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World of diabetes. doctors were surprised to find a new diabetes drug is helping people shed pounds. it costs around $500 a year. and as christie meyers of ktrk in houston reports, it seems to be worth every penny. >> reporter: chances are either you or someone you know is trying to lose weight. >> i'll post on facebook, look, i'm down to a size 12. what did you do? >> reporter: but kristen cartizzi wasn't. she was just trying to control her diabetes. so how did she drop 40 pounds and four dress sizes? >> i've gone from a size 20 to a size 12. i've gotten into a couple 10s. >> reporter: the we...

They lose because the victoza kills their appetite. >> my appetite went away almost immediately. it just really stops what you eat, stops you overeating. which has been a huge, huge help. >> reporter: patients take victoza as a daily shot, and they have to stay on their diabetic diet. people are also losing weight on byetta, a sister drug to victoza, which is older and cheaper. the big question, what if you aren't diabetic, can you take these shots just for weight loss? >> there are a lot of doctors out in the community who are using victoza and byetta to help promote weight loss. >> is that a...

long island, new york woman. yulia lankris's husband bought her the scratch-off ticket in december. she took a penny to it and she found out that she was a multimillionaire. >> yeah, you go, girl. the stay-at-home mom of three won a million dollars a year for life. after taxes that's about 661,000 bucks every year. i think we could live off that. yuliya's husband tells her the money is all hers. every woman would love that. but she says the first thing she'll buy is a romantic weekend in paris without the kids. >> and without the husband. >> taking the boyfriend. no, just kidding. go...

his helmet to review their procedures and provide the public with a bird's eye view of the dangers they face and how every second counts when it comes to saving lives. the kauftz ficause of the fire under investigation, but early reports suggest the blaze may have been caused by a mattress being placed too close to a space heater. in ashland, nick smith, abc news. >> no word yet whether the smoke detectors were working in there or not. >> but just with that bird's eye, that camera view you really get a true sense of the danger that these guys have to undergo every time they walk into...

officer pappas calling out to the children he later found scared and hiding in a closet. he and his team are using the camera attached to his helmet to review their procedures and provide the public with a bird's eye view of the dangers they face and how every second counts when it comes to saving lives. the kauftz ficause of the fire under investigation, but early reports suggest the blaze may have been caused by a mattress being placed too close to a space heater. in ashland, nick smith, abc news. >> no word yet whether the smoke detectors were working in there or not. >> but just ...