the same time also increases the risk for heart attack and stroke and as you get older that risk increases, as well. exactly, you can t win either way. i tell you, the fda is concerned and they have been warning against this since 2005 and now they discovered a 10% to 15% increased risk and we have 17 million daily users in the united states of allev, advil or ibuprofen ibuprofen. at the level of the kidney we get fluid retention and a lot more sodium and fluid enters the blood stream which increases your blood pressure. guess what your blood pressure goes up and your risk of heart attack stroke and heart failure goes up. that s where the problem lies. this ask not for someone who uses it occasionally but someone who is using it regularly. i, as a physician, cannot predict exactly who is going to have a problem and who isn t. okay so as docs will tell
percent nafr.and a half. you go up as high as 40%. it s a significant increase it s not 100%. it s not saying for sure you ll develop cancer. but it does say your risk increases. the surgery she has elected to have both two years ago and very recently are dramatic decisions, serious procedures. do doctors recommend this for people in similar situations to angelina jolie? it is such a personal decision. i read her op-ed carefully both from a couple of years ago and now from today. she said, look this is my decision. this was a personal decision. she was very she took pains to say not everyone should make the same decision. some women will say, okay i now know my risk for breast cancer is increased. the way i m going to handle that is i m going to get more frequent screenings. if there s a cancer i ll find it early. other people will say, i don t want to take any chance whatsoever so i ll go ahead and
commissioner joe bruno. we have prepared for this, we ve worked very hard. we ve warned the public, and now we have to deal with what comes from mother nature. your safety, your own safety is dependent on what you do. new yorkers should now remain indoors and take the following steps. first, move away as far as possible from glass windows. there s a risk that flying can he brie could break and shatter windows in your home. the risk increases if you live in a high-rise particularly on the tenth floor or higher. don t stay on the first floor of your building lobby and stand in a conjugated area in glass enclosed lobby. make sure windows and doors leading to the outside are closed, if you have a fire place in your home please close the damper, turn off propane tanks and move to a room with as few windows as possible and ride out the storm there. let me summarize briefly in
first, move away as far as possible from glass windows. there is a risk that flying debris could break and shatter windows in your home. the risk increases if you live in a high rise, particularly on the 10th floor or higher. don t stay in the first floor of your building lobby and stand and congregated area and glass imposed lobby. make sure windows and doors leading to the outside are closed. if you have a fireplace in your home, close the damper. turn off any propane tanks and move to a room with as few windows as possible and ride out the storm there. advice per people in the new york city and metropolitan area. we know a lot of you are in other parts of the country, asking about maryland, washington, d.c., connecticut, up into new england, new jersey and philly as l. we have it all covered for you. we will try to answer as many questions as we can. we are live all night long and we will be back with the latest on irene s path and how the government is responding to this
landfall this morning, on the outer banks of north carolina. more than 1 million homes are without power tonight. flooding is widespread. now, the winds have died down a little bit, but irene is expected to remain a hurricane all the way to new england. and as you can see, the surf is already pounding the coastline nonstop. right now, ocean city, maryland, getting hammered. and if there s some good news, well, an admiral with the u.s. coast guard says the preliminary survey of damage shows irene has not been as destructive as had been feared. and we hope that will be the case in many places. cnn correspondents are strategically positioned, all up and down the east coast to give you the very latest information. chris lawrence still in chesapeake beach, maryland, for us, where water continues to rise. we talked about the beach erosion as well. chris, also 40,000 people without electricity there. however, the conditions not as bad as you predicted? reporter: no, exactly.