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Why 70 million Americans are suffering from chronic pain
This week's TIME Magazine cover highlights chronic pain, a condition that affects more than 70 million Americans. Chronic pain is starting to be studied and treated as it's own condition and not merely a symptom of other ailments, as was the case in the past.
American Morning's Kiran Chetry talks to Jeffrey Kluger, Science Editor of TIME Magazine, about TIME's in-depth look at chronic pain and the best remedies for the condition.
Repetitive impact, not the big hit, of great concern
Dave Duerson, a former Chicago Bears safety, was found dead Thursday in Florida at the age of 50.
His death was ruled a suicide due to a gun-shot to the chest, according to the New York Times. Duerson's brain was left intact and, therefore, able to be examined for a brain injury called chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a wish he expressed to his family in text messages. Dr. Keith Black, M.D. is the Chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and talks to T.J. Holmes about Duerson's death and CTE.
Jane Velez-Mitchell says America's addicted
Charlie Sheen is in the news again after calling into a radio show and declaring his sobriety. In the interview on "The Dan Patrick Show" Monday, Sheen also talked about doing crack cocaine socially.
But Jane Velez-Mitchell says Sheen's situation is a "train wreck waiting to go off the rails". Velez-Mitchell is the host of HLN's "Issues" and the co-author of "Addict Nation: An Intervention for America". She talks to American Morning's Kiran Chetry about her own struggles with addiction and explains why she thinks America's addicted.
Coach steps up to the plate, donates kidney to player
Kevin Jordan was in need of a kidney but none of his family members proved to be a match. But Jordan, a Wake Forest baseball star, got the gift of a lifetime Monday when he received a kidney from his coach, Tom Walter.
The two tell their story to American Morning's Kiran Chetry.
Lay off the salt, ease up on the drinking, say new USDA guidelines
The USDA gives new guidelines this week for the food you put on your plate. The focus is less about specific foods and more about the ingredients inside the foods that make up a meal, especially sodium.
The recommendations encourage Americans to not only focus on what they eat, but on how they eat as well. The USDA says people need to cut back on salt, sugar and fat, trim their portion sizes and limit alcohol to one drink a day for women and two for men.
The guidelines, which are updated every five years, recommend that people over age 51, African-Americans and people with a history of hypertension, diabetes or kidney problems limit their daily salt intake to a little over a half a teaspoon. For everyone else, the daily recommendation remains at 2,300 milligrams - about one teaspoon of salt. But that could be tough. A cup of spaghetti and meatballs has approximately 1,000 milligrams of salt in it, and an average frozen meal can have 500 to 1,500 milligrams in just one serving.
Today on American Morning, chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta explains the new guidance on sodium and how the food industry will handle the recommendations.
How will you make the new guidelines work for your family's meals?
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords still progressing at 'lightning speed'
Doctors of Representative Gabrielle Giffords said that she is still progressing at "lightning speed" at a press conference yesterday afternoon. Giffords left intensive care for the first time yesterday. A major milestone in her road to recovery. Giffords will continue her long-term recovery at TIRR Memorial Hermann in Houston, Texas where Dr. Gerard Francisco is Chief Medical Officer. He talks with Kiran Chetry about Giffords' speech and physical rehabilitation.
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