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Many residency programs for obstetricians and gynecologists are in a risky position, caught between state abortion bans and accreditation requirements.

Stories about your health and possibility of a breakthrough and the fight against alzheimers. it is bringing a huge buzz in the medical world. >> new study shows a spinal fluid test can diagnose the disease with near 100% accuracy. we talked about it yesterday. theres still a lot of questions to be answered. lets bring in the man who can answer these questions. our chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta who just happens to be -- we have him as a neurosurgeon. have you done hundreds of spin...

Through the glass might explain it. >> but i think these are folks that have extreme anger issues. this is not an isolated case, what this woman did. you talk about that half-open can of beer. she had been drinking and we know thats a deadly combination. thats why we dont like people to drink and drive. we know when people leave a party and theyve just been a little bit tipsy they tend to act out their rage. instead of going through the fantasy. so this guy is a folk hero. lets live vicariously ...

Doctors he may refuse to write you a prescription no matter how much youre hurting. small town america with a big problem -- pill poppers. >> i didnt really realize how bad it was gettingful after i had gotten out of college. >> reporter: danielle grew up in eastern kentucky. her father was a doctor who like other doctors in this part of the country watched prescription drug abuse spiral out of control. in december, things came to a head here in kentucky in this town where the population is 792....

Painkillers for a man he suspected was an addict. police say that man left angry and came back with a gun. >> my dad was writing in the chart at the nurses station and someone heard my dad say, "you dont want to do this. i take care of a lot of elderly people." and he said, "well you didnt help me." and thats when he shot him. >> reporter: the doctors murder didnt come as a shock to dr. david greene. he works at a family practice clinic. addicts often come to his clinic to shop for doctors. they...

intact enabling four other passengers to survive the crash. rescuers were kept at bay for 12 critical hours. ted stevens body is back home this morning, the longest serving republican in u.s. senate history being remembered as the man who literally put alaska on the map. casey wian is live in anchorage for us this morning with the very latest. >> reporter: good morning, john. were at the hospital in anchorage where those four su vifrs of that horrific plane crash have been taken. we ha...

Intact enabling four other passengers to survive the crash. rescuers were kept at bay for 12 critical hours. ted stevens body is back home this morning, the longest serving republican in u.s. senate history being remembered as the man who literally put alaska on the map. casey wian is live in anchorage for us this morning with the very latest. >> reporter: good morning, john. were at the hospital in anchorage where those four su vifrs of that horrific plane crash have been taken. we have new inf...