoover. day disagree almost every tenet of the new deal but they died japan and germany posed a grave threat to the united states and they're rolling to put its service to their country over party prepared they were roads out over a tie there would be like if president obama selected paul ryan to become his defense secretary. [laughter] there was a risk to all three. but we're fortunate that two conservative republicans and a liberal democrat boss could put aside differences to work together that those to surface is head-to-head the military branches. general george c. marshall he prided himself on self discipline to never let his personal feelings get in the way of his service to this country an eloquent speaker and was named "time" magazine man of

alison: a new study in "nature" suggests you may be able to catch all summer disease through blood transfusionsnd other operations. a leading surgeon and u.k. was examining a patient who died after catching mad cow disease through it and injection. he believes it also transmitted a protein known as a hallmark of alzheimer's to seven of those patients. it suggests the disease can spread but the doctor says more research is in fact needed. leon: coming up at 5:00 -- reporter: 7 on your side helps a local family find out how the father was badly hurt inside a fairfax hospital. coming up, what they had to say about video they claimed they were shown today and a meeting set up after we started making calls. they start theht nfl season but we will introduce you to a local football team already getting the field. alison: new information about the elderly man whose family says he was severely injured while in the care of a local hospital. the 7 on your side team first told you about this last night. josie's back with what is happened since we got involved in this story. reporter: his family wanted answ

whatsoever that that occurs for alzheimer's disease either in terms of surgery, in terms of blood transfusion, or anything else that we currently know about. >> so at the moment it's a hypothetical risk, but i assume it's a risk that needs to be researched even more, is that right? >> that's exactly what i was advocating, and i, indeed, i think that is one of the conclusion having made this finding it's a very intriguing finding. as all good scientists when you look at the way the paper is written, the discovery of this finding is the easy part. they go through a great deal of time and trouble to root out our causes that might have resulted in this result. they don't find other causes. it's a reasonable conclusion that it was the injection of human brain material or extracts containing human brain material that may have predisposed them to these alzheimer's disease. like fosses. you're right, i think this provoke in the community is that we need to do more research into this finding. >> all right, thank you very much, indeed, for joining us. >> a pleasure. thank you. >> now, venezuela's sudde

however, they have found a brand new virus that is showing up in blood transfusions. it resembles something between the dangerous hepatitis c and the harmless pega virus. for now, doctors do not believe it will make you sick, but they're urging some additional study. >>> there's also surprising new study that shows just how often something might be missed during a medical checkup. according to the institute of medicine, 1 out of every 20 americans are misdiagnosed each year. about half of these cases could be fatal, could lead to death. the report suggests some of these mistakes could be avoided by improving communication. >> diagnosis is not a single sport. it's a team sport. collaboration among health care givers is very important. >> the report also advises patients to speak up when you have questions about your diagnosis or when you have questions about your test results. >>> so maybe you saw this all over social media. there's a drug company executive accused of some outrageous price gouging. he defended an overnight rise in the price of daraprim by 5,000%. the c

. >>> scientists say they have found a new virus that can be transmitted by blood transfusio transfusions more about it there is no need for concern but it is the first transfusion associated virus to be discovered in quite some time. >>> if you have a hard time sitting still you're going to like the results of this new study. sitting for long periods of time has been shown to increase the risk of dying by about 30% but british researchers who looked at more than 12,000 women found that fidgeting can reduce that risk. they say more studies are needed but for now get up and fidget. >>> a federal judge has ruled that one of the most frequently sung songs in the world is now in the public domain. ♪ happy birthday to you >> well, that move now can mean millions of dollars in lost licensing fees to the music company that has been collecting on the public performances on public performances of "happy birthday to you." >>> duncan donuts delivered to your doorstep sounds great, right? the coffee and donuts chain plans to roll out a new app that's going to let customers place an order for drive up

. >> president kennedy has been given a blood transfusion at parkland hospital here in dallas in an attempte were no commercials. it was just a continuous experience. >> two priests have entered the emergency room at parkland hospital where he rests after the assassination attempt which now was about a half hour ago. >> what are your feelings right now, ma'am? >> i'm absolutely shocked. stunned. we have the same birthday. i am just crazy about him. >> who would want to shoot the president? what did he do? i mean, he has been doing so much for the country. someone goes ahead and shoots him. >> a flash from dallas, who priests who were with president kennedy say he is dead of bullet wounds. this is the latest information we have from dallas. i will repeat with the greatest regret two priests who were with president kennedy say he has died of bullet wounds. >> the assistant press secretary was filling in for the regular press secretary. and then he had to draw himself up to give the most fateful announcement that a press secretary might have ever had to give. >> all the cameras were rolling an

it can stick to surgical instruments and be spread through blood transfusions.atients. more research needs to be done. this could possibly lead to a cure. back to you. >> i'd rather bring my own tools to surgery and throw them away afterwards. i'd rather spend how much they are than get alzheimer's. >>> i know you're pumped up for the debate next week. donald trump is back in the news for an article he did in "rolling stone." >> he is quoted saying look at carly fiorina, look at that face. would anyone vote for that? i'm a woman and i'm not suppose issed to say bad things. but really, folks, come on. are we serious? he said that apparently. carly fiorina took a shot back at mr. trump with megyn. >> i think the comments speak for themselves and many, many, many thousands of voters out there helping me climb in the polls. yes, they're very serious. honestly, i'm not going to spend a cycle wondering what trump means. maybe, just maybe i'm getting under his skin because i'm climbing in the polls. that's not our president, not going to be our president. he's not gett

i do not believe in blood transfusions, not because of religious reasons, but because i do not believen them. that is a life-and-death situation. i think people need to look a little further. there are a lot of people that religious beliefs that are certainly not in sync, it could cost them their lives. host: you would be a good person to bounce this question off of. should a pharmacist refused to sell contraceptives to the public because of her religious police? that is a question from our twitter page. what do you think? caller: no. your believe that your beliefs. if you really feel that way about it, use not be yourself in that situation. i'm not going to put -- including contraceptives, i do in abortion. guess what, i got out of the delivery room when they started doing abortions that situation. host: on twitter, rick santorum writes last week, we should not b have to choose between and practicings our faith. congress and states must pass first amendment laws now. frome is up next calling pennsylvania. caller: good morning. thank you for c-span. let's get one thing straight. issue

really research where you are going and make sure that sterilization technique, things like blood transfusions joining us. >> thank you so much. >> coming up on the show you just heard donald trump react to criticism from other g.o.p. contenders. what does governor mike huckabee think about all of that. he is here to react live straight ahead. >> get ready to extinguish your thirst. the firemen behind firemen's brew are here with awesome recipes for tailgating fun. that's coming up. ♪ 1452 beers ago. ♪ bass pro shops is the place for huge savings. like clearance savings on nitro performance fishing boats and tracker aluminum fishing boats. with some of the best factory warranties in the business. bass pro shops. usaa makes me feel like in no time at all.xpert there was no stress. it was in and out. and it was just easy. usaa, they just really make sure that you're well taken care of. usaa car buying service. powered by truecar. save money, zero hassle. hey marc. how you feeling? don't ask. this is what it can be like to have shingles, a painful, blistering rash. i never thought this would happ

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