these guys weren t high-profile players, weren t making the tens of millions of dollars a year some of the guys were, but they said, i don t want to have this life that some of these guys are having, like the tony dorsett, brett favre, earl campbell. i don t want to be like that. a couple guys have walked away. it s going to be an interesting question that people deal with near year to year, if they want to keep playing this violent game. tune in to watch more of sanjay s conversation with andy this weekend, saturday at 4:30 p.m. eastern and sunday at 7:30 in the morning right here on cnn. sgmd. every now and then, you perhaps have heard about someone who survived a brush with death and then told of returning from a place that they couldn t quite explain. heaven? i don t know. this sunday, anderson cooper brings us the fascinating stories of these three people who came close to clinical death and say they actually went somewhere or at least something profound and otherworldly
week with the medal of freedom was a man whose name you may have never heard, but his work helped shape the united states as we all know it today. that s next. and coming up in a few minutes, a house call, right in your very own living room with dr. sanjay gupta and this time around he s talking turkey, doctor. martin, first of all, happy holidays to you. you know, i want to share a stat with you. the average american s going to eat about 3,000 calories this one meal of thanksgiving. so, we invited well-known chef, my friend, hugh achison, to teach us about food and what we can do to bring down those numbers. sg md at the bottom of the hour. we ll be delivering through 12 blizzards blowing 8 front yards blinding 6 snowballs flying 5 packages addressed by toddlers that s a q 4 lightning bolts 3 creepy gnomes 2 angry geese and a giant blow-up snowman that kind of freaks me out [ beep ]
partner openly accepted an award at the white house on behalf of their loved one. astronaut sally ride s partner also had the same honor. cnn newsroom continues at the top of the hour. of course, we re keeping very close watch on this deadly weather that is making its way across the country right now. texas preparing for what could be a very serious ice storm. we ll have the very latest on that. of course, at the top of the hour. right now, stay tuned for cnn s sanjay gupta, m.d. welcome to sg md, love it or hate it, less than a week now to go until thanksgiving. get this stat. most of us are going to eat about 3,000 calories in just that one meal. we re going to spend some time showing you how to cut your calories with the help of top chef hugh achison. we ll also tell you how to stay sane, after all, who could forget this? dad wants ambrosia so i we got to get the miniature march
and behaving strangely and not up to their usual pattern, you don t immediately jump the gun, but if it persists for some period of time, a matter of more than a day or several days and there are people really acting unusual, there seems to be something that s out of sorts with their circumstances, ask them about it. it s better to be safe than sorry. and the best point of contact if you have no if you don t know exactly who to refer to or seek help from is to go to your primary care doctor and to ask them, look, i think i m having this kind of problem. what do you think i should do. don t ignore this. don t ignore these symptoms in yourself or a loved one. it s an important message, i m glad more people are going to hear it. dr. jeffrey lieberman, thank you so much. thank you, dr. gupta. still ahead on sg md, you ve probably senn the ads for, quote-unquote, low-t, they are kind of if unny ads. but what could low-t or
december, you will have coverage on day one. like the secretary said, if you re getting new coverage, you need to enroll by mid-december in order to have that coverage in place by january 1st. i ll tell you, there s been some confusion about this deadline, the deadline to avoid paying a fine. shortly after my interview the white house issued this guidance to clear it up, if you don t already have insurance, you do have until march 31st to sign up with the plan, but do keep in mind that aside from the website you can apply by phone, that s going to take up to three weeks to get confirmation and that s before you can browse plans to figure out your actual cost. and even after that, it takes time to make a smart choice. so, if you re signing up, the point is you don t want to wait for this until the last minute. you can also see more of my exclusive interview with kathleen sebelius at cnn.com/sanjay. up next from sg md from the truth is stranger than fiction department, dick cheney,