a blockage here would cause a stroke and would be a sign i m at increased risk for heart attack. unless you do the imaging and advanced testing, you are really playing russian roulette with your life. your body needs cholesterol. actually makes it. it is in the lining of every cell in your body. the liver sends out ldl cholesterol and when everything works right the good, hdl, salvages excess ldl and brings it back to the liver. you also get cholesterol in foods, things like meat, french fries, eggs, butter, desserts, ice cream. your cholesterol number is a good measure of what s in the blood. but here s the problem it doesn t tell if you it is building up in the walls of your blood vessels forming plaque. it s the plaque that causes heart attacks. if you look in the coronary care unit at people that have heart attacks, the cholesterol levels of those who have heart attacks versus those in the
total price tag more than $50 billion. our money would be better spent years ahead of this to prevent him from getting to this point. prevent ever getting to this point. that is precisely my goal. for me, and for you, the last heart attack. the doctor has guaranteed he can see trouble coming, years in advance, well, before i d need surgery, if i do the right tests. so here is where the blood is flowing. he s using ultrasound to look for plaque in the carotid artery leading to the brain. a blockage here would cause a stroke and would be a sign i m at increased risk for heart attack. unless you do the imaging and advanced testing, you are really playing russian roulette with your life. your body needs cholesterol. actually makes it. it is in the lining of every cell in your body. the liver sends out ldl cholesterol and when everything works right the good, hdl, salvages excess ldl and brings it back to the liver. you also get cholesterol in foods, things like meat, french
attacks. an audacious goal but there are new things out there, new tests and a new take on cholesterol. and a man who suffered from dyslexia so debilitating that his mother had to read his schoolwork out loud. and we talk about human evolution. news about the terrorist attacks of 9/11 and what they re still doing to us ten years later. in new york when the twin towers fell, thousands of men and women raced to help. you ve seen these images. they spent weeks on what we came to call the pile, clearing rubble and digging for survivors. manufacture the rescue workers blame the smoke, the dust for all sorts of health issues, including breathing problems and even cancer. i ve been investigating this for several months. i ll tell you, it s controversi controversial. but this week, a new study out says the cancer link is real, at least for firefighters and other patients say this could just be the tip of the iceberg. we have a boy scout camp at the top of that mountain there.
plus, a man who suffered a debilitating disease and his mom has to read things to him out loud. first, news about the terrorist attacks of 9/11 and what they are still doing to us ten years later. in new york when the twin towers fell, thousands of men and women raced to the pile to dig for survivors. many of the rescue workers blame the dust and debris for the breathing problems and cancer. i have been investigating this for several months. it is controversial. a new study out says the cancer link is real. at least for firefighters. other patients say that could be the tip of the iceberg. ernie valabona is a former vice cop with the new york city police department. these partners arrived at ground zero within minutes of the collapse. we were watching the teams of firefighters going in with their tools and packs. they would disappear. from the distance i am to you? where your hand, your partner would disappear. i had to grab on to him. i had to hold on to the hood of