medical attention? do you have a support system you can talk to about these kind of things? also, a big new push against alzheimer s. the federal government announced new money and new plans to find an effective preventive treatment for alzheimer s by the year 2025. one new study will administer an experimental drug to hundreds of people whose extended family living in columbia has a genetic mutation that almost always leads to alzheimer s. they re hoping the drug will stop the disease from progressing. also, the latest headline on our continuing coverage of toxic america. lead poisoning. the cdc has lowered the threshold that s considered acceptable. they cut the limit in half. before this 100,000 children were thought to be at risk. wshlgs now that number is more than 300,000. lead, which is usually found in older homes from chips of old paint, is devastating to the brain and the whole central nervous system. most doctors, though, like phillip landry, who is a pioneer o
we ll get to our fit nation and lucky seven in just a moment. first we have big medical headlines to get to are from the mainland. an h.i.v. test you request do by yourself at home. just got unanimous backing from an fda advisory panel. you get the results in about 20 minutes, and if it s approved this year, as expected, the test would be available in drug stores over-the-counter. the thinking is quite simple. it says that more people will likely be tested for h.i.v. if they can do it in the privacy of their own homes. if you are at home by yourself, you are at home with some loved ones and that test does come up positive, you have to be prepared as far as what you re going to do, how you re going to react? what are going to be the next steps? do you know where to go to seek medical attention? do you have a support system you can talk to about these kind of things? also, a big new push against alzheimer s. the federal government announced new money and new plans to find