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Extremely low levels. trace levels of radiation. thats not to say there isnt a concern, its just to put it in perspective. if you drank this milk for about one year, they say that the total accumulation would be equal to one ct scan. still, theyre trying to determine now what to do about that. should they quarantine all of this food, stop all sales. this is what were trying to figure out. and further testing on other food sources. this is your real big concern. when you have any radiation like t...

Very, very much. and back to japan, fears about radiation is spreading and in milk, spinach and tap water. and my next guest, was first learning this when our producer calling us this morning. michael, with a can you tell us now? >> hi, i, like you said, i had heard about the tainted food for the first time when your producer called. i kind of searched around on the web to find some information about it. nobody here has really said very much about it. i havent seen it on the news yet. its just t...

You would have you had a ct scan and if you ate one portion of spinach every day for a year, 1/5 at much. tlap sh that shows why efforts to keep the reactors under control have to ge on. as part of the desperate struggle to cool down the dangerous nuclear fuel, firefighters from the tokyo fire department hosed down react number three. smoke rising from the plant sews the effort is at least partially successf successful. in the next major efforts, trying to get the pumps working. what if they are...

Certainly the more recent fuel, you can have a horrific release. >> how horrific? im trying to -- im trying to wrap my brain around it. how dangerous of levels? ive read if i walked up to the outside of the plant right now and stood there for an hour, the a radiation right now i would receive would be less than i would get if i get a ct scan. were talking about the potential thats worse. what kind of levels are we talking about coming from the spent fuel rods. >> well, i tell you, im just gettin...

Differently. we just got new measurements taken outside of the plant. one of these measurements was about 3,000 microseavers in an hour. if you or i were to get a ct scan, thats 3,000 microreceivers. we asked someone what does that mean, yes, you dont want to be there for an hour, but who was standing at the gate of the plant for an hour. theyre doing a really good job, it sounds like of getting people out of there and move ag way. in this instance, those are the key words, if you can get people...

Changed the way that doctors diagnosed problems. a lot of the experts will tell you that the immediate side effects of of of medical radiation are not that well-known and thats for couple of different reasons, because the amount of radiation given varies, depending on the tests youre getting and on the patient. radiation is measured in millireceivers and according to the college of radiation, an x-ray of your arm, for example, composes you to around .001, and a dental x-ray .005 and a mammogram....

To assess her vision, but the eye and sort of below that area in her face, that area was not injured and did not have any obvious injuries? >> we do have a ct scan of her head and face. im very aware of the results of the ct scan of the head. im not aware of the ct scan of the face. when i examined her she didnt speech or open her eyes. she did squeeze my hand very aggressively. >> thanks so much, gentlemen. appreciate that. clearly so much happened in an instant as it pertains to first response...

Show, i should take a deep breath and say maybe you dont need an antibotic. we love to give something. it is well taken. not only going to wipe out bad bacteria but you also wipe out the good bacteria and we have rise of other diseases in the hospital . so overuse of antibotic is. >> another great example of overtreatment is ct scan. they are dangerous. >> it is. that number is on the rise. >> this is a issue of cat scan. it is a great study because it prevents unnecessary surgeries. but doctors...

Ive been in cars and the guy looked, pointed, c-span -- >> we can all -- >> it remind you of leslie nielsen in the naked gun when he goes to the bathroom during the press conference with the microphone. >> im just imaging repackaging this to going to the naked gun -- >> leslie nielsen. >> great, great. serious news to pass along. so many of our viewers have become familiar with chris licht. he was admitted to a washington hospital yesterday after experiencing extreme head pain. this is a state...

Welcome back to the most news in the morning. time for "am house call" 54 minutes past the hour. it was supposed to be a routine surgery, as rue routine surgery can go. >> air force doctors were removing scharemove ing shrapnel, and they realized they found a load of explosive am institution. dr. sanjay gupta is with us. how did they get it out? >> it was an aimazing story, start to finish. what happened here, a patient came in with a piece of shrapnel around the brain, thats not unusual. it loo...