history. bottom line is this particular disease that we are talking about, which is an attack of the body on the brain which is called autoimmune encephalitis is very rare. 1 in 200,000 in men and women and we see in humans. we can learn from this. because it can be detected with a simple procedure all the people need is cortisone and they can pretty much live a normal life. exactly. a lot of causes of this inflammation could be back material. could be viral. you can give the anti-bites anti-bottom antibiotics. he i did the back of the envelope math, 1600 people in america. it is a very rare. extremely rare. if it happened in 2011 and we are finding out now medically. how did it take four years? are they still looking at the polar bear four years later? what happened was some genius went back and looked at all the cfs fluid, the
armstrong won seven tour de france titles but is now banned for life using performance-enhancing drugs. it violated its own rules by not investigating any of the doping allegations against armstrong, even after he tested positive for cortisone in 1999. armstrong apologized for his actions and says he hopes this leads to a drug-free sport. apple fans and rivals around the world will be closely watching the company s media, vent later today. ceo tim cook is expected to unveil more details an the first new product since 2010. the apple watch. it will be available in several models including one encased in 18 karat gold. what s yet to be seen is if there will be demand for this wearable technology. half of americans who have owned a similar product stopped using
is that safe for children, cortisone? well, you have to talk to there are side effects, but you want to make sure that you talk to the doctor. based on this study, we are finding out that there s really no cure. the symptoms may go away. and if you stay away from everything we said, reduce the stress, you may get away with it. you know, really severe cases get immune owe suppressives but there s a dr. stone at the nih who s wrapping people for days in steroid creams and zinc. he views the skin as a barrier. if he can rebuild the barrier he thinks, you might be able to have a better chance of putting it in remission. i ve seen remarkable results from nih. you have to stay away from any irritants. anything that bothers you, whether it s a soap, shampoo, any irritants you ve got to stay away. but those are all temporary fixes. you can put on all the court zone cream in the world. eventually your skin might rebound. jamie, you re absolutely right because sometimes this is
cortisone. steroids. by the way, speaking of the body, taft struggled with his weight. his entire life. you write about that. even as a baby his mother said she didn t have enough milk after a couple days. he was ravenous. at 1-year-old there were no clothes that fit him. the interesting thing, at that time and that age she had lost another child at 14 months he was frail. they were thrilled to have this happen. portly baby. but he was teased and mocked and ridiculed throughout his childhood. and he did interesting when you look at the weight chart. when he was happy he was okay. he was like 250 at yale which was okay for his build. when he got to the philippines and was eating a lot, he went up to 300. then he was happy at secretary of war. lost 70 pounds. really unhappy as president. 350. really happy as supreme court justice. back to 250. you hear that. 250 the new norm. i m looking that. presidential greatness. even, not only on pbs but
phrased the question, but lance s response was that he had taken epo and testosterone and growth hormone and cortisone. also in the hospital that day was stephanie mcilvain, who worked as a rep for one of lance armstrong s main sponsors, oakley. after we were deposed, the day after, stephanie called sobbing. stephanie told me that her husband was called into one of the higher-ups of the company where he is vice president of global marketing for oakley, one of lance s sponsors, and stephanie was told if you make the company look bad you re going to lose your job. and so we said, that s it. she s going to lie. she s going to lie. she s not going to say it happened. were you ever in a hospital room or other part of the hospital with mr. armstrong where he said anything about performance-enhancing drugs? no.