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Groundbreaking device that helps deliver faster care to patients that have just suffered a stroke. i want you to tell us what this is and how common is it when we're talking about stroke victims here. >> very exciting segments today. this is example of one of them. 700,000 americans are being diagnosed with stroke. it's basically a piece of blood clot that can go up to the brain, block the flow of the blood to the brain and causes damage of that segment of the brain. it's the leading cause of disability in this country. serious problem. one of the things i always want people to know is the sig...

Take care of himself. >> if you're going through this right now and you're saying lightheadedness is one signal. what about tingling in the fingers? in case you get there and you have no idea whether somebody is having a stroke or not, it's called central drooping. slurry speech is another one. call 911 and get them to the doctor. >> dr. david samadi, important advice. straight ahead, one of the president's big initiatives, raising the minimum wage. >> in the wealthiest nation on earth, no one who works full time should have to live in poverty and raise the federal minimum wage to $9 an hour. ...

A stands for arms, ask them to lift their arms, if there's drooping of the arms, another one. s, you mentioned speech. can they repeat a simple sentence, there's a slurry speech, tongue is heavy, a red flag and t stands for time. call 911 ab get them to the nearest stroke center, why, jamie? time lost is brain loss and that's extremely, the most important part of this segment is this part. if they have only three to four hours window of opportunity to get to the hospital and intervention during that time the risk of having major irreversible consequences is less. we have medications like t.p.a...