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elizabeth cohen, thank you. always want to remind everyone, if you or a friend recently has been diagnosed with cancer, you can learn much more. take charge as elizabeth likes to take, be the empowered patient, go to cnn.com/empoweredpatient. elizabeth cohen, again, thank you, thank you. >>> as the investigation unfolds into the death of a u.s. ambassador, the state department on the defense over the days, the hours, leading up to chris stevens' death. this as secretary of state hillary clinton meets with the president of libya. i'm breathing better. so now i can be in the scene. advair is clinically proven to help significantly improve lung function. unlike most copd medications, advair contains both an anti-inflammatory and a long-acting bronchodilator working together to help improve your lung function all day. advair won't replace fast-acting inhalers for sudden symptoms and should not be used more than twice a day. people with copd taking advair may have a higher chance of pneumonia. advair may increase you
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elizabeth cohen joins me now to tell us more. >> this was a huge change. it was last year how you and wry talking about how they weren't going to cover cancer. that was the official edict. >> and now they are. >> exactly. and now they are. and one of the reasons for this change is that a study came out and they looked at firefighters and they looked at the ones who were down at 9/11, down at the site, and the ones who weren't. the ones who were at ground zero had a 19% increased incidence of cancer. they're not saying that these first responders actually got cancer from the dust at 9/11. they're just saying the possibility is there, and so we're going to, you know, give out money. >> they don't have to be 100% sure. but it's a good, educated guess, because there was a lot of toxic stuff in that debris. >> there was an unprecedented mix of toxic stuff. that's the important part. there was jet fuel mixed with asbestos and other building materials. there's no science to go back to to say does this cause cancer? we've never seen this before. we're not sure wha
elizabeth cohen joins me now to tell us more. >> this was a huge change. it was last year how you and wry talking about how they weren't going to cover cancer. that was the official edict. >> and now they are. >> exactly. and now they are. and one of the reasons for this change is that a study came out and they looked at firefighters and they looked at the ones who were down at 9/11, down at the site, and the ones who weren't. the ones who were at ground zero had a 19%...
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. >> joining me on the phone cnn senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen. is he saying he favors some of the measures? he is saying he favors some of the measures. what are the things that he wants to reform? >> it is interesting. we asked that question to him. we said, are you saying that you like what obama care did for people with preexisting conditions. would you do the same thing? we got a very clear no in an e-mail from a romney spokesperson. this spokesperson said romney's plan will deal with preexisting conditions but not in the same way that obama care does. just to remind everyone although many americans don't need reminding, for people who have preexisting conditions anything from heart disease to acne before health care reform they had an extremely difficult time getting health insurance because insurance companies don't like to ensure sick people. >> did this statement from the romney camp or the response to your questions go any further as to explaining why or if romney is changing his position on what to do about this health care reform if he
. >> joining me on the phone cnn senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen. is he saying he favors some of the measures? he is saying he favors some of the measures. what are the things that he wants to reform? >> it is interesting. we asked that question to him. we said, are you saying that you like what obama care did for people with preexisting conditions. would you do the same thing? we got a very clear no in an e-mail from a romney spokesperson. this spokesperson said...
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i want to bring in elizabeth cohen and talk about how we absolutely adored her books. my goodness. with her perfect dose of humor, she blogs about this. it wasn't a mammogram, an ultrasound that caught her breast cancer. >> you hear get your mammogram. sometimes it's an ultra sound that picks it up. she has dense breasts and her doctor recommended an ultra sound. that's not uncommon for a doctor to say get an ultrasound and mammogram if you have dense breasts. >> i sent this to my aunt who had a lump ectomy a week ago today. this is part of what judy blume wrote, me? no breast cancer in my family. recent extensive genetic testing shows no genetic connection. i haven't eaten red meat in more than 30 years, never smoked, i exercise everyday. forget alcohol, it's bad for my reflux. i've been the same weight my whole life. guess what. it's possible. and frustrating for women like my aunt, what the heck have i done? there are other risks out there. >> you can do everything right and still get breast cancer, the reality. judy blume did have hormone replacement therapy the past 17 years a
i want to bring in elizabeth cohen and talk about how we absolutely adored her books. my goodness. with her perfect dose of humor, she blogs about this. it wasn't a mammogram, an ultrasound that caught her breast cancer. >> you hear get your mammogram. sometimes it's an ultra sound that picks it up. she has dense breasts and her doctor recommended an ultra sound. that's not uncommon for a doctor to say get an ultrasound and mammogram if you have dense breasts. >> i sent this to my...
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our medical correspondent elizabeth cohen will tell you. delicious sugar-free vitafusion fiber well gummies have more fiber than other leading brands. they're the better way to enjoy your fiber. so it can feel like you're using nothing at all. but neosporin® eczema essentials™ is different. its multi-action formula restores visibly healthier skin in 3 days. neosporin® eczema essentials™. >>> time for today's daily dose. we are guilty of skipping a meal and grabbing an energy bar, but there are certain ingredients to look for and avoid in energy bars. cooking show host and registered dietitian ellie krieger has the tip. >> some energy bars are great for eating on the go, but some are glorified candy bars, flooded with sugars. first, check the ingreed yenltds full of ingredients that you recognize as food like oats and nuts and dried fruit. if the ingredients sound processed, choose a different one. second, check the amount of s e sugar, because it should not have more than 8 grams of sugar per 100 calories. and lastly, check the calori
our medical correspondent elizabeth cohen will tell you. delicious sugar-free vitafusion fiber well gummies have more fiber than other leading brands. they're the better way to enjoy your fiber. so it can feel like you're using nothing at all. but neosporin® eczema essentials™ is different. its multi-action formula restores visibly healthier skin in 3 days. neosporin® eczema essentials™. >>> time for today's daily dose. we are guilty of skipping a meal and grabbing an energy bar,...
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elizabeth cohen senior medical correspondent is joining us. and is mitt romney replacing parts of obama care or what's he doing? >> it was widely reported after he said that, wow, romney is embracing parts of obamacare after saying he wanted to get rid of it. but when we called the romney campaign, they said, huh-uh, they said 100% we he are going to repeal obamacare and then we are going to come up with reforms of our own addressing some of the same problems obamacare addressed, but our reforms will look very different. >> one of the things that i should point out and we both know this, before it was obamacare, it was in the state of massachusetts under governor romney. i mean, is it surprising that he would at least some things he likes about his own plan? >> right. i mean, many parts of babamacar were modelled on romney's plan in massachusetts. whi romney says what i did in massachusetts was right for massachusetts. but that doesn't mean that the whole country should do what massachusetts did. he said he wants each state to decide what they
elizabeth cohen senior medical correspondent is joining us. and is mitt romney replacing parts of obama care or what's he doing? >> it was widely reported after he said that, wow, romney is embracing parts of obamacare after saying he wanted to get rid of it. but when we called the romney campaign, they said, huh-uh, they said 100% we he are going to repeal obamacare and then we are going to come up with reforms of our own addressing some of the same problems obamacare addressed, but our...
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elizabeth cohen joins us to talk a little bit about this. what has prompted this change? there was so many people complaining about illnesses, and nobody paid any attention to them. >> well, it is such a dramatic change because last year authorities were saying if you got cancer while you were working or after working at ground zero, we're not going to give you any money. now they're saying yes, we will give you money. a lot of it has to do with a study that came out a year ago. they looked at firefighters who worked at ground zero and those who didn't. the ones who worked at ground zero, 19% higher incidents of cancer. doesn't mean they got their cancers at ground zero, but it certainly makes for some suspicion that perhaps it was from ground zero. we can't make the link for sure, but it certainly leaves open the question. >> and you're talking 50 plus additional types of cancers that they are talking about in this report. what about that site made it so incredibly toxic? >> it was the mix of jet fuel, asbestos, other building materials, all mixing together, very high te
elizabeth cohen joins us to talk a little bit about this. what has prompted this change? there was so many people complaining about illnesses, and nobody paid any attention to them. >> well, it is such a dramatic change because last year authorities were saying if you got cancer while you were working or after working at ground zero, we're not going to give you any money. now they're saying yes, we will give you money. a lot of it has to do with a study that came out a year ago. they...
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elizabeth cohen, live for us in atlanta, we appreciate it. for more about making the decision, organic versus nonorganic, head over to cnn.com/empoweredpatient. >>> and today bookstores across the country are now able to sell the controversial book "no easy day." it details the navy s.e.a.l. mission to get osama bin laden, but it could bring a sea of change at the pentagon. we'll explain. dark roast forest fresh full tank brain freeze cake donettes rolling hot dogs bag of ice anti-freeze wash and dry diesel self-serve fix a flat jumper cables 5% cashback signup for 5% cashback at gas stations through september. it pays to discover. oh, we call it the bundler. let's say you need home and auto insurance. you give us your information once, online... [ whirring and beeping ] [ ding! ] and we give you a discount on both. sort of like two in one. how did you guys think of that? it just came to us. what? bundling and saving made easy. now, that's progressive. call or click today. has oats that can help lower cholesterol? and it tastes good? sure doe
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senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen is here. they're just eye-popping numbers. >> they are. they're eye-popping numbers. it's hard to sit here, i must say, year after year, giving eye-popping numbers because these numbers continue to be bad. now, this study is a little bit different because it gives projections. this is by a group called trust for america's health, and projecting things is always tricky business, but they're using cdc data to look into the future. one of the things i found interesting is that the obesity epidemic is not the same from state to state. let's look at the two extremes, sort of the best state and the worst state, all right? so colorado, let's take a look at 2011 first. mississippi, high rates of obesity. 34.9% obesity rate versus colorado, 20.7%. now, by 2030, those numbers are expected to go up in both states. so 34% becomes 66% in mississippi and 20% becomes 44% in colorado. so both states going up. but still, a pretty big difference. >> it's incredible. so i'm going to ask you the impossible questi
senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen is here. they're just eye-popping numbers. >> they are. they're eye-popping numbers. it's hard to sit here, i must say, year after year, giving eye-popping numbers because these numbers continue to be bad. now, this study is a little bit different because it gives projections. this is by a group called trust for america's health, and projecting things is always tricky business, but they're using cdc data to look into the future. one of the...
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elizabeth cohen, thank you. good to see you as always. >>> to learn more about cancer treatment and become an empowered patient, head over to cnn.com/empoweredpatient. >>> and comedians have a great time making fun of politicians on "snl." going to play some of that next. i'm barack obama and i approve this message. romney: "it's time to stand up to the cheaters" vo: tough on china? not mitt romney. when a flood of chinese tires threatened a thousand american jobs... it was president obama who stood up to china and protected american workers. mitt romney attacked obama's decision... said standing up to china was "bad for the nation and our workers." how can mitt romney take on the cheaters... when he's taking their side? silverado! the most dependable, longest lasting, full-size pickups on the road. so, what do you think? [ engine revs ] i'll take it. [ male announcer ] it's chevy truck month. now during chevy truck month, get 0% apr financing for 60 months or trade up to get the 2012 chevy silverado all-star ed
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elizabeth cohen, thank you. >> thanks. >>> for more about dealing with substance abuse issues, go to cnn.com/empoweredpatient. >>> politics serious business, but "saturday night live" is not. they got a new guy playing the president and "snl" puts him to the test. >> and i can prove it. the power of a v8 with the highway fuel economy of a v6. incredible! right? an amazing test drive. i agree. [ male announcer ] it's chevy truck month. now during chevy truck month, get 0% apr financing for 60 months or trade up to get the 2012 chevy silverado all-star edition with a total value of $8,000. hurry in before they're all gone! sfx: sounds of marching band and crowd cheering sfx: sounds of marching band and crowd cheering so, i'm walking down the street, sfx: sounds of marching band d crowd cheering just you know walking, sfx: sounds of marching bandnd and crowd cheering and i found myself in the middle of this paradeeet, sfx: sounds of marching band d crowd cheering honoring america's troops. sfx: sounds of marching bandnd and crowd cheering which is actually in tquite fitting becauseadeee
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. >> elizabeth cohen is joining us to talk about this. tell what you say the president's health care reform law, how does it impact somebody like lynn's family? >> reporter: in september 2010 what the affordable care act did is made it illegal for insurance companies to have these lifetime limits. before obama care insurance companies would say we're only going to spend $1 million over your lifetime. most people don't need that much coverage, but for some people like zoe lynn they did need it. >> and, so, when romney talking about repealing affordable held care act what does it mean? >> reporter: insurance companies would be able to go back to imposing these lifetime limits. again, it was very, very common to have these lifetime limits written into policies before obamacare. we asked the romney campaign are you going to do anything after you repeal it? are you going to do anything to help people like the lynn family? here is the response. she said the last thing our health care system needs are more expansive and expensive federal mandate
. >> elizabeth cohen is joining us to talk about this. tell what you say the president's health care reform law, how does it impact somebody like lynn's family? >> reporter: in september 2010 what the affordable care act did is made it illegal for insurance companies to have these lifetime limits. before obama care insurance companies would say we're only going to spend $1 million over your lifetime. most people don't need that much coverage, but for some people like zoe lynn they...
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joining us now is senior correspondent elizabeth cohen. let me ask you this, why is this decision so important for somebody? >> because these workers who work at ground zero, they've been fighting for this for years. until this point, they're told you don't know that your cancer came from work at ground zero, and so we're not covering it. so this is a stunning reversal. it was just last year they were told they weren't going to get covered. late last year there was a study that came out with firefighters. they found the ones at ground zero were 19% more likely. 19% higher incident of cancer than the people who didn't work at ground zero. you can't prove they got the cancer at ground zero, but it puts more evidence in that direction. >> i remember it very well. i was there covering it. from the city to the epa, the air is clean, it's okay, it's safe but we now know that wasn't the case. what was so toxic at the site? >> it wasn't just toxic, but it was toxic and unprecedented. you have a mix of jet fuel, asbestos and other materials because
joining us now is senior correspondent elizabeth cohen. let me ask you this, why is this decision so important for somebody? >> because these workers who work at ground zero, they've been fighting for this for years. until this point, they're told you don't know that your cancer came from work at ground zero, and so we're not covering it. so this is a stunning reversal. it was just last year they were told they weren't going to get covered. late last year there was a study that came out...
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elizabeth cohen our senior medical correspondent. is it true or false? >> the fact check organizations have said this is not quite true. the word bankrupt or go broke which was also used at the convention means no money. that's not the case. these organizations have said that medicare will not go broke. will not be bankrupt by 2014 -- 2016. what would happen if obama care was reversed is medicare wouldn't have enough money to 100% pay its bills, but it would pay most of its bills. this has happened in the past and congress has figured out some way to make it work. they wouldn't have enough money to pay all their bills but they can pay moefs their bills. >> this is related to the 716 billion number that we've been hearing from the romney camp. their allegation is obama cut that out of medicare. this is related? >> obama cut it out of medicare. obama's team would say he found that much in savings. he looked at medicare the same way you might look at your household budget and say where can we save money. they found $716 billion to save which i'm sure you ha
elizabeth cohen our senior medical correspondent. is it true or false? >> the fact check organizations have said this is not quite true. the word bankrupt or go broke which was also used at the convention means no money. that's not the case. these organizations have said that medicare will not go broke. will not be bankrupt by 2014 -- 2016. what would happen if obama care was reversed is medicare wouldn't have enough money to 100% pay its bills, but it would pay most of its bills. this...
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so we have got cnn medical correspondent elizabeth cohen here to talk about this. my goodness. the options are just broadened out even farther with this new advent. >> isn't it wild? we have been giving kidneys from one person to another for decades now. and this makes total sense when you think about it. you don't have a uterus, i'll give you mine because i'm done with it. in this case, this was two mother-daughter pairs. so these were two daughters who didn't have a uterus. one daughter didn't have a uterus because she was born without one, which can happen, it is unusual, but it can happen. the other one lost her uterus to cancer, it had to be removed. so what they did, this is so amazing, really in its simplicity, they took the mom's, who obviously was done having children, the daughters with in their 30s so the mothers were obviously older than that, they took the uterus out of the moms and put it into the daughters and then left in there, sort of kept them open on the operating table for like 20 minutes, you can see it here, they sort of reconnected everything, took all t
so we have got cnn medical correspondent elizabeth cohen here to talk about this. my goodness. the options are just broadened out even farther with this new advent. >> isn't it wild? we have been giving kidneys from one person to another for decades now. and this makes total sense when you think about it. you don't have a uterus, i'll give you mine because i'm done with it. in this case, this was two mother-daughter pairs. so these were two daughters who didn't have a uterus. one daughter...
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i talked about this with elizabeth cohen. >> they took the moms who were done having their children. the daughters were in their 30s. they took the uterus out of the moms and put it into the daughters, and then left them there, kind of kept them open on the operating table for 20 minutes. you can see it here. they sort of reconnected everything, took all the vessels and reconnected it into the daughters. that's out of one body and put that uterus into another body, into the daughters. reconnected everything, sewed it in place. attached it. >> and as far as they know right now, it's working. >> it's working, meaning it can hold a baby for nine months, and they don't know. they want to wait about a year. they want to wait a year until the women get pregnant, but then in a year, hopefully they'll know. what's really crazy is me is if these women do get pregnant, that baby is going to be in the same uterus that the mother was in. that mother was -- they're -- that uterus is carrying their baby, but they were also in that uterus. >> has this ever been attempted and now it's down to perfec
i talked about this with elizabeth cohen. >> they took the moms who were done having their children. the daughters were in their 30s. they took the uterus out of the moms and put it into the daughters, and then left them there, kind of kept them open on the operating table for 20 minutes. you can see it here. they sort of reconnected everything, took all the vessels and reconnected it into the daughters. that's out of one body and put that uterus into another body, into the daughters....
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for more on this, let's talk to senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen. first things first, i think i had rice two nights ago. is it safe to eat? >> yes, the bottom line is that it is safe to eat, even consumer reports, the folks who put out this report, even they say that it is safe to eat. now, they suggest limits. so let's talk about what those are. consumer reports says a limit of two servings per week of rice for adults and 1.25 -- i don't know how you measure that out, per week for children because of the arsenic levels in rice. but i want to be very careful with this, that the science here for lack of a better term is mushy, because we don't know really how much arsenic is safe or not safe. we talk to a doctor from the american academy of pediatrics and he said, look, we don't know enough. we just don't know enough to make sort of definitive limits. you should definitely put your child in a car seat. your child should definitely wear a helmet on a bike. how much rice should they eat? we don't know. >> how is arsenic getting in rice? >> isn't that c
for more on this, let's talk to senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen. first things first, i think i had rice two nights ago. is it safe to eat? >> yes, the bottom line is that it is safe to eat, even consumer reports, the folks who put out this report, even they say that it is safe to eat. now, they suggest limits. so let's talk about what those are. consumer reports says a limit of two servings per week of rice for adults and 1.25 -- i don't know how you measure that out, per...
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want to bring in elizabeth cohen to explain this because this is good news. >> more americans are insured. fewer are uninsured. sometimes you have to put a label on it. more americans have health insurance. the major age group that caused this bump is young adults ages 19 to 25. so what this census data shows is in 2009 about 31% of young adults were uninsured. in 2011 it went down to 27% approximately were uninsured. we don't know the reasoning is behind that, but a big part of it appears to be is that in 2010 the affordable care act, obama care required insurance companies to keep young adults on their parent's insurance if that's what the parents wanted. you have to keep those kids on the insurance if that's what the parents want. >> do we expect the numbers to go up even more? >> yes. because now it requires everybody to get insurance. so we expect those numbers to move into the 90% area. >> so if mitt romney is elected president, what happens to the insurance picture? >> these numbers will probably look different because if he goes through on his promise, and his promise is to get ri
want to bring in elizabeth cohen to explain this because this is good news. >> more americans are insured. fewer are uninsured. sometimes you have to put a label on it. more americans have health insurance. the major age group that caused this bump is young adults ages 19 to 25. so what this census data shows is in 2009 about 31% of young adults were uninsured. in 2011 it went down to 27% approximately were uninsured. we don't know the reasoning is behind that, but a big part of it...
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and elizabeth cohen joins me as well. larry, you're so totally into this. you took your own stool sample, stored it in your refrigerator to send it to a lab. some may think that's going too far. what do your friends and family think about what you're doing? digitally tracking your entire health. >> you have to learn about a lot more numbers of your body to control your health. the fit bit i have measured my steps the when i'm on the elliptical, i'm using a heart rate monitor running the machine. you know, you spend a third of your life sleeping, you don't know what it is. i know every 30 seconds. i have blood pressure, one of the most important things for preventing heart attacks. i measure that a couple of times a day. then yes, here's the feared stool sample container. it's a sterile test tube. people think blood samples are good. they are. but your stool is an much more information rich material. it has about half your back tier yas. bacteria is about half of it. it has tremendous information about your health or disease. take an mri, get the data. they
and elizabeth cohen joins me as well. larry, you're so totally into this. you took your own stool sample, stored it in your refrigerator to send it to a lab. some may think that's going too far. what do your friends and family think about what you're doing? digitally tracking your entire health. >> you have to learn about a lot more numbers of your body to control your health. the fit bit i have measured my steps the when i'm on the elliptical, i'm using a heart rate monitor running the...
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senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen is here to talk about it. looking at the study, it also said the adult obesity rate could go over 60% in 13 states by 2030. and not to mention, we can't afford it as a nation in terms of health care. >> right. this is extremely expensive. it is a preventable thing. we could be preventing this. so let's look at where it is the worst. it is in the south, mississippi is projected to have the worst increase. i should say these are projections and forecasts which are always a little tricky, just to acknowledge that. in mississippi, in 2011, the obesity rate was 35%. in colorado, the lowest obesity rate as a comparison, it was 21%. fast-forward to 2030, that mississippi 35% rate becomes 67%. that colorado 21% rate becomes 45%. so those are huge jumps on both ends of the spectrum. >> it is interesting when you talk about how this gets political, everything gets political less than 50 days out from the election. we saw mike bloomberg getting that ban on the big, big sodas passed, that was politically controversial. no
senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen is here to talk about it. looking at the study, it also said the adult obesity rate could go over 60% in 13 states by 2030. and not to mention, we can't afford it as a nation in terms of health care. >> right. this is extremely expensive. it is a preventable thing. we could be preventing this. so let's look at where it is the worst. it is in the south, mississippi is projected to have the worst increase. i should say these are projections and...
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let's talk to elizabeth cohen. we wanted you to explain if they took that into consideration as we look at the veggies you brought. >> we brought some organic and conventional. they did take that into consideration. this was an incredibly complicated study because it's the study of studies. we've broken down the main points in writing. first of all, what they found is that organic produce was instead less likely to contain pesticides as you would expect. 30% lower risk and they found that people who ate organic produce had fewer pesticides in their body and they could tell from looking in their urine. you might say if you got fewer pesticides in your body isn't that a no brainer? that's what's interesting is there aren't good studies that show that people who have fewer pesticides in their body live longer. intuitively it would make sense but there aren't the studies out there. >> i know it does cost more. i look at the blueberries and think six bucks, seven bucks. do the healthiness of organic food worth the cost?
let's talk to elizabeth cohen. we wanted you to explain if they took that into consideration as we look at the veggies you brought. >> we brought some organic and conventional. they did take that into consideration. this was an incredibly complicated study because it's the study of studies. we've broken down the main points in writing. first of all, what they found is that organic produce was instead less likely to contain pesticides as you would expect. 30% lower risk and they found that...
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elizabeth cohen is here to discuss this case. so, first off, what is popcorn lung? >> popcorn lung was seen in workers who worked in factories with this chemical, the butter flavoring that used to -- not now, but used to go on the microwave popcorn and finding that the workers were sometimes short of breath, coughing. >> really? >> what they found is a lung disease that's irreversible and the little, ltle airways in the lungs they were becoming scarred and so air couldn't get through. the popcorn industry says they haven't used, purchased this chemical since around 2007, 2008. theoretically isn't in popcorn anymore but wayne watson eating two bags a day for ten years. >> that's a lot. >> that's a lot of popcorn. >> yeah. >> but then why is he the only one out there? only one that pursued it? >> it's unknown. it's possible other people have the disease and doctors said, gee, i don't know why because the doctor never asked them about the popcorn habits. his doctor knew about the disease and she asked. so they made the connection with the popcorn and possible other peo
elizabeth cohen is here to discuss this case. so, first off, what is popcorn lung? >> popcorn lung was seen in workers who worked in factories with this chemical, the butter flavoring that used to -- not now, but used to go on the microwave popcorn and finding that the workers were sometimes short of breath, coughing. >> really? >> what they found is a lung disease that's irreversible and the little, ltle airways in the lungs they were becoming scarred and so air couldn't get...
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warren and bill cohen what was the energy like at the d.n.c. last night oh it's been incredible on the floor of the the convention people are so excited leaping to their feet up and down it's just a lucky ticket really isn't there it's fabulous i haven't seen so much enthusiasm in one room i can't remember where that's that's great let me ask you a similar question what i'd just as might have been tonio is it your sense that through the choice of speakers or perhaps some some of the speakers choice of speeches that this convention is actually moving the democratic party in a more progressive direction. well i certainly was thinking as a progressive sitting on the floor of the convention how proud i am to be a democrat of this stomach of this democratic party and absolutely i mean on the social issues too you know so many people have talked about the wonderful repeal of don't ask don't tell about marriage equality about women's right to choose and it's quite remarkable and but beyond that economic issues and all mung them i would include immigra
warren and bill cohen what was the energy like at the d.n.c. last night oh it's been incredible on the floor of the the convention people are so excited leaping to their feet up and down it's just a lucky ticket really isn't there it's fabulous i haven't seen so much enthusiasm in one room i can't remember where that's that's great let me ask you a similar question what i'd just as might have been tonio is it your sense that through the choice of speakers or perhaps some some of the speakers...