then robert zoelik will step down as head of the world bank. his exit interview here on gps. next, we go to israel which has anointed a king. what in the world does it mean? and, finally, the curious case of the guy who has come to be known as american french fry brother. a cultural lost in translation all the way from china. you won t want to miss it. first, here s my take. everyone is looking at europe these days as economic and political protests mount across the continent. the downward spiral in europe has produced a great debate over the virtues of austerity. the idea that government with large budget deficits must reduce these deficits mainly by cutting spending. if they don t get their budgets in order, they won t be able to borrow money and will face a fiscal nightmare of ever rising interest rates. the problem is that as governments have cut spending in very depressed economies, it has caused growth to slow even further. do you see government workers who have
we ll begin today s show in europe. voters in france and greece made their anti-austerity feelings known last weekend and stock markets plunged. we ll have a panel on the big picture and what it means for politics in the west. then robert zellik will step down as head of the world bank. his exit interview here on gps. next we go to israel which has anoinlted a king. what in the world does it mean? and, finally, the curious case of the guy who has come to be known as american french fry brother. a cultural lost in translation all the way from china. you won t want to miss it. first, here s my take. everyone is looking at europe these days as economic and political protests mount across the continent. the downward spiral in europe has produced a great debate over the virtues of austerity. the idea that government with large budget deficits must reduce these deficits mainly by cutting spending. if they don t get their spending in order, they won t be able to borrow money and wil
Something everybody should have. but if you are looking at the target of alzheimer s, i don t think that is influenced by lifestyle. jamie: all right, doctor. interesting. eric: there is a new recommendation out this week we ll talk about that has to do with cholesterol screenings, whether or not they should start in childhood. we are talking about screenings for kids as young as 9 years old. what does the study say about that? well, you know, elevated cholesterol and abnormallnormald are risk factor for development of arterial sclerosis later in life. many doctors now believe that the earlier you start to correct the abnormalities the better it is. there is nothing magic about, magical about h-30 or 35 age 30 or 35. more doctors believe if you identify abnormal lipids,
Risk of heart problems in the future. because of what, doc? well, because of development of arterial sclerosis and it is important to have your children examined even at the age of 9. indications are that these warning signs to the 9 are indicators of vulnerability layer on and should be intercepted, at that stage. jamie: what are some of those warning symptoms. high blood pressure, basically, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and, at that stage, these are risk factors that ought to be identified and monitored and, when indicated, treated. eric: you can have high blood pressure as a kid? of course. not very often but the reason we don t identify it or know about it, we formally don t take blood pressure recordings in children,