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>> but diabetes, it has risen twice as fast as all the other ailments combined. >> right. that's what's very interesting. it is the seventh leading cause of death amongst americans. exceeds the cost that we pay for heart disease which is the leading killer among american men and women. half of all american adults are affected by diabetes, half. 29 million have diabetes. 79 million have pre-diabetes. we are going to see these numbers increase. and it is 6% every year. >> is it because increasingly americans' waistlines are expanding and obesity is related to several kinds of diabetes, type ii d...

Device. 3,000 research institutions are funded by nih across the country. the clinical center is the largest hospital in the world. totally dedicated to clinical research. johns hopkins university school of medicine the single largest recipient of the money there. 6,000 scientists working in nih's own laboratories. we do know this -- if you are a patient involved in an nih study, they will continue to care for those patients, continue to provide regular care as they would. what they won't do is enroll any new ones at this point in these some 1,400 different studies going on right now. so we kn...

Canner and phones. the only thing that was found, when you use a cell phone the electromagnetic impulses increase the cellular activity of the brain. this is well-documented in a nih study where they took people using phones over 50 minutes,. they found a 7:00% -- 7% spike in the energy levels, metabolism of brain cells where the phone was at. jenna: does that mean you're thinking harder? >> from the cell phone. ultimately what this is telling me when you put the cell phone in, when the electromagnetic impulses are there, the cells are working faster because there is more up take of glucose. l...

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