as andrea roane shows us, there is a new technology using radiofrequency waves to do just that. >> i tried nutri system. i tried the high protein, the low carb, the high carb, exercising. >> reporter: karen fritz of ocean city, maryland, everything right. they exercises and eats well, but like a lot of us there are those last few pockets of fat she just can't get rid of. >> i just need that little extra thing to take away those extra few unwanted pounds and inches. >> reporter: because she's not excessively overweight and leads a healthy lifestyle, karen is a perfect candidate for a new technology called vanquish. she met with the team called d.c. derm docs to reach her goal. >> this is a totally new class of radiofrequency devices in which it targets the fat in a broad area over the abdomen and the flanks in a single session. >> reporter: the device is placed directly over the stomach and heat pulses go through the layers of skin causing changes to the fat cells. patients are asked to drink lots of water before treatments. >> karen drank 2 liters of water the day before today and sh

. >> reporter: andrea roane, wusa9. >> don't know about that. you said you weren't sure if you wanted to actually turn that part of your brain off. experts are researching the use of electrical stimulation with other addictive substances including cigarettes, alcohol and drugs. >>> a new dementia study questions the advice on taken certain supplements. researchers are saying taking vitamin b12 and folic acid apparently does not cut the risk of developing dementia. in one of the largest studies to date there was no difference in memory test scores between those who had taken those supplements for two years and those taking a placebo. >>> according to a new report, nearly 1 million americans visit the doctor each year for eye infections often related to wearing contact lenses. microviral keratitis? an infection with bacteria. you can avoid the trouble by keeping your lenses clean and not wearing them overnight. >>> wusa9 wants to help you find the lowest gas prices. tonight we're checking in hyattsville where you can find the cheapest gas at sunoc

. >> but andrea roane explains in tonight's health alert this season also has some folks keeping an eye on their medicine cabinet. >> reporter: checking the forecast for rain, snow or shine is a common routine for many of us and we agree bad weather can be a pain in the neck. >> it's been a horrible few weeks. >> reporter: but for sharra simon of arlington the forecast can predict real pain. >> i hate when you hear on the weather area of low pressure is coming in or an area of high pressure is coming in. those are phrases i don't like to hear. >> reporter: this time of year changes in pressure leads to severe headaches for sharra. this is something she's dealt with her entire life. >> headaches are influenced by many factors in our environment. >> reporter: changes in barometric pressure have been shown to trigger headaches, but that's not all. environmental changes can affect the brain depending upon how sensitive that brain is to begin with. >> it can be extreme humidity or it could be extreme dry conditions. it could be wind speed or temperature, precipitation. >> reporter: each seas

four times later you're skinny again and it's awesome. >> reporter: andrea roane, wusa9. >> wow. the four treatments combine cost an average of about $2,000. insurance does not cover it. also it's important to note the food and drug administration is allowing vanquish to be used off label as a fat reduction device. how long it lasts depends on your lifestyle and eating habits. >> what's the name of that again? >>> in tonight's technology news home depot is out with more disturbing information about that data before he last april. remember this? it was even worse than we thought. after investigating home depot found hackers stole 53 million customer e-mail addresses and then plugged malware into the company's computer network. the hackers got in by using a username and password they stole from a company vendor, ouch. >>> google glass promises a visual experience on the move. the catch? the new study out of the university of california san francisco sucks the structure of the glasses -- suggests the structure of the glasses, not the software, may hinder your peripheral vision creat

. >> in our health alert andrea roane tells us about a heart risk for the 29 million americans who have type 2 diabetes. >> reporter: more than 9% of the u.s. population has diabetes and the centers for disease control and prevention estimates that one in four people with the disease don't even know they have it. >> there's another 86 million americans on the verge of developing diabetes. >> reporter: dr. griffin rogers says a huge danger lurks for those with diabetes or those who are prediabetic. it's an increased risk for heart disease and stroke, but dr. rogers says there are ways diabetics can lower their chances for further complications. >> we start with what we call the abcs of diabetes. >> reporter: the a stands for a13, a blood test that shows the average blood sugar levels over the past three months. >> it's a little different than the standard finger stick in which one is measuring your blood glucose instantaneously because we find this a1c is a better indicator of the complications of the risk for the disease. >> reporter: b stands for controlling blood pressure and the c st

. >>> hello, i'm andrea roane. heavy rain has moved out of the area but we maintain our yellow alert. >> the rain messed up the commute. all that stuff is to the east. i'm tracking this activity in the shenandoah valley and another line of showers out in west virginia. there's a lot of energy there. seen a couple of thunderstorms pop just south of pittsburgh and back in western west virginia. right now while it's real quiet in d.c., look toward the shenandoah valley, mainly south of 66 now. this is where we're seeing new development of showers. nothing in the thunderstorm nature yet. but all this is moving east about 20, 25 miles an hour approaching the blue ridge west of culpeper now out toward the valley. and we have to watch this because two to four hours from now, between 2:00 and 4:00, we're going to have some of this stuff coming into the metro. so front royal, it's coming toward you out of woodstock, mount jackson, luray. even the winchester area we have this lone shower going to track toward martinsburg and

that was the goal today at the kennedy center and our andrea roane was at the program. scenes were performed by the washington national opera. the children got to learn about costumes and makeup and special effects all for the stage. >>> remember dugiehauser md? this little girl is 2. check out what she already knows about your inside? >> is that your lung? o [ >> your stomach with your food. >> she knows all about those kidneys, doesn't she. they make you pee in the potty. where could she have possibly learned all this stuff? at the brliary in her hometown of plano, texas. city officials are so impressed by the little girl they plan to use the family's home video to help promote local libraries. she's smart as a button there. >> and cute as a button. >> that's what i meant to say. >>> crispy fall weather on the way. topper says reliability, is now an american thing. introducing the all new chrysler 200. america's import. >>> when you see those two words polar vortex, we sort of start flashing back to a not so happy time around here. >> i get cold just thinking about i

. >> as andrea roane reports, new research shows your blood type may reveal a whole lot more about you than you may think. >> red, that's just about all i know. >> the blood type is b positive. >> o positive. >> reporter: many people know their blood type, but what they may not know is that their type may predict certain health risks. >> i wouldn't be surprised because they're learning more and more about everything. >> reporter: a series of new studies found connection between blood type and health problems. one study followed 77,000 people for 20 years and found those with type a blood had a 5% increased risk for heart disease compared to those with type o. those with type b, an 11% increase and with type ab blood a 23% increased risk. >> i think if we know someone who has this blood time, perhaps we'd be even more aggressive with their cardiovascular risk factors. >> reporter: another study linked blood type to attention and memory problems. following middle aged americans for three years testers found type ab blood nearly doubled the odds of having cognitive difficulties. >> we wan

i'm andrea roane. temperatures for most of us dropped well below freezing before the sun rose annual the sun hasn't -- and the sun hasn't done much for warm things up. here's howard bernstein with the first alert forecast. >>> we should be in the 50s. we have all sorts of problems. i want to talk about the winds first. they've been howling. 44 mile an hour gust in gaithersburg at 10. we're gusting near 40 in hagerstown now. 35 in gaithersburg and near 30 in the metro. gusts not as strong but a very breezy day. when you factor in the arctic air mass, yeah, that's when it's tough to be outside. bright sun now. look at the temperatures. 34. we may get a couple more degrees. might get 37 but it's not going to feel like that in washington. we're still only in the mid-20s near the mason-dixon line. mid-30s south. yeah, got some low 30s in cambridge. the wind chills is what's killing us today. wind chills in the teens and 20s and they're going to stay here all day long. we may set some record lows tonight. i'

i'm andrea roane. we begin with an arctic blast that's baring down on us from the midwest. winter doesn't officially start for another 41 days, but this is the scene in minnesota this afternoon. when all is said and done, the twin cities may be buried under more than a foot of snow. a winter storm warnings that been issued until noon tomorrow. we have more on snowy minneapolis. >> reporter: in minneapolis, transportation crews are preparing for heavy snow during monday morning's commute. expected to blanket the area with up to a foot before it's finished. >> we'll be out maintaining the roadways for the traffic and we'll keep at it as long as we need to. >> reporter: the system is now pulling frigid air along with it plunging much of midwest into a deep freeze. meteorologists say heavy snow will hit from montana to michigan. freeze warnings are even expected to dip as far south as texas and oklahoma. in all, the system will affect five million people in its path. >> we'll have a big impact to air travel d road travel. winter coming very early and this pattern is going nowhe

i'm andrea roane. much colder weather. plus some evening showers, even some snow flakes in some parts. it adds up to a yellow alert day later this evening. first alert meteorologist howard bernstein is here with the forecast. >> it's a marginal yellow alert. we have a few showers. a yellow alert is issued when the weather is going to be incons conveniences, nuisance sort of weather -- inconvenience, nuisance sort of weather. look at the 20s and 30s. there's a ton of cold air. this stuff will be around for a while. that is -- well, if you like the mild stuff, that is unfortunate. we're talking about this air moving in. what's happening with the yellow alert, we've got this moisture coming in from the southwest. this will get here later on this afternoon. i've got to kick my computer. what's going to happen we enter 5:00, 6:00, maybe 3:00 toward i- 81, we'll see rain showers. higher elevations west, they'll mix with some flakes and these will be with us till midnight or so late tonight upper 20s and low 30s. there's a slight

i'm andrea roane. a year's worth of snow in four days. that's what people in some areas of paralyzedup state new york are trying to cope with this morning r this afternoon. even people in areas used to it like buffalo were caught off guard withnearly 6 -- where nearly 6 feet of snow fell in the city. >> reporter: there is already more than 5 feet of snow on the ground in parts of buffalo and more is on the the way. >> that's a year's worth of snow in four days, three days. >> reporter: waves of blinding lake effect snow paralyzed drivers forcing hundreds to ride out the storm in their vehicles. there was so much snow, some plows couldn't make it through. temperatures dropped to record lows. police found one driver dead in his car. >> a 46-year-old male in the town of alden. the car was buried under approximately 12 to 15 feet of snow. >> reporter: officials are urging people to stay home. first responders are having a tough time. one crew carried a patient through several feet of snow to a hospital blocks away. it's no longer snowing here

as andrea roane reports, new research shows your blood type can reveal a lot more about you than you might think. >> o positive. >> d positive. >> reporter: many people know their blood type, but what they may not know is that their type may predict certain health risks. >> i wouldn't be surprised. >> reporter: a series of new studies found connections between blood type and health problems. one study followed 77,000 people for 20 years and found those with type a blood had a 5% increased risk for heart disease compared to those with type o. those with type b, an 11% increase and with type ab blood a 23% increased risk. >> i think if we know someone who has this blood type, perhaps we'd be even more aggressive with their cardiovascular risk factors. >> reporter: another study linked blood type to attention and memory problems. following more than 17,000 middle aged americans for three years testers found type ab blood nearly doubled the odd of having cognitive difficulties. >> we want people being more active. >> reporter: but dr. drew ramsey recommends those people make lifestyle ch

i'm andrea roane. we're under a red alert because after snowstorm that's pounding some parts of our viewing area. here in d.c. moderately snowing so far. bern ben and topper shutt are tracking the winter weather -- howard bernstein and topper shutt are tracking the winter weather. >> i've been watching the storm since early this morning when it started as rain. but the cold air has moved in. all the white here, that is snowing. some areas in southern maryland not showing up have reported snow in la plata and waldorf. we've had heavier bands. it's been cold enough to bring the cold air to the surface and we have turned over to snow. i wouldn't be surprise if sleet is nexting in across charles and calvert. harding county, we've had some areas with over a foot of snow. really incredible in the higher elevations. locally the snow is on top of us. you see how it's brighter here? this is a heavier band of snow. we even had reports of thunder in places like baltimore and cecil county toward philly. this will

at 6:00 i'm andrea roane. >> and i'm mike haiduk. we begin with weather and traffic. beverly farmer is live in the silver spring traffic center. >> mike, andrea wet, sloppy ride. a few problems out on the roadways. southbound lanes of 270 already slowing. in the camera there sod past the truck scales, sea the incident on the right side of the roadway. delays coming down out of urbana. getting past what looks like to be a new accident. westbound side of seminary road approaching 395. you have got to deal with a crash, a tractor trailer involved there. westbound on seminary road. one lane is able to squeeze past the screen of the crash. beltway landover, true lanes are open word of the bw parkway near 32. howard how about that wet weather is that. >> we are talking about rain, could be moderate to heavy. mid to late afternoon. the snow on the back side, but nowhere near us. look at the yellow from huntsville to atlanta. we have a ways to go. then it is going to dry out and turn colder. southwest to northeast. not everybody seeing it right now but it certainly is coming.

. >> reporter: she's andrea roane list at the adobe systems, crunching the numbers for the online shopping trends, found on thanksgiving that retailers will discount items by 24% on average. a bit better than black friday when shoppers will see a 23% discount. on cyber monday, items only slashed by about 20%. there's another reason to shop online on thanksgiving day, you'll get a better shot of getting what you want. on cyber monday they would be five times out of stock. >> especially for the hottest gifts. it's the item 6. and for kids it will be anything related to disney's blockbuster hit frozen. >> there's a frozen coat, perfect for his cousin. >> reporter: she will be keeping her laptop closed at hand. in new york, cbs news. >> and we have the ultimate black friday shoppers guide on the wusa9 news app that you can find links to the top ten door busters, plus details on when they would plan on opening and outsmarting the black friday hackers. it's all on the app, which will be free on google and the apple store. >>> for anyone that will be going out shopping, doing the most important t

. >>> and a special good morning to andrea roane. last night she emceed the knockout abuse against women charity gala in the past 20 years the event raised more than $6 million. for local charities, there she is doing her thing there. that's what the organization has done, virginia governor terry mcauliffe won the first ever break the silence award recognizing his advocacy for well's rights including keeping women's centers open in virginia. >> hopefully andrea is sleeping and relaxing. so good to see her out there. >> 1:00 she was talking -- yesterday. >> i believe it. >> she would have got like that much sleep. >>> so if you wake up some places you could see a little bit of snow dusting or maybe a smidge -- >> that was in the form of rain and temperatures really dropped off a little bit too late. it's gone. the sun is going to be out shortly and good just cold friday. a look outside right now. light on the eastern horizon ahead of the 6:50 sunrise and a great deal of sun today. 42 by lunchtime and only about 44, 45. it's going to t

in tonight's health alert andrea roane shows us how researchers are working on a way to reprogram the brain and stop those cravings. >> reporter: it looks like something out of a science fiction movie, but this device may actually be the key for ending food cravings forever. nagging cravings always seem to be for some of the most fattening foods are impossible to ignore. >> you just need to turn it off, but i think most people tend not to and just kind of keep feeding the craving. >> reporter: experts say it's a vicious cycle. the more you give into your cravings, the more you crave them, not unlike other ctaddiions. >> so much similar to alcohol, marijuana. some people really do get hooked. >> reporter: doctors know all about cravings, but now scientists may have a way to stop them using this device. it was originally designed to help stroke victims. >> if we can change the brain activity, can we change that craving behavior? >> reporter: here's how. a low intensity electrical current passes through these electrodes placed on both sides of the scalp. the current targets the specific

i'm andrea roane. >> happy monday. i'm mike hydeck. we begin with weather and traffic. beverly farmer is live in the traffic center in silver spring. they kicks it off. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. mike and andrea, our issue this morning, the water main break, ongoing repairs newspaper aspen hill where the southbound -- repairs up in aspen hill where the southbound lanes are impacted. southbound on georgia avenue, the right side of the roadway blocked. sky 9 has been showing us pictures. deep holes still in the ground but they continue to work. southbound on georgia thru lanes are able to get by on the left side but your access to southbound connecticut and the far right lane remain blocked through the morning rush hour. connecticut avenue itself is not impacted any longer. 270 south your delays getting into clarksburg, as you make your way south of hyattstown into clarksburg, germantown, gaithersburg, rockville, just building volume. lanes have been open on the stretch of southbound 270. la plata, they're clearing up the crash on 225 hawthorne road west at

i'm andrea roane. >> glad you're with us. i'm mike hydeck. we begin with weather and traffic. beverly farmer starts us off with road conditions. bev? mike is on. headed around town right now, we are checking out the ride for you. so far so good as far as incidents are concerned. not too many to tell you about. one crash closing a stretch of washington boulevard west of 395. that's going to be closed at columbia pike until further notice. as far as the beltway south of town is concerned, lanes are open for you across the wilson bridge. checking out the ride to the southwest freeway and d.c. 295 kenilworth here, volume is light at eastern avenue. it's just building from berning road to head on to the -- benning road to head on to the 11 rght street bridge. -- 11th street bridge. heaviest volume 66 gets you through manassas and northbound 95 to head both into quantico and into woodbridge at this point. that's a look at the ride. howard has our forecast, our frigid forecast. >>> brutally cold for this time of year. this should be cold for january. so really cold stuff. we should b

i'm andrea roane. happy thanksgiving. >>> i'm nick giovanni in for mike hydeck. let's go straight to allyson with a look at your forecast. [ no audio ] >> we are seeing visibilities lower. i-81 about a quarter mile visibility. dense fog will be in place till 9:00 when we start to heat things up, heat being relative. passing off to our south we are dealing with a couple of flurries and sprinkles through warrenton and manassas. farther south you go if you traving down through southern parts of virginia, you're going to deal with a little bit more rain there. temperatures today, it's cold out there no matter where you're going across pennsylvania or west virginia, virginia. 32 for cumberland and 31 for williamsport. it is going to abcold thanksgiving but a -- to be a cold thanksgiving but a nice one. lots of sunshine starting to poke out by the afternoon. as you're kind of heading back for the leftovers, we're going to see temperatures drop to about 40 degrees by 7:00 and 39 by 9:00. we'll have a look ahead to the next couple of days with howard in a few minutes. fi