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A doctor stood up. the white house doctor gave the president a clean bill of health but they were relentless with their questions. >> first of all dr. jackson is an emergency room physician, served in iraq and a trauma unit in iraq, president obamas doctor and worked with president bush as well. as nonpartisan as they come. he talked for an hour and all these questions. he said his heart is in great shape. extensive stress test, cat scan of the chest. echo cardiogram and submitted to a cognitive...

Times things got serious, even sad. but we can always count on our late-night shows for a laugh at our elected officials expense. >> welcome, welcome, thank you. thank me. thank me. thank me. and buckle up, because im coming in hot. >> according to a recent article, chardonnay is making a comeback. >> and they said i wouldnt be able to create jobs. [ chanting: boo ] >> ill pretend those are mooches and not boos, steve. >> you are charged with the job of going in front of the press and saying tha...

Thank me. thank me. and buckle up. because im coming in hot. >> according to a recent article, chardonnay is making a comeback. >> and they said i wouldnt be able to create jobs. >> boo! ill pretend those are mooches and not boos, steve. >> you are charged with the job of going in front of the press and saying that the inauguration crowd was the biggest crowd, i think, the biggest audience -- >> yes, im aware of it. >> even though "the tonight show" is not a political show, it is my responsibili...

Caffeine can kill a young person. it is hard to believe. the study shows 1300. how would you know other than getting your heart checked regularly? >> its a much higher dose than this usually. you should get your heart checked regularly. every one of my teens going into competitive sports and out in the heat and play soccer or football, basketball, i check their heart. i do electrocardiogram. i might do an echo cardiogram. >> bill: i dont remember getting a test like that when i was 16. >> we loo...

Wasnt. now more doctors and nurses and equipment come in. its terrifying thing, they call a pediatric cardiologist dr. evans zon he was picking his mother up from the airport, luckily her plane was not delayed he got there very quickly. they did an echo cardiogram and found that billy was born with a heart disease and then they brought my wife in and they wheeled her in and the doctor told her what was going on and what the options were and decided to take her to childrens hospital where theres ...

He did an x-ray his lungs were fine which meant his heart wasnt. now more doctors and nurses and equipment come in. its terrifying thing, they call a pediatric cardiologist dr. evans zon he was picking his mother up from the airport, luckily her plane was not delayed he got there very quickly. they did an echo cardiogram and found that billy was born with a heart disease and then they brought my wife in and they wheeled her in and the doctor told her what was going on and what the options were a...

Together with patients, more transparency and see what those prices are and negotiate on that level. how do you do that? >> you understand this point. i did some research and found out an echo cardiogram costs $100 uptown and something else somewhere. something else for treatments that have been around for a while to maintain their high prices because nobody knows about it. the idea that president trump wants medicare to negotiate prices, thats a huge block that will bring down prescription drug...

Yaum yum, is there family history. based on that you may get an echo cardiogram. we can say it is benign, induced by coffee, stress. stress can do this, throws out an extra beat. if its something more, then there are beta blockers and calcium channel blockers. >> but only a doctor would know. >> electrolytes is key in an ekg. if you have an abnormal potassium or magnesium level, you have to get that taken care of. >> atrial, and ventricle. one takes the blood away from the heart and the other to...

Doctors order a bunch of extra tests. i have a family member who had some problems and went in to the doctor and the doctor said i think its an infection but first im going to do this big test on you. and then an m.r.i. and then a bunch of blood tests. and at the end it was solved with just a bunch of little pills that didnt cost hardly anything at all, which was the first suggestion. you know, we hear theyre trying to cover their bases. for instance, if somebody needed an echo cardiogram. if it...

Theres an approach to health care that combines knowledge from humans and animals to solve problems. >> we got to keep it clean otherwise i will get an e-mail from mama faris. carol -- >> mama is very mama-ish. >> we love you, mom. dont be surprised to learn how many common diseases we share with other species. david wright shows us the commonality. >> reporter: in the era of high tech medicine a transesophageal e echo cardiogram is a fairly routine procedure. for ucla cardiologists. but for t...