It takes a lot of people getting sick, and going to physicians, and then it also takes the physicians diagnosing the illness and recognizing that it's water-borne, and very often all of those things don't happen.

I think that physicians have a responsibility to return these devices, or they can encourage families to return the devices to the manufacturer. We've been talking about this for 30 years ... Unfortunately, the devices end up in the hands of the lawyers.

We recommend that people call their physicians before they go, and be persistent and patient. It's important.

Many, particularly elderly people who are accustomed to getting flu shots from private physicians or those in nursing homes and institutional settings, are not able to get their flu shots. Health departments, which customarily plan on having clinics in mid to late October are having to postpone or cancel until such time as they get an adequate supply of vaccine.

Physicians must be free to make clinical determinations, in accordance with medical standards of care, that best safeguard a woman's life and health. Women and their families, along with their doctors, are simply better than politicians at making decisions about their medical care.

We wanted to see if physicians could identify the clues that were provided, so that they could make the proper diagnosis.