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Medical information, blah blah blah. we ask when was the last time you ate. we will come to you. we usually bring them a banana, orange juice, something to get their sugar level back up. >> ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five -- >> so i feel like youre an army sergeant. but youre nicer than an army sergeant. if somebody doesnt feel well, you ask them to sit down. >> absolutely. i feel like, you know, like i said, theres all types of people that can take this class. and people coming in, im like, ...

Palpitations. dehydration. if you take diet pills, too much thyroid, all of those can cause palpitations. the palpitations that mark is talking about is the real deal. thats when you get the real heart race and beating of the heart. my trow valve prolapse. if theres a leaky valve, thats when you should be observed. when you go to the doctor, they want to know what, how, when. the when us the it happen, how does it? does it slow down and race and how does it happen? >> maybe write it down when it...

Foods versus low glycemic. if youre hungry, have apple, banana, other fruits and vegetables. that will keep you steady for a long time. thats why if you look at europeans, if you are in europe, you dont see a lot of obese. in general, they eat a lot but they dont gain much weight because theyre always eating. they keep their sugar level steady, whereas, big fat pasta, bread, other things, they have that and thats not good for you. >> they dont have who hos ther. >> thank you for shouting out tha...

Operating room. you go four to five hours and your sugar level can drop and thats a bad thing. you want to have healthy snacks in between to keep your sugar level at a steady level to prevent cravings. the other thing is that we have learned that protein -- lean chicken, fish -- all of them are appetite suppressants. so you need to have some protein. one of the big things i have said before, high fructose corn syrup, anything with high fructose corn syrup, you want to stay away from. >> can i ha...

This chip in your system, now youre going to treat the patient from inside out rather that be outside in. thats the importance of this. you can get that information. now we check the vital signs, it can come to your iphone from the microchip to the sensor and the patch. you can communicate with your doctors. >> question. you take the pill, and i wont get specific, but it doesnt stay forever. >> thats a good point. the acid in the stomach is going to activate this. its going to basically start se...

America right now with a lot of people battling obesitobesity. it turns that weight loss surgery cuts your blood sugar more than eating a healthy diet. what do you make of it? >> we have a major epidemic in this country. 1/3 of the country is obese that leads to diabetes. so we have a real crisis in this country when it comes to this. in the past, medical treatment vs. surgery has been a big debate and we see a great study in the "new england journal of medicine" even though its a small series o...

Also related to diabetes and heart disease, et cetera. >> lets come back to that in a moment. you have some concerns about that as a doctor. lets talk about the other component, which is an artifical pan crease, how does that help? is that type one diabetes? >> this is the type one diabetes. the kind of patients that are not producing any insulin, different than type two and the great news is that now, with this artificial new technology pancreas, and i never thought, in my career it say this, b...

This and may need it in combat. you know what is exciting about this? it is targeted, antibiotics were running out of use, and getting more and more resistance, and they target only the cell wall or certain proteins, bacteria figure it out, they figure out the combinations of the vault and you get resistance and we need a new technology and this uses genetics. sliced into the cell and goes right for the tissue that is affected and bam, you know, there is already a case of primates who had the eb...

Surgical skills and therapy or targeted, will probably play a big role, nothing this kind of technology. >> and is that a practical use and we mentioned it in the intro, its helping wounded service members who have come back from combat and how does it work? >> a lot of the microchips, used for tags, they have use of cat scans, and information. in the case of injuries you can scan that, microchips are going to be faster. for example, the future of this, you can put in nano tubes under the skin a...

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