Analyzing Trump's illness is humbling for media's med teams
FILE - Sanjay Gupta arrives at Sean Parker and the Parker Foundation's Gala Celebrating a Milestone in Medical Research in Los Angeles. โYou try to put the pieces of the puzzle together,โ said CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta, who logged hours comparable to his residency days in the wake of Trump's announcement. Ashton also objects to how some in the media have pinned percentages on Trump's likely survival. Then again, as Gupta noted, the president is 74 years old, clinically obese and just climbed a flight of stairs. It's why, more often than not, the media medical reports have been dominated by careful couching.
Bernie Sanders: I'm ready 'to go full blast' following heart attack
Describing the heart attack itself, Sanders recalled feeling discomfort during the Las Vegas event and "sweating profusely" before visiting an urgent care clinic, which referred him immediately to the hospital. On Thursday, the Sanders campaign posted a pair of videos -- one featuring the candidate, direct to camera, discussing his experience and weaving into his case for "Medicare for All." Last Friday, Sanders' staff confirmed he had a myocardial infarction, commonly known as a heart attack. Every year about 790,000 Americans have a heart attack, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. With a myocardial infarction, one of the arteries that supplies blood to the heart becomes blocked, depriving the heart of oxygenated blood.
New study aims to find out if marijuana can help treat autism symptoms
That drug, a treatment for two rare types of epilepsy, inspired researchers to consider what other conditions cannabis might help. Hollander believes the cannabis extract holds hope for treating autism symptoms based on the success it's had reducing seizure activity. "There's some abnormal electrical activity even though they don't have seizures, for example," Hollander told Gupta. With 30 years of experience in autism spectrum disorder research, Hollander also believes autism and epilepsy could have similar underlying causes. Carlos said he wanted to join the study to better understand his own autism and help others struggling with it.
Germany's Angela Merkel silent about recent tremors
BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she's taking care of health after experiencing her third bout of shaking in public in less than a month. Merkel and her doctors might not even know yet what it is, said Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN's chief medical correspondent. Merkel may have recently noticed symptoms and still be in an evaluation process that involves trying different medications. Video from Thursday showed Merkel using a chair, rather than standing, during military honors for Denmark's leader. "In the case of Angela Merkel, she is in good shape, she hasn't canceled anything.
California women talk man out of taking his own life
Jen Principe and Toni Musso, two women who convinced a man not to take his own life, say they were inspired by CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta's story on suicide prevention. We have to go back,'" Principe told CNN's Alisyn Camerota on "New Day" in an interview that aired Wednesday. Musso's husband, who was driving when they spotted the man on the overpass, immediately took the next exit and looped around. "We stopped the cars, we ran across, and there he was, just all the way in the center ... of that freeway overpass," Principe said. "He said he had nothing to live for, and he had no reason to be here on earth anymore," Musso told CNN's Camerota.