coli in romaine let us, all in all more than 28,000 people got sick, at least ten died. truth is one in six americans get some sort of food-borne illness every year, growing, packing transporting, serving, there s a lot of places where your food can get contaminated. it s been more than five years since i reported weed, about marijuana as medicine. sometimes it s the only thing that works like it did for sh e charlotte. i measured it with a syringe and put it under her tongue. she didn t have a seizure that day or that night. i thought this is insane. this year for the first time, a medication derived from cannabis became available by prescription in the united states, approved by the fda to treat two rare seizure disorders. from the first time we had an
like it did for charlotte. i measured it with a syringe and squirted it under her tongue. she didn t have a seizure that day. then she didn t have one that night. i thought, this is insane. this year, for the first time, a medication derived from cannabis became available by prescription in the united states. approved by the fda to treat two rare seizure disorders. from the first time we had an eeg showing she was having over 100 seizures a day. the last one we did with nyu showed one seizure over a 24-hour period. last month, the medical world had its collective mind blown when a chinese scientist said his lab had facilitated the birth of the world s first babies whose genes were edit with a technology called crispr. it was a single cell.
reporter: seizures are dangerous in children but mostç dangerous when no one around to help. it is important for our kids to get a good night s sleep. megyn runs the facility for children with severe disability including autism and cerebral pallsy and seizure disorders. now with seizure, you have to stay vigilant. some of them you can see and know they are having a seizure and sometimes it is not apparent. reporter: it is difficult at night when children are alone in their bed, it requires constant attention. you check them every 30 minutes. we have a staff check on the br$u()q them up and they might be up the
won t soon forget ment very lucky no one was killed. meantime four emergency responders barred from the job following the death of a man who was put in a choke hold by police. those workers are on modified duty. two police officers have been put on desk duty. 43-year-old eric garner suffered a heart attack and died on new york staten island last week after this. you can see the confrontation in the video. an officer putting garner in a choke hold after he was arguing with police and denying he was selling untaxed cigarettes. chokeholds were banned by the nypd a few years ago. ainsley? children suffering from seizures in illinois might be getting some relief soon. democratic governor pat quinn signed a law allowing medical marijuana to treat epilepsy and other seizure disorders. the law which will take effect in january allows children to be treated with nonsmokable forms of pot. it s okay for parents to spank their children,
very rare form of epilepsy. he was diagnosed at a very young age. and you have a dr. miller who takes care of you and has been taking care of you for a long time. he s a nice guy. what s he like? he s cool. he is cool. that s right. dr. segall, tell us what dravet syndrome is. dravet syndrome is a rare form of epilepsy, a chronic seizure disorders where people can have seizures for a few years or for their whole lives. dravet syndrome, typically the way it presents is a child is developing normally and within the first year they start having seizures with fever. they can be prolonged. the children develop multiple types of seizuress and are refractory to the medications. there are behavioral and development delays, movement and balance issues, orthopedic conditions, delayed language and speech issues. these are all worsened with every seizure. with little justin, brook, talk