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About this after they found the pictures. >> do you still do this? >> i take care of patients. >> do you still post images of dead people on the internet? >> that is not an image of a dead person. >> what is it? what is this? >> these are x-rays. >> x-rays of dead people. >> ladies and gentlemen of the revolution, please welcome your next senator from kansas. >> wolf is running are to the republican nomination for u.s. senate courting conservatives in the hopes of unseating incumbent pat roberts...

Low fat ben and jerrys cherry garcia. >> we now know when president clinton was president he passed his annual physicals but his heart disease was still progressing. undetected. i asked his cardiologist why. >> one lesson is that check-ups are not a substitute for lifestyle. >> as president, bill clinton never got any of the advanced imaging, like the coronary calcium scan or the ultrasound of his carotid. those are tests that are now more ready available to everyone. and clinton was also gettin...

Every day suffer body part mix-ups. just before surgery make sure you confirm with the nurse and the surgeon the correct body part and side of your operation and dont be shy about doing it. at number 5 radical radiation. this isnt a bad haircut. its the damage done by too much radiation. michael heuser goes in for a ct scan of his head. clumps of hair fall out. suzanne sloan, same thing. and same for donald biggles. >> i had a perfect ring around my head. >> heres how their hair falls out. the h...

Institute in sausalito, california. >> i came to vermont determined to get my cholesterol down with low fat ben and jerrys cherry garcia. >> we now know when president clinton was president he passed his annual physicals but his heart disease was still progressing. undetected. i asked his cardiologist why. >> one lesson is that check-ups are not a substitute for lifestyle. >> as president, bill clinton never got any of the advanced imaging, like the coronary calcium scan or the ultrasound of his...

A blockage here would cause a stroke and would be a sign im at increased risk for heart attack. >> unless you do the imaging and advanced testing, you are really playing russian roulette with your life. >> your body needs cholesterol. actually makes it. it is in the lining of every cell in your body. the liver sends out ldl cholesterol and when everything works right the good, hdl, salvages excess ldl and brings it back to the liver. you also get cholesterol in foods, things like meat, french fr...

Total price tag -- more than $50 billion. >> our money would be better spent years ahead of this to prevent him from getting to this point. >> prevent ever getting to this point. that is precisely my goal. for me, and for you, the last heart attack. the doctor has guaranteed he can see trouble coming, years in advance, well, before id need surgery, if i do the right tests. >> so here is where the blood is flowing. >> hes using ultrasound to look for plaque in the carotid artery leading to the br...

>> we can make the model the same texture essentially by a surgeon and look at the model before doing the surgery. >> he is talking about the latest in medical technology. using 3-d printers to create models of hearts and other organs to help surgeons treat their patients. clear reis the lead bioengineer at childrens medical center. he says this is a marriage of technology and medicine. >> a complex case would be a child who was born with perhaps multiple heart defects or perhaps unusual anatomy...

Builds up a three dimensional model one layer at a time. each piece can be as thin of a layer of hair and 300 or 400 layers for a model. >> it is like skyping except touching and feeling. >> the vice president of the institute says they have used the three-dimensional models in seven cases so far. the imaging is so sophisticated now, what does this give you that imaging doesnt? >> we are dealing with our hands and it is hand-eye coordination. so having a physical model to see it and touch it and...

An ink jet printer except it builds up a 3-dimensional model one layer at a time. a typical model can take 300 or 400 layers. >> its like feeling somebody. exactly like that. >> dr. peter kim says they have used three dimensional models in seven cases so far. imaging is so sophisticated now, what does it give you that imaging doesnt? >> we deal with our hands and its essentially eye-hand coordination. even if you have a mental image of what youre planning to do and having a physical model to act...

Week. >> we can make the model the same texture, essentially, as the actual heart, and a surgeon can practice suturing, cutting on the model before doing the actual surgery. >> dr. kevin cleary is talking about the latest in medical technology using 3-d printers to create models of hearts and other organs to help surgeons treat their patients. cleary is lead bioengineer at childrens medical center. he says this is a marriage of technology and medicine. >> a complex case would be a child who was ...