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When millionaire robert rogers was found beaten to death in his home, police began their investigation by questioning family members and relatives. and they learned that rogers had an ongoing squabble with his only son, donald. they were barely on speaking terms. donald told his father he was concerned about his memory problems and wanted to take control of his fathers finances. rogers retaliated by cutting his son out of his will. >> like i said, he was a tough old bird. yet it was -- i could n...

Rightfully so. we want to make sure we answer those questions. >> finally, the nfl has never been bigger, more than 100 million of us chances are, are going to be watching the game tonight. yet, some of the players we love and that we loved most recently -- joe may -- joe namath talked about memory problems he has and youth participation is down recently. how do you, as the commissioner of football, whats the answer so that 20 years from now we still feel good about this game? >> several things ...

Of sleep to live institute, nice to see you this morning. >> good morning. >> so after one night of sleeplessness, i think we lie to ourselves, i got one night of sleep, thats fine. i can make up for it during the week. it really has an ad verse effect on us? >> it does, you think about it. i might be a little drowsy, fall asleep on the set. actually, you you increase the risk of heart attacks, accidents on the road. >> after one day? >> after one night of a lack of sleep. not a whole night of l...

Over 450,000 participants. its a big study. its called placebo controlled. this gave some a multivitamin and some a sugar pill. and they compared them. they looked at rate of having a heart attack or having memory problems. they found that these multivitamins did not provide any benefit. the language here. let me just read it to you real quick. the editorial was so strongly worded. pretty strong language there. >> so is this different from someone who is taking a specific vitamin because their d...

Internal medicine the case is closed supplementing the diets of adults with vitamins has no clear benefit and might be harmful. no benefit from taking multi vitamins? >> this was a very strongly worded editorial. its based on three very large studies, one of the studies had over 450,000 participants. its a big study known as placebo control. they gave some people the multi vitamin and gave some people sugar pill. they compared them, rate of significant heart disease or second heart attack, cogni...

The point where people dont want to exercise and be active. doctors are telling them to exercise and be active and they cant do it. or memory problems. these can be significant issues. and, again, youre balancing that with unclear evidence of whether or not this actually extends survival. i think these drugs could be good for a certain segment of the population, obviously. but the numbers again, as you heard from the doctor, it could be 70 million people would get this prescription for this medi...

Anything, has been my big deal. sometimes you can have, you know, sensitivity to light and things like that, but my thing was, you know, not remembering. you know, ive been taking my daughters to practice for years and all of a sudden i forget how to get there. >> dorsett has been part of this ucla study looking at the brains of former nfl players. let me show you something here. this is a normal brain over here, and this is the brain of players who were in this study, who have had at least one ...

Things like that. but my thing was, you know, not remembering, you know, ive been taking my daughters to practice for years and all of a sudden i forget how to get there. >> dorsett has been part of this ucla study looking at the brain of former nfl players. let me show you something here. this is a normal brain over here. and this is the brain of players who were in this study who had at least one concussion. look over here, you see this bluish hue in the normal brain, you see that in the other...

Cried like a baby because he blew it. this is what is amazing. prior it that play, jim joyce was voted in a poll of baseball players as the top umpire in major league baseball. now he cant get away from controversy. isnt that how it happens, sometimes? >> yeah. when you quote kroernlts, it kind of happens. >> lets talk about the nfl now. rams lost their quarterback to injury last sunday. a few days later we hear they called a future hall of famer brett favre. favre has a radio interview and says...

Its a progressive deagaintive disease which leads to dementia and alzheimers-like symptoms but they are usually found in people in their 80s, not their 40s. >> what were seeing here, is this definitely caused by blows to the head? >> its never been seen in any reported case, except in a case of repeated blows to the head. >> reporter: under the microscope. >> thats very obvious, doctor. >> reporter: we saw taletale signs. did this surprise you? >> it did. >> reporter: thats amazing, 17 years old...