dr. jo has a little more on that coming up later. and charley belcher is at metropolitan ministries. it's giving tuesday. how is it looking out this my friend? fan tampa's ache lot of traffic online. and that's what what i want to talk social media world its big deal to get a message out. we see that in the news almost every day, right? here you go. metropolitan ministries on facebook. just metropolitan ministries. you'll find them on instagram, it's at metro underscore min and then on the twitter at metro ministries. so find them on there #s metro. ##giving tuesday. and you come down here and make donation you go on snapchat. selfless giving. don't know what i'm talking about? bring somebody under the age of 30 with you they will explain it all to you. we'll take your money, take your food. we'll take your toys. we want to make holidays bright for those in need. fox 13 joined up with i've been thinking... this might be the one thing in the world you pull apart to come together. new papa john's cinnamon pull-aparts covered with cinna

march of dimes is wonderful. >> dr. jo. thank you. >> thank you. at the weather. >> we had a little bit of fog, that is gone.prest of the day i similar to yesterday. 67? tampa international. 65 apollo beach. 64 plant city. couple of spots 50s, crystal river, dade city 62. inland low to mid 60s. we know what is going to happen. sun is up. we are going to warm things upkeeping humidity in the moderate category. we haven't had southern still here it is, northeast wind. breezy along the coastline. northeast wind. all the equals same exact forecast as yesterday. mostly sunny and warm, 86? high temperature tonight. clear skies, mild, 68 overnight low. you will be cooler then that. then more tomorrow with your high temperature around 86?. still with the moderate chop, northeast wind at 15 knots. water temperature mid 70s. we have a seven-day forecast, fantastic. moderate humidity next few days. then front comes through friday. 30% rain chance, nothing significant. turns cooler and drier, 70s for morning. vanessa told us she is sleeping in. turning the clo

good morning, dr. jo. good morning. this is very, very interesting. so it turns out what's on your hand is on your phone. we've seen stories about bacteria, different things that grow out. well now they are looking at the chemistry of your hand matching it to your phone and the results are really amazing. they took samples from the fingertips and also the hand. matched them up to back and front of phone. they found out that they could detect minute quantities of so many different things, hair products, things like your eyedrops, anti fungals antidepressants it turns out that the drugs that use oar secreted out sweat glands and end up on our overtime it just compiles itself and so when they did these fingerprints on individuals, 39 of them, they found about a 5053 percent match up rate between what was on the phone and what was on their hand. >> you can match one to the other? >> yes. what are the practical applications of this knowledge now? they are really mind boggling. i spoke with a researcher at length yesterday of course forensic side. can't alw

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all right dr. jo. thank you. >> still lots more ahead ts morning including a wrong number that led to a thanksgiving meal invitation cool story that will warm your heart. final hanging up the hose after 30 years of fighting fires. jen is wrapping up her of saying thank you with lieutenant morgan. saying good bay to the job of an all of those years. that's coming up next. back to charley we go. man the food looked great that last segment. good food here. definitely good food. like you are. isn't it lovely? nice day. lovelying lovely morning i encourage you to get outside. we've stepped outside i call this maybe a patio or porch they call at that beer garden. this is the beer garden. where you come to brewery you you can come outs and enjoy your beverage we're wild rover in westchase. going to give you tour of this place. how three spaces come together as one place. stick around everybody. cg3)) dave, dave, dave.. look at this: 320 hey dave. are you looking? $320 million. nobody won the powerball. so it

lot to think about dr. jo. thanks. >> all right. shall we check in with dave? >> i think so. all right. what about the weather? outside in some spots. and it's that kind of up and down where we get tease for dry air for two or three days and then it warms right back up. hey 70 degrees in tampa as you walk outdoor here 8 o'clock. we get 68 in brandon plant city. 69 degrees in palm harbor you go to the north it's what, 63 degrees in inverness. they actually got down to the upper 50s. but all the hourly, hourly these hourly observations from the overnight. sarasota at 67. venice at 68. and also in mid to upper 60s along highway 27. so yeah. warmer than yesterday. some 4 to 7 degrees warmer than yesterday. although ocala is about 14 degrees warmer than yesterday. rain is up to the north. actually we wish i could bring more of this up there. but hey at least it's raining in parts of tennessee and some mountains and carolinas they desperately, desperately need it. tere's always n issue, right in here's the issue today weather. i know, it's late november. but there is an enhance the

loss dr. jo revisits a very familiar tampa icon which his wife who decided to under undergo lap band surgery together. big nasty tampa bay bucs most iconic fan. we met keith. and his wife debby in 2007. it was a year after they both had lap band surgery. i definitely ballooned up to 426 pounds. ironically a balloon like this placed around top of the stomach that helped he and wife dep shrink down. denny lost, 120 pounds. i used to wear these pants a lot to work. >> keith dropped 100 pounds. how you feel now is phenomenal. now ten years after their procedures we decided to check back with them. i got down to 275. sung enin raisin look i didn't feel comfortable about 325 he says he still feels better. before i was taking 6 shots a day for insulin. a lot best. and this might be funny but >> his goal loss 25 pounds. i'm not thins i originally got. i wasn't good i was looking a little ill in face debby dropped town to 135. today lap band is helping her stay one 00 bounds below her original weight.

dr. jo shows us what to look for and how doctors at usf are hoping to shed light on this serious disease. picture, i call it the monster in me. the story myrtle's life long battle unfolds. i've had it from head to toe. there there isn't part of my body that hans seen swelling at all act counselor to publicly show what condition called hae does to her. scenario brought it on was i got hit in the stomach with a table. and didn't think anything of it few hours later i proceeded to vom sxit get very, very ill. and very, very swal enand very, very big. so big doctors thought she was pregnant. dr. tom is an allergy specialist at the university of south florida. >> there's lot of people that that don't get diagnosed because they go to the emergency room. they have abdominal pain they don't have a lot of swelling that's visible. and often times those people if you don't think of it might have exploratory surgery or they get a problem since surgery can make symptoms worse. that's because people wi

dr. jo tells us what all parent need to know. >> a fun family trip to costa rica. >> horseback riding, zip lining and he and i swimd at a resort the last day. >> reporter: ended in a tragy >> you never get over it. jordan was our only child. we went from a 11-year-old and a loud house to an empty nest overnight. >> reporter: two day after coming home he complained of a headache and nausea. within a week he was dead. doctors thought he had a virus and discovered real problem, tiny microorganisms called ame pa was infecting his brain. >> reporter: when did you find out it was amay baa. he passed away. >> reporter: amoeba diagnosis is hard to diagnose and treat. >> to me it is frustrating. >> reporter: his orlando-based company makes a drug called improvido a drug that the cdc recommends to treat ame pa baa. the drug must be given quickly to work before it becomes fa fatal. twonl states warehouse the drug. >> the product exists here, orlando and that's correct. >> that's correct. >> reporter

but there is new hope dr. jo tells us what all parents need to know. >> a fun family trip to costa rica >> horseback riding a couple times. we did zip lining down mountain. he and i swam at the pool at the resort the last day. never envisioned. you never get out over it. jordan was our only child. we went from appear 11-year-old to loud house to empty nest overnight. two days after returning home jordan became plaining headache and nausea. within week he was dead. they discovered the real problem tiny mayo organism were affecting jordan's brain. when did you find out it was amoeba? >> about six and a half hours before he passed away. amoeba diagnose and treat almost always fatal. todd is committed to saving lives. to me it is very frustrating his orlando based company makes a drug cdc now recommends to treat amoeba. >> the drug must be given quickly for it to work. before irreversible swelling becomes fatal only two states warehouse the drug. so physically the product exists here in orlando and in indiana? two

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our dr. jo will explain. >> sorry, i had to have fun. >> what a voice? >> thank you. >> not yours, franks. >> it was the best ever. >> nice to be back outside. thanks for joining us. you don't need a jacket. clearwater. 72 st. petersburg. winter haven joining the 70 degree club at 9:00. 70 bradenton and sarasota as well. enjoy the sunshine. seasonably warm temps, vanessa, mid 80s. >> on the roadways, better look 275 southbound. we have been watching a couple of ho into the interchange. blocking this lane up at mlk jr. boulevard. we are starting to look better to the travel times, bearss to i-4. continue to expect the travel times now we have fewer cars on the roadway. >> breaking news out of baltimore. horrible head on collision between the school bus and computer bus. authorities confirm six died, seven overs seriously hurt. no students have died. we don't know if students were on the bus. right now we don't know what caused the accident. it is bad, it is awful. we'll get you any new developments as soon as we get it. >> it is not just the candidates co

no given time table at this point from the team but dr. jo, she has not looked at him ballparks six weeks being common among these type of injuries. football now the bucs have waived channing ward today. silver selinga the tackle played with the seahawks in the previous three years with new england. and the practice at he is trying to get back focusing on football and the fall out to sit. he issued a statement and did it in person. in the midst that coincided with military appreciation day. >> i don't want to bring that type of negative energy to my teammates. it felt awkward when i sat seeing the teammates stand up. i'm a team guy. i felt awkward. i will help the minority in different ways. >> the opponent this weekend the chiefs they are good. enforced fumbles. they had a pick six. and that jumps out on tape, you watch them the red zone inside of the 20. they -- they closed it down on you. they are aggressive with the hands. they get a lot of balls it is like they have four wide tough tacklers. they are impressive. you know what they did

dr. jo checks in with them at we traveled the world sampling the best cheese for two reasons and two, we got to each a bunch of really good cheese along the way. publix deli specialty cheese. over 36 varieties to fall in love with. think about your >>> think about the community there is a store nearby, doctor's office things people need but sarasota, they have never had a medical practice. and we report now doctors are moving into this under served area. >>> and jetson has worked in the area for 60 plus years. >> i'm always supporting something positive in the community. >> a change is coming to new town n less than a year this wit be transformed into the sarasota memorial building bringing primary doctors to new town, for a long time we dependent have access to sarasota memorial hospital, but that makes it even community. >> the practice will be made up of a teaching staff of sarasota memorial doctors from florida state and 13 resident physicians. they will work with those who are uninsu

and dr. jo has that. >> i know that you guys will have a test later. this class at brandon high school may look like any other class. title, one more minute. the schools requires all students to learn hands only cpr. that is a dream come true. >> it is important to catch them before they go off into the world where they' cure in the u.s. alone. >> we may never see them >> and we worry about it, the cases cardiac arrest in the home they may be practicing this on one in their own home. >> i have not been through the experience. he learned for the first time and it will be handy considering how much time he spends with his niece. >> i love i would not do >> a freshman baby sits her nephew and sees how it could play a role in her life. >> if the circumstances we were swimming or at the playground or something that is good to know, they find one of the oldest ways of cpr. >> staying alive. >> it is the best. >> number up with it has 100 positive message are you trying to keep that person alive. >> i didn't know how far you had to press into the chest. >> ed

dr. jo. >> kelly that reporter. he became a communications professor. three years ago he was diagnosed with lung cancer he was told he had a 50% chance of surviving 18 months. doctors didn't think chemo or radiation would and any timement they offered him an experimental drug that changed the course of just kept going away until the point the following april i was voled it would be in remission. and my cat scan several weeks ago said the cancer is nearly undetectable. so grateful is not a big enough word. >> a and chris draft toured the lung cancer center. he lost his wife to lung cancer in fraud 11. she was only 38 years old. so tonight he will sit with chris and team draft at the game to raise awareness. the goal is to have one lung cancer survivor at every stadium during the season, that's amazing. there is so much research going he looks great. >> and let's switch gears. nutella. >> a lot of people love it. it is a spread and asking the fda to make changes. what is going on there. >> it is a dessert topping or a spread? it is going through a bit of

dr. jo has that for us. >> reporter: the institutes of health has been working with doctors for years, using stem cells to treat the burn wounds some saw rebuilding of skin doctors are focusing the treatment on injured military members and civilians who have recently suffered a burn. >> we looked forward to advancing the trial towards our veterans who are who are impacted severely by injuries that they received during combat. >> adult stem cells donated by young battly donors can be applied to the burns through injection. >> the levels and stop the progression and the previous trials there is rebuilding of tissue, leroy james suffered a burn on his arm seven months ago. he received stem cell treatment. >> when you get burned you have a scar. i have no scar. >> it is stem cell. i have a burn on this arm i got >> and those conducting the trials at the university of miami say they are excited about the result so far. next they will focus on dosages for injuries. >> one of the things. >> and

for the team i'm dr. jo eat et. and it is become more popular for home healthcare. they can giend remotely in between. taking advantage. that technology. it makes a lot of sense for sure. indeed. still head night shots ring out at oklahoma city airport and tonight two people have died. the one link investigators are revealing 20 shooter and his victim. th firestorm in building in pasco county over plans to rezone school districts.... we'll hear from outspoken parents... tonight at eleven.??????? make your holidays more delicious. right now, when you buy $20 in gift cards... ...you get a $5.00 gift certificate for yourself. this season, unwrap disney magic... where smiles have no limit... and wonder fills the air. where joy is the reason for it all... and everything is better together. come share it all... ...at walt disney world resort. where holiday magic is endless. feel the magic again and again... ...become an annual passholder now and get 13 months >> coming up in just a few minutes at 11:00. an emotional appeal for a family to find a killer. >>> with his 1-mon

dr. jo tells you how it could save you from a dangerous situation. >>russell: and bass pro shop is ready to open. ? think of your fellow man. ? ? lend him a helping hand. ? ? put a little love in your heart. ? ? take a good look around... ? ? ...and if you're lookin' down, ? ? in your heart. ? (avo) the subaru share the love event is happening now and will have given ninety million dollars shopping.. the doors are >>> some are cooking others are shopping the doors are just opening and bass pro shops in thanksgiving message from our president-elect today. where mr. trump says our country should focus on for the future. from tampa bay's number one news station, this is good day tampa bay. >>> hey efshthdz it's 8 o'clock on this thanksgiving morning i'm russell rhodes. i'm laura moody. good morning. thanks for waking up with us it's a beautiful thanksgiving out there. let's check in with dave right now with look a forecast today and tomorrow, just nice and nicer, right? next two days, today and

dr. jo will talk about it. good morning. >> good morning. this is a very rare, rare thing. however, if it happens to you, happens to your child, minutes, seconds count and that's why i've talked to some of the parents who lost children. i've talked to steve, his son jordan died in 2014. what amoeba does, it's in every lake. it's in fresh water. it could be an underchlorinated pools and kids, especially young boys, love to jump and dive and do all sorts of things. what happens is when it gets up into the nose, that amoeba can take hold. that infection then spreads to a week. as far as jordan, he died within six days. he was exposed in an underchlorinated pool. they didn't know what was wrong with him. it wasn't until they drilled a hole in his skull that they found amoeba. >>laura: what caused them to look for help in the first place? >> nausea, vomiting, severe headaches. they had been on a trip to rica and then that's what occurred. but there is a drug. the drug is called impovedo and it's used to treat something else to it's fda approved but it's added to a cocktail of dr

. >> thank you very much, dr. jo. thursday night football. >> four days removed from the loss to the raiders. this reback at it tonight taking on the falcons. if you look over my shoulder we have the head coach. >> we have the top offense. amendment 1 is endorsed by florida's firefighters... because it does solar the right way. amendment 1 protects consumers from scams, and unsafe solar installations. safe solar for the sunshine state. vote yes on amendment 1. for the sun. i alone can fix it! bomb the [bleep] out of 'em. i'd like to punch him in the face. i like people that weren't captured, okay? he's a mexican! she ate like a pig... i moved on her like a [bleep] i love war. yes, including with nukes. blood coming out of her... they're rapists... wrong. there has to be some form of punishment. such a nasty woman. i wanna be unpredictable. ...on 5th avenue and shoot somebody... she's a slob... i don't remember! and you can tell them to go [bleep] themselves! priorities usa action is responsible for the content of this

if you don't know someone who and dr. jo's with us this morning to talk about flu season. in florida. joette i've got three people in my life. three who are fighting something right now. and at least one of them ghost at bad case of the flu. no it's here. its here. thankfully we don't have very high numbers. still below normal we would potentially expect but we're seeing those curves creep up. ep pinellas in hillsborough we're seeing those trends are increasing. more people coming in with they call stwlaun la like illness into emergency departments. so yes, i ink that what you have characterized is probably going to be occurring more and more. and remember, we get a lot of travelers around thanksgiving time. we're going to various places in the country. so we definitely tend to see that bump. remember it takes two weeks for the flu shot to become effective. if you're thinking about getting it you want to get it it's time. yeah very, very troubling rsv or respiratory virus weaver seen an outbreak in nursing home. we're seeing larger numbers of children with this then we hav

dr. jo tsz haley wasn't bu bullied by all of her class hates. a group of fifth graders made an anti-bully squad where they waited for her to get off the >> that's so great. >>> nike's self-lacing shoes from the "back to the future" movie are about to hit the ?? know you have a dedicated advisor and team who understand where you come from. ?? know you can craft an investment plan as strong as your values. ?? know that together, you can establish a meaningful legacy with the guidance and support a sad update >>> a sad update from orange county. a bald eagle rescued from a storm drain has died. two eagles were fighting over territory and somehow became entangled in the storm drain. one bird flew away, but an injured female was cared for by vet. it had fluid around its heart and abdomen and passed away the officers graduated this afternoon in north straw park and demonstrated different obstacles the horses go through and why they're vital to the police department and community. they go through crowds and get to where they need to be very quickly. >>

thank you, dr. jo. >> thanks, laura. >>russell: it's 7:40 right now. bosses across country are going to be happy today because fewer of us will be shopping online during business hours. cyber monday is over. it was histic sales just yesterday. another 5.3 billion during the four-day weekend. 122 million people bought something online from thursday through yesterday. for amazon, that equals 629 items to ship every second. i did pretty good this year. i toned it back. >>laura: it's a -- it's early. in a recent survey, 93% of americans knew about black friday but just 18% are familiar with something called giving tuesday. >>laura: it's fairly new. less than five years old. walter allen is at the metropolitan ministries right now, the tent to pasco county to tell us about what it is. try to let the people know. good morning, walter. >>walter: good morning to you. yeah. we hear about metropolitan ministries in tampa all the time but we very their campus here in pasco county. and it shows we need to get the word out, right? these are the shelves. these are s

but a new setting them up- to dr. jo has that story. >>> and an i know you're a test later on housh long class a brandon high school may look like any other class. before you get to go home you have test on those numbers. after this lesson students will carry a new title. >> one more minute. life savers. just turn and put your hand in it hillsborough county schools requires all students to learn hands only cpr before they graduate. kind of like a dream. you know come to fulfillment. appear important to catch young people before they go off into world where more than 350,000 cases cardiac arrest occur each year in rust alone. we may never see them again we want to take whatever chance we have to communicate the information to save a life. the, cardiac arrest. and a practicing this in on someone in their own household. i feel excited because i never been through experience before. >> justin hester learning cpr for first time. the lesson will come in handy especially considering how much time he spends with his niece. i

dr. jo is talking about a marker that could alert parents and hey! there you go... there's no more room. oh look who's here! i know i had one more... hmmm... more. how's it looking? 20 more minutes... 8, 9... we need 1 more yes... let's enjoy. we need more rolls and she became friends with every animal she met. it's getting late, grandma should go. one more? in the end, all we really need more of, is each other. happy thanksgiving from publix. a mistaken invitation. leads to a heart-warming >>> a mistaken invitation leads to a heart warming story and an

dr. jo has that story. >> this is what a desert looks like. but it's not water that this sulphur springs neighborhood lacks. >> the produce around here, it's not so great. most of the kids don't even know where to get vegetables from. >> a food desert is an area at least one mile from the nearest grocery store and the tampa bay that's why twice a month, paul johnson comes here. >> do you have grill it, man. >> to the ymca veggie van. >> three tomatoes, three onions, three sweet potatoes. >> it's a mobile marketplace bringing fruits and venl tanls to underserved communities. >> it's only a dollar. >> all of this planning, it saves a lot. you buy maybe about $6 worth of food for $1. that's pretty good. >> rowen says without the veggie van, people who live in these areas don't have many options when it comes to fresh foods. >> these families depend on the corner stores for shopping and in the corner stores, there's no healthy alternatives. if they're going to buy fruits and vegetables, it's outrageous. it's cheaper to buy soda and chips. >> banan

our dr. joe. and a dramatic rescue. police officers race to rescue two people trapped in a burning i never shop without a list. and at publix what's on the list also happens to be what's on sale. stuff you actually want... on sale! isn't that something? that's how i save at publix. how 'bout you? you know what i love? when i see all the savings at the bottom of my receipt. it's proof that i'm a smart shopper. which is why i always show it to my wife. how 'bout you? million dollar home was broken publix. where shopping is a pleasure. into last week.. now bucs >> his home was broken into last week and joe mccoy is speaking out for the first time since the what is he saying? >> he's showing a lot of compassion towards the accused robber. his father, gerald mccoy sr was home at the time and suffered from a fractured wrist in the scuffle with the teenager. mccoy says his family is safe and they're trying to move on. police say the 17-year-old got in through an unlocked door at mccoy's home in the

tonight dr. jo will show you how seeing a doctor has gone high-tech even for life-threatening events. we explore the booming world of telemedicine tonight. >>> stocks climbed today as the price of oil made the the dow gained 51 points and nasdaq 57 and s&p climbing 16. in your hollywood headlines tonight, big names about to hit the road. pink shares a surprise on instagram, but first we start with dwayne "the rock" johnson. he's been named people magazine's the sexiest man alive for a year. they call him sweet, smart and sculpted. in august forbes named him one bringing in just under $65 million last year. well-done. surprise, pink is pregnant. the singer came out of hiding on saturday to announce she's expecting her second child with hart and posting instagram selfies supports a several mont along baby bump. bruno mars hits the road. an iconic boy banders new kids on the block to men and paula abdul. that starts next summer. the total package tour and bruno mars have stops in tampa. >> i would l

today, dr jo explores gastric bypass - the most invasive form of weight loss surgery >>> raul and henry are identical twins. they've been in inseparable their entire lives. time. weird. about identical then gej get they blame 480 pound weight on their love of food. we're fat because we eat. simple as that. to reverse that trend both underwent gastric bypass surgery in september 2006. after surgery the twins will have had their stomach size reduced from about this size to this size. but that's only the beginning of the weight loss process. >> merry christmas. that three months later at their christmas party. >> eating smaller portions helped them drop 100 pounds. >> one year later they lost 230 pounds and opened restaurant in west tampa. fast forward to today, the restaurant's expanded and so has the menu. we change menu every friday and saturday. every week something different. along with old tampa traditions like pastas smothered in crab >> now we come up with a guava pie and man man go pie which nobody has. we gained 70 or 80 pounds back. almost ten years of owning restaurant. you tes

. >> since the bay area's first dispensary opened last summer, our dr. jo discovered a number of people seeking and getting immediate relief. >> the first experience i had -- >> suzanne has a painful eye condition called beb and is >> the muscles around your eye including your eyelid, they want to slam shut. >> gary's 23-year-old daughter caitlin has had small pettit mall seizures since birth. >> most of them are while sleeps and she'd had 15 to 20. >> pat's military experience left him with severe ptsd. >> i had trouble sleeping and my hands started shaking. and taboo treatment, medical marijuana. pat buys his capsules at true leaf. >> my hands are steady as a rock. before they were very, very shaky. i can write. i can eat soup. >> dr. kathy anderson is path's fis physician. while she believes medical marijuana is changing lives, not everyone is on board. it's not a prescription or an over-the-counter for 50 patients. for many it's delivered right to their door. frst they have to qualify for compassionate use in the state of florida. >> the majority of

we wanted to bring dr. jo in to talk about this, so much to talk about here. let's start with basics. what is the psa level? so it's prostate specific antigen. when you get this psa test that is something that's produced in the prostate gland. so it's specific for that. but it can go up and down depending on lots of different things. so person with cancer their psa maybe low. called bph an enlargement prostate sgland or infection oh some sore inflammation that prostate psa goes up. so that's not cancer. so it's not very specific. and that really is where we have a big problem. >> yeah as to how big a predictor how accurate or reliable a predictor that is. as it relates to prostate cancer. yeah. and if you go online, and you look at you know the national institutes of health they've got great graphic. they show u you get that screening test. so this is from men that are aged 55 to 69. if you screen a,000 men about 100 to 120 are will have false positive. that means anxiety. they will biopsy. they may have a complication from that biopsy. and then, about 110 wil

fox 13 dr. jo takes us into the booming world of telemedicine. >>> and close your eyes and hold your arms out there for me. this is a simulation in trinity medical center er. i'm assuming patient already had ct scan is that correct? right s ct-scan it. neurologist knee ma is virtually assessing a mock stroke patient. from his office in forth meyers 140 miles away. >> as we know what patients have a stroke, the clock is ticking. this suggests almost nearly two million nerve cells did i every minute serve brain cells goal is to start them within 60 minutes after patient's hit the door. but first they need a thorough work up. telemedicine we can multi dabbing and to very man wait ct-scan and waiting for patient to get prepared and we can be looking ago at the same time er physician says the teleneurologist not only helped expedite process increased number of patients getting clot busters. >> definitely something we improved way we take care of stroke patient by leaps and west florida. >> he says th

dr. jo has that story. >> reporter: this is what a desert looks like. but not water that this sul very springs neighborhood la lacks. >> it's not so great. mostly kids don't know where to get this from. >> reporter: a food desert is an area one mile from the them. that's why twice a month, paul johnson comes here. >> you got to grill it. a different flavor. >> reporter: to the ymca veggie van. >> three tomatoes, three on onions, three sweet potatoes. >> reporter: a mobile marketplace bringing fresh fruits and vegetables to underserved community for very small fee. >> own $1. >> saves a lot. you buy maybe about $6 worth o it is very good. >> reporter: program director says without the veggie van, people who live in these areas don't have many options when it comes to fresh food. >> these families depend on the corner stores for shopping, and in the corner stores, there is no healthy alternatives, and if they are going to buy fruits and vegetables, outrageous the price. turns out cheaper to buy soda and chips versus getting apples and oranges. >> bananas,

dr. jo hope you had a nice holiday. i did, thank you. we're talking about toys. we need to need these things as we start to shop for kids be mindful of these things. let's start with first thing which is, the most dangerous thing are button battery and magnets. >> yeah. button battery and magnets are number one on my list of caution. these things younger children can swallow. they are small and round very easy to swallow and highly very quickly. 6 to eight hours and can eat through esophagus. and cause tremendous damage. many of toys have these in them. ooern the cards that play music that are all fun when you open them up those button batteries are very easily accessible. magnets are dangerous you swallow two of them they get in invest anyones they want to find each he can eat their way right through intestines find if they are there just be cautious especially with younger children. about, foam toys everyone thgz foam toys are gate but they can dangerous. they are pellet gurneys different things we see lot of eye injuries right after christmas. so think about t

dr. jo has more on pediatric cancer and what parents can do to be proactive. >>> michael buble has asked for privacy so we don't know what kind of cancer his son noah is battling, all we know is that noah is 3 years old and discovered in his neck. childhood cancers different than those in admults freq frequency. thankfully they are not as common. certain cancers that are more common in kids. include cancer of the blood, nervous tissue and limp nodes. like noah, one sign of cancer is a lump or a mass that can be found in places like the neck, abdomen, armpit or maybe even the groin; however, they can also be the result of an infection and another nonmalignant cause, so don't if your child is constantly tired, weak or irritable or is complaining of persistent belly or head pain, especially combined with nausea, probably something that you do want to discuss with your pediatrician. cancers in kids can also show up in the eye. one type looks white behind the pupil. sometimes it shows up in a

dr. jo is here now to discuss that. good morning. >> good morning. >>laura: boy, it changes. a story said that facebook causes depression among younger people. now it's showing you can live longer. >> those people who were using facebook, this was done a few years ago so pre-election. i have to say that. they found they had 12% less likely to die. now, there were certain caveats within the study and these were people that were moderate users. they found that the extremes, when they posted way too much or didn't post at all, those were associated with a little more increased mortality. at was their interactions so if they've been tagged in several photos, for example, or posted photos, it really showed perhaps that they had outside social lives which we know is correlated with decreased mortality. that's social support system. so that was one of the things they looked at and then they looked at friend acceptances. the more friends you accept, the more people reaching out to you perhaps, that also was mortality. >>laura: on social gratification here. is that -- >> yeah. social

. >> joing us now dr. sharon mcquillan. she's a board-certified physician specializing in preventative medice and clinical research. doctor, tell me about the studies on omega xl. >> we have many different studies that have been conducted over 30 yes, and the studi are reliable. all of these studies on joint discomfort are conducted in a clinical setting witmedical researchers, and they qualify as very good science. i, as a clinical researcher and a physician, am really impressed with the aunt science that we have. when i first became interested in the product, i asked the company to supply me with the scientific studies, and i was overwhelmed by how much science this product had, especially compared to most natural products and many pharmaceutical products >> before i ever tried the product, before i prescribed it to my patients, before i recommended it to my friends and my family and before i actually taught many other physicians about the product, i had to viewll of the clinical research and make sure that it was valid,

his spokesperson says dr. carson never wanted the role in the administration. >> new at 4:00, head of the securities and exchange commission is stepping down early before the trump administration takes over. mary jo what it has been working to imimplement financial reform. many of these reforms the president-elect trump has said he'll roll back. among the reforms trump is frank, a bill that assures for wall street accountability and transparency. the team at the sec was -- his term was not up for another three years. mike pence meeting with the republican governors from around the country including massachusetts governor charlie baker. baker sat next to pence yesterday at the republican governor's association meeting in orlando, florida, pence tweeting this photo that you see here saying it was a great meeting discussing president-elect trump's plans to work with the states. >> what a difference a week makes. they were at odd most of thee election but today signs of the ice between meeting discussing the presi

>> that was our dr. jo