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Us the cat scan. and they brought us up to icu so we would have a little bit of privacy for when she was disconnected. and by the time we got up here, or up to the third floor, thats when we found out that there was this little-known law in texas that even to this day we have yet to have someone that has known about it. >> so the doctors initially didnt even -- didnt know about this law. >> no. actually we were called back into her room in icu. and the doctor told us about this. of course, were ...

Because the doctors are here. this is a study that just came out from the mayor clinic. the ma a yo clinic. every six months we see these studies coming in. this is not to scare you. study after study shows as we get closer and closer to 5:00, nighttime and the weekend, friday night, saturday, sunday, the care may or may not get as good. the staff are not there. we are short staffed, specialists live far away. and based on this study 1.8 million visitors, if they had stroke there is 10% increase...

Marc just mentioned, i just had mine about a year ago. its a c.a.t. scan that looks how much calcium you have in the artery. if its zero, which was mine, youre good to go. if its over 100, youre in trouble and you want to see your cardiologist. >> do you ask for it? >> what you ask for is theres a lot of noninvasive tests out there now that you might be able to have before a cardiologist sends you for an angiogram. >> with needles and dyes. >> put that on the list. >> not for screening purposes,...

Aneurysm. youll get a c.a.t. scan for this. this p.e.t. scan study is promising. but im not sure it will change the way we practice. its only about 80 patients in the study. it was accurate in about 90%. we still have a long way to go for p.e.t. scan to come in this field. we use p.e.t. scan in our field for kidney cancers, and 50/50 can guess whether theres a cancer in the body. for bone imaging it would work. >> what does it show that a c.a.t. scan doesnt? >> theyre seeing where the aggregate ...

Control of your property. if you want that, peter, go for your life. i hate it. wheres brian? >> if you have a dirty stream, i dont want to come to your house. >> the streams that run through my property in upstate new york feed directly into the reservoirs which provide fresh water for new york city. i do not pollute. >> i look forward to being there. >> happy new year. >> stuart, thank you very much. watch his show today at 9:20 eastern on the business channel. >> 20 minutes after the hour, co...

Whats your diabetes? do you have diabetes? do you have high blood pressure? are you a smoker inspect whats your family history? then they come up with a formula that takes all those things into consideration and thinks, what is your risk of a heart attack over the next ten years? thats where they lose me. i dont like these formulas. i love that the guidelines are going more towards these issues of what your risks are and less towards a number, but i want you to have a conversation with your doct...

Appendix. >> its almost time for lunch over there, right? >> im not eating that, david. actually, the spleen is very hard to examine. inalternativists have a lot of trouble feeling it. you have to put the patient in exactly the right position. so if its enlarged for some of the reasons david was mentioning, its hard to find. and another thing that can cause a problem with the spleen is sickle cell anemia. if it was removed from a fall or on something like that, you have to have those vaccines. a...

>> actually, the spleen is very hard to examine. internists have a last trouble feeling it. you have to put the patient in exactly the right position so if it is enlargeed, for diagnosing of leukemia it is hard to find. and sickle cell leukemia, you have to have the vaccines. you are in high risk of infection. another point, if you have a traumatic fall, you have to watch out. that is one of the reasons ambulances rush people in because if that spleen bursts you can end up pleading out and that ...

Or cat scan taken. you may wait in the emergency room a little longer. so if youre going through elective surgery, you may want to go either mondays and tuesdays so you have the whole week to get your surgeon. so youll find him. >> see, i would have thought friday the 13th would be bad. but just any friday youre going to wind up with somebody perhaps not a senior member of the team. a medical student, you say, is probably performing some sort of surgery on you. wait a minute. how does that happe...

Car is a little too tight, you know, flipped pretty good, hit the cage on the ground, and next thing you know i woke up in a c.a.t. scan. you dont know if youre in a coffin, talking to god or whats really going on. >> there are many challenges in this sport and the potential for danger is great. sprint car racing is done on dirt tracks which makes it very different from pavement racing. track owners go to great lengths to keep the track moist and sticky to enable drivers the signature sprint car...