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It's our residencies that train doctors. >> did you realize that we have the largest nurse force in the nation? who's going to train the doctors and nurses if it's not the va? secondly research. we send $1.8 billion a year on research. we invented the nicotine patch, the first liver transplant. the first implantable pacemaker. it was a nurse that came up with the bar code to connect patients with charts and records. clinical work research teaching. and that makes a difference for our veterans. it also makes a difference for american medicine. >> there has been part of what's underlining the po...

Va, which means america needs the va. let me explain what i mean, did you realize that 70% of u.s. doctors are trained by the va? it's our residencies that train doctors. >> wow. >> did you realize that we have the largest nurse force in the nation? who's going to train the doctors and nurses if it's not the va? secondly, research. we send $1.8 billion a year on research. we invented the nicotine patch, the first liver transplant. the first implantable pacemaker. it was a va nurse that came up with the idea of using a bar code to connect patients with charts and records. the electronic medical...

>> john, isn't this something even egalitarians would -- >> mann is no different. we can't expect the government be our mommy and daddy. this is something for our parents to watch over. >> the law's the teach owner this. if you want to legalize marijuana on this, fine. but don't go ahead and lace it with candy or things like that. you don't do it for nike teen. you don't do it for booze. you're not allowed to get a nicotine patch without a doctor's primgs. so there should have to be prescriptions on it. it doesn't mean you should turn your back and legalize it.

>> especially young people. >> what is the deal? >> smoking what? >> my understanding with those e-cigarettes they kind of help people quit. >> they do. this is an interesting controversy and i don't have an opinion on it, for once. the controversy is this an entryway into smoking cigarettes for young kids or is it a way to quit? i suspect it's a way to quit mostly. >> i have friends that have been smoking for decades. >> swear by it. >> decades. that now use these. have tried everything to quit. have used these things and have quit. and they still will use the e-cigarettes once in a while. th...

>> i'm not a brainiac. break it down for me and our viewers. how is this an improvement of the existing home chemotherapy device? >> what we created is a simple patch. it looks like a nicotine patch you place on your arm. it allows you to get home chemotherapy. you get theme therapy in the home. it makes it more convenient compared to hospital-based treatment. >> ali, why is it so important for patients to be able to receive chemotherapy at home? >> for a lot of early stage patients, it's an increase in the quality of life. this patch enables them to -- they're early stage and may not necessar...