so we see women being undertreated and underserved. >> if you feel like you have the flu for a long periodave had or be having a heart attack, is that what you're saying? >> you have to interpret symptoms in the context of risk. i want all our viewers who are women to understand what are the risk factors for heart disease. diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, obesity, tobacco smoking. if you have these risk factors and have symptoms, you need to reach out to your physician and get screened. >> what if someone says, i have some risk factors but not others, how do i get started? >> women should talk to their primary care doctor, know what your symptoms are, understand your risk. if you have significant risk factors i would probably start with a stress test where we walk you on a treadmill with an evaluate ekg and look for abnormalities. from there we can move into more advanced testing. >> we're seeing more of this now than before, is that right? how come? >> i think we've reasonable done a great job of raising awareness of heart disease in men. it's thought to be a man's disease

talking about how pain as undertreated and we need these drugs. users are in desperate straits limit should do more to access to them. and we found they had a vast political power and contributions and lobbying and they used that to their advantage. host: how much money are we talking about? that they spent on the state level? level, wethe state saw several million dollars and we don't know exactly how much it versus other interests. but in total in 10 years we saw politicalon in contributions and lobbying at the state level. and not all of that was necessarily for opioids. but a lot of it was available for drugmakers when they needed to cash in on the political relationship. you note in one of your stories that this is where the 200 times than those advocating for stricter policies spend and more than eight times with the gun lobby spent during that same time. guest: yes. we looked at data from state and federal governments and we added up with the nra and gun manufacturer spent. and what pharmaceutical companies have spent outnumbered them. ther

talking about how pain as undertreated and we need these drugs. users are in desperate straits and we should do more to limit access to them. -- help opioids get to people rather than limiting access. and we found they had a vast political power and contributions and lobbying and they used that to their advantage. host: how much money are we talking about? that they spent on the state level? guest: on the state level, we saw several million dollars and we don't know exactly how much of that went to it versus other interests. level, we saw several million dollars and we don't know exactly how much it versus other interests. but in total in 10 years we saw politicalon in contributions and lobbying at the state level. and not all of that was necessarily for opioids. but a lot of it was available for drugmakers when they needed to cash in on the political relationship. you note in one of your stories that this is where the 200 times than those advocating for stricter policies spend and more than eight times with the gun lobby spent during that same ti

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pendulum is the definitely on the pain is undertreated and we need to who needpioid patients these drugs. it has swung towards we need to do something to stop the overprescribing. i would say regulators and lawmakers are hoping to find a healthy medium. there are patients who do really well on these drugs and there are patients who are selling them to others and dying of overdoses independent and do not have active lifestyles anymore because of them. host: liz essley whyte reporter for center for public integrity. to the website to read the reporting she and others did as well as the associated >> next week, "washington journal" will devote the issues to the issues facing the trump administration. we will look at national security and defense issues, including the challenges facing the national security team and a closer look at defense secretary nominee, james mattis. jobecember 27, trade and issues -- examining how congress and the trump administration could trade trade -- could change trade laws. is energy our issue and environmental policy. we will discuss out an and climate issues m