robert bazell with march on a group that s taking the struggle to the streets and beyond that. reporter: today demonstration by the militant group, act up. it has increasing influence on aids policies. the weekly meetings attract hundreds. and it counts 10,000 members nationwide. mostly young, mostly gay. let s do a big demonstration there and keep it there. reporter: the atmosphere at the meetings and group s headquarters characterized by enthusiasm and belligerance toward established institutions. playwright larry kramer started act up to accelerate the aids drug approval process. what right doesรง the fda an nih have the right to tell a dying person what to do with his or her body. reporter: act up s tactics often offend.
because the surgery is not inexpensive. it s not inexpensive, and it s not free of horrible side effects and potential complications. but the point is, the diabetes itself, when it s not controlled, can lead to loss of limbs, kidney problems, blindness, heart problems, even death. and people who are chronic type 2 diabetics who are out of control run up millions of dollars over the course of their lifetime in health care costs. so if you look at a cost versus benefit analysis, the surgery, even though it seems like a pretty brutal way to treat the disease, it can end up being very cost effective. do you have to be obese for this to be effective? most of the people are obese, but a lot of the candidates in this trial were not as obese as people have had to have been in the past to get weight-loss surgery. that s significant, too. bob bazell, thank you so much. appreciate you coming in. president obama is making light of those candid remarks he made to outgoing russian
not at odds with the idea that it s constitutional. it s just at odds with the idea that it s a good plan. well, we re watching it and obviously look at all the protesters that are outside and who wouldn t want to be inside listening to those arguments right now. especially because it s 35 degrees outside. well, you know, you see them with the gloves on. spring went away quickly. jonathan and ammanda, thank you. there is stunning new research pointing to a possible cure for many of the estimated 26 million americans with type 2 diabetes. nbc news chief science and health correspondent robert bazell joins me now. robert, this is huge, obviously, and i was astonished when i heard the numbers last night. you did the piece for nightly. it s one of the fastest growing epidemics in human history. it could cost more than $490 billion to treat by the year 2030. so obviously this is huge. tell us about these findings. two studies, one done at the
the polar regions, air planes are advised to avoid the areas where they could put people at risk and other things like that. there hasn t been that much of a response to this one as could have been and has been from previous ones. these things occur in 11-year cycles. i was going to say how cyclical is this? we ll get more in the months and years to come. well, again, not the end of days for everybody. no, no. everybody is just fine. your blackberry was working. bob was on his blackberry coming in here. my daughter needed to know what time to get to the airport to take her spring break flight. all right. spring break is on. robert bazell, thank you. well, the peytonpalooza is beginning. which suitors are salivating over the free agent qb? we ll tell you. and forbes list of billionaires is bigger than ever before. we ll look at who s on top and who s on the list.
people or the planet, it can cause technical problems. robert bazell is here to talk about it. so bob, none of us get superpowers out of this today? i certainly don t. i wish you the best, but thank you. but what happened is the majority of the charged particles from the sun, from this solar cloud explosion on the surface of the sun hit the earth about 6:00 a.m. eastern time today. there was not as much damage as there had been from previous solar flares. in the past it s disrupted some utility systems and it s caused some problems with navigation for airplanes and gps systems. this turned out to have less energy than forecast. no harm to people, but again, could be the technical glitches that can arise out of this. what is the warning that goes along with that? is it more if you can see as scientists can see how much electromagnetic radiation comes closer to the earth, if it s very bad, and intensity worse at