IT'S THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA IN FOCUS.

COMING UP, A MAJOR CHANGE COULD BE ON THE WAY FOR GUN OWNERS IN FLORIDA.

WE HEAR FROM THE NRA ABOUT ITS LAWSUIT LOOKING TO END THE STATE'S MANDATORY WAITING PERIOD FOR GUN PURCHASES.

MAKING SURE KIDS ARE STILL MAINTAINING THEIR LEARNING THROUGHOUT SUMMER VACATION.

WE GET AN EDUCATION ON HOW TO AVOID THE SUMMER SLIDE OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM AND GETTING IN THE RIGHT MIND FRAME WHEN IT COMES TO BUILDING A RELATIONSHIP.

WE LEARNED ABOUT THE HEALTH TRIP YOU CAN TAKE TO NAVIGATE DATING AND HOW THIS TIES INTO MIGRAINE HEADACHES.

HELLO, I'M JENNIFER CRAWFORD.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

FLORIDA'S MANDATORY THREE-DAY WAITING PERIOD FOR MOST GUN PURCHASES COULD BE COMING TO AN END.

STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL JAMES UTHMEIER IS SIDING WITH THE NRA IN A FEDERAL LAWSUIT THAT LOOKS TO REMOVE THE MANDATE FROM THE FLORIDA CONSTITUTION.

THE BUYER HAS ASKED FOR A FEDERAL JUDGE TO DECLARE THE LAW UNCONSTITUTIONAL, CLAIMING IT QUOTE, INFRINGES ON LAW ABIDING CITIZENS RIGHTS.

WGCUS ELIZABETH ANDARGE REPORTS ON WHAT THIS COULD MEAN FOR GUN OWNERS IN FLORIDA.

>> FLORIDA ATTORNEY GENERAL JAMES UTHMEIER IS SEEKING TO OVERTURN THE STATE'S MANDATORY THREE-DAY WAITING PERIOD FOR FIREARM PURCHASES.

FLORIDA VOTERS FIRST APPROVED THE WAITING PERIOD THROUGH A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT IN 19, IN IT APPLIED ONLY TO HANDGUN SALES FOLLOWING THE 2018 MASS SHOOTING AT MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS HIGH SCHOOL IN PARKLAND.

LAWMAKERS EXPANDED THE REQUIREMENT TO COVER ALL FIREARMS.

THE WAITING PERIOD EFFECTS AND BUYERS ACROSS THE STATE, INCLUDING THOSE HERE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA, THE JERRY'S FIREARMS IN FORT MYERS OWNER CHRISTOPHER ROLLO WELCOMES THE EFFORT TO REPEAL THE WAITING PERIOD.

>> I WAS ECSTATIC.

>> ULTIMATELY, I'M ALL FOR WHEN A LAW ABIDING CITIZENS GET THEIR RIGHTS BACK.

SO IF THEY LEAVE IT AT THAT 3 HOLD THAT THAT'S A GOOD THING.

I WOULD TELL THEM THAT.

AND AGAIN, IT'S IT'S A PERSON'S CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO OWN A FIREARM TO PROTECT THEMSELVES AS PART OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT.

SO I BELIEVE THAT SOMEONE SHOULD HAVE TO WAIT IF THEY COME IN AND AGAIN, IT'S THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT.

THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO PURCHASE THAT THAT PRODUCT ON THE SPOT AND BE ABLE TO WALK OUT.

>> AT THE MEIJER ARGUES THE LAW VIOLATES THE SECOND AMENDMENT.

HE IN FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSIONER MARK GLASS HAVE ASKED A FEDERAL JUDGE TO STRIKE DOWN THE LAW.

SAMANTHA BARRIOS, FLORIDA STATE DIRECTOR FOR GIFFORDS, A NATIONAL GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION ORGANIZATION SAYS THE WAITING PERIOD SERVES AS A SAFEGUARD AGAINST IMPULSIVE ACTS OF VIOLENCE AND SELF-HARM.

FORTUNATELY AND >> FLORIDA HAS A HIGH RATE OF GUN SUICIDE.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT ARIE TO 3 HOURS.

A PERSON DIES IN FLORIDA BECAUSE OF AN ACT OF GUN VIOLENCE.

SO THESE WAITING PERIODS WOULD HELP 3 INS TO STAY AWAY FROM DANGER.

ROLLO ISN'T TOO SURE THE WEEDING PERIOD HAS THAT EFFECT.

>> I MEAN, I DON'T BELIEVE IN THAT.

I FEEL THAT.

AND IF SOMEONE WAS GOING TO INFLICT ANY HARM OR DO SOMETHING BAD, THAT THEY'RE ALL COMING IN TO FIND AN AVENUE IN ORDER TO DO THAT.

YEAH, I DON'T.

I DON'T BELIEVE IN THAT.

>> THE CHALLENGE IS NOW PENDING IN FEDERAL COURT WHERE A JUDGE WILL DECIDE WHETHER FLORIDA'S WAITING PERIOD LAW CAN REMAIN IN PLACE.

FOR WGCU NEWS.

IM ELIZABETH ANDARGE >> FOR MORE ON THE DISCUSSIONS SURROUNDING THE POTENTIAL REMOVAL.

>> OF FLORIDA'S MANDATORY GUN WAITING PERIOD.

I'M NOW JOINED BY JUSTIN DAVIS, THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS FOR THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION, MR.

DAVIS, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY.

THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

CAN YOU TAKE US THROUGH THE LAWSUIT FROM THE NRA AND WHY YOU FEEL THE THREE-DAY WAITING PERIOD VIOLATES THE SECOND AMENDMENT.

>> YEAH, WE SEE THIS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

SO WELL.

THERE'S NEW MEXICO MAYOR FLORIDA, A FEW YEARS BACK.

IT WAS KIND OF THE HOT TOPIC THAT PUTIN IS WAITING PERIODS.

AND OF COURSE, ANY KIND OF WAITING PERIOD IS A DELAY, RIGHT?

SO IF YOU NEED A FIREARM FOR PROTECTION RIGHT AWAY, YOU DON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WAIT.

3 DAYS.

OF COURSE, A WOMAN WHO IS FLEEING FROM A DOMESTIC ABUSER OR SOMEONE WHO'S BEEN FEARING FOR THEIR SAFETY.

THEY DON'T HAVE THAT THREE-DAY LUXURY TO WAIT.

THEY NEED THEIR RIGHT NOW TO PROTECT THEIR FAMILIES.

SO WE'VE BEEN TAKING THIS ON ACROSS THE COUNTRY BOTH LEGISLATIVELY AND THROUGH LITIGATION TO MOVE THESE TYPES OF LAWS OFF THE BOOKS.

>> SO WHAT ISSUES COME FROM THIS WAITING PERIOD?

AND IS THERE ANY REASON CURRENT BACKGROUND CHECKS AREN'T SUFFICIENT?

>> SO THERE'S ACTUALLY NO ADDITIONAL INVESTIGATIVE MEASURES DURING THOSE WAITING PERIOD.

SO YOUR NEXT CHECK YOUR BACKGROUND CHECK WHEN YOU FILL YOUR 44 73, WHICH IS WHEN YOU GO FOR BACKGROUND CHECK, WHEN YOU PURCHASE A FARM THROUGH NFL THAT'S DONE INSTANTLY TO THE NATIONAL INSTANT CRIMINAL CHECK.

AND SO WHEN YOU HAVE THESE 3 DAY ADDITIONAL WEIGHT, THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL INVESTIGATIVE MEASURES THAT ARE HAPPENING.

IT'S SIMPLY AN ARBITRARY WAY BECAUSE SOME LAWMAKERS SOMEWHERE DECIDED THIS IS THE RIGHT AMOUNT TIME YOU NEED TO WAIT BEFORE YOU CAN PURCHASE FARM AND HAVE IT IN YOUR POSSESSION.

>> YES, SOME PEOPLE ARE EXEMPT FROM THE THREE-DAY WAITING PERIOD, INCLUDING LAW ENFORCEMENT, PEOPLE THAT HAVE A VALID HUNTING LICENSE OR PEOPLE WITH OF VALID FLORIDA, CONCEALED WEAPONS OR FIREARM LICENSE.

DO THOSE LICENSES CREATE ANY SAFETY MEASURES FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE LOOKING TO IMMEDIATELY BUY A GUN?

>> NO, WE DON'T BELIEVE ANYBODY NEEDS A PERMISSION SLIP FROM THE GOVERNMENT TO EXERCISE THEIR SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS.

THAT'S WHY WE PUSHED FOR CONSTITUTIONAL CARRY RIGHT THROUGHOUT THIS COUNTRY.

WE SHOULD HAVE SEPARATE CLASS OF FOLKS JUST BECAUSE I TAKE ITS BEST SPECIFIC TRAININGS, WHETHER THROUGH HUNTING CLASSES OR CONCEAL CARRY CLASSES.

YOUR SECOND MAN RIGHTS ARE YOUR RIGHTS, REGARDLESS OF WHATEVER TYPE OF GOVERNMENT CLASS YOU TAKEN?

>> AND WHAT HAPPENS TO THESE LICENSES IF THEY'RE IF THEY'RE NO LONGER NEEDED FOR A SAMPLE, IT, BUT YOU STILL HAVE TO WAIT 3 DAYS.

>> WELL, SO THAT'S THE IDEA IS WE'RE GOING TO LIKE WAY THIS WAITING, PERIOD.

THOSE THOSE LICENSES ARE STILL NEEDED FOR HUNTING OR OTHER TYPES OF LICENSES YOU MAY NEED.

YOU JUST DON'T NEED THEM TO PURCHASE YOUR FARM AND GET YOUR RIGHTS IMMEDIATELY.

SO WE'RE INCREDIBLY HAPPY THAT THE STATE OF FLORIDA HAS JOINED OUR SIDE AND THE SIDE OF CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.

AND SO THE SIDE OF BLOOMBERG ORGANIZATIONS WHO WILL DO ANYTHING TO STRIP YOU OF YOUR SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS.

>> 37 STATES DO NOT HAVE WAITING PERIODS FOR GUN PURCHASES.

DO YOU SEE ANY DIFFERENCE AND GUN OWNERSHIP BETWEEN THE STATES WITHOUT A WAITING PERIOD?

>> YEAH.

THIS IS ALL THOSE PUTTING WAITING PEERS ARE JUST ANOTHER HURDLE TO MAKE IT HARDER TO BUY FIREARMS.

OF COURSE, A LOT OF THESE LAWS ARE NOT FOLLOWED BY CRIMINALS BECAUSE, OF COURSE, CRIMINALS DO NOT FALL THE LAW.

SO WELL, FOLKS LIKE ME AND YOU WILL WAIT 3 DAYS.

THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE EASING STRAW PURCHASES OR STOLEN FIREARMS DON'T HAVE TO WAIT 3 DAYS.

SO WE BELIEVE IN LEVELING THE PLAYING FIELD, MAKING SURE THAT IF YOU NEED A FIREARM TODAY, YOU CAN GET IT TODAY.

>> HOW WOULD THE REMOVAL OF THE WAITING PERIOD HELP CREATE MORE RESPONSIBLE GUN OWNERS IN FLORIDA?

>> WE HAVE BOTH BRITISH ARE WAITING.

DON'T CREATE MORE RESPONSIBLE.

GUN OWNERS ARE JUST ARBITRARY WAY.

NO, WE ALWAYS SUPPORT AND RETRAIN CLASSES.

THE GOLD STANDARD.

GET TRAINING ON HOME.

DEFENSE HUNTING, WHATEVER YOU NEED FOR YOUR FIREARM TRAINING, YOU KNOW, ANY TYPE OF LAW THAT SAYS YOU HAVE TO WAIT 3 DAYS, PEOPLE AREN'T GOING OUT AND THOSE FOR DAYS TO GET THERE ANY TYPE OF TRAINING.

THEY'RE JUST WAITING ON THE GOVERNMENT TO GIVE THEM THEIR FARMS THAT THEY LEGALLY PURCHASE AND ALREADY PASSED A BACKGROUND CHECK FOR.

>> NOW, OPPONENTS OF YOUR LAWSUIT.

THEY BELIEVE THAT THERE WILL BE AN INCREASE IN GUN VIOLENCE IF THIS WAITING PERIOD IS REMOVED.

WHAT IS YOUR OPINION ON THAT?

>> YOU KNOW, THEY SAY THAT ABOUT ALL THESE GUN CONTROL LAWS, BUT YET THEY NEVER MAKE ANY IMPACT THE STATES THAT HAVE SO MUCH GUN CONTROL ARE STILL RIFE WITH VIOLENT CRIME BECAUSE IT'S NOT GUN LAWS THAT KEEP PEOPLE SAFE.

IT'S TAKING ON VIOLENT CRIMINALS AND OF COURSE, FOR SOME FANTASTIC JOB ON REMOVING CRIMINAL RECIDIVISM BY HOLDING CRIMINALS ACCOUNTABLE.

NOW, THAT'S NOT THE SAME IN NEW YORK AND CALIFORNIA COMMUTER LAYER ON NEW GUN REGULATIONS TO TRY TO STOP ON CRIMES OF HOLDING THE PEOPLE ACTUALLY PERPETRATE CRIME.

HOLD HIM ACCOUNTABLE.

>> NOW, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE OUR AUDIENCE TO KNOW, ESPECIALLY WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS IN THE LAWSUIT?

>> YEAH, OF COURSE.

OF COURSE, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS JOINED OUR SIDE AND THIS ARGUMENT WHICH IS FANTASTIC.

WE'RE TAKING THIS ON ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND WE URGE OTHER ATTORNEY GENERALS AND GOVERNORS TO DO THE SAME BECAUSE NOW THIS IS THESE ARE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.

THESE ARE NOT OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY POLITICS.

THIS IS ABOUT GOOD PUBLIC SAFETY ABOUT GOOD POLICY TO KEEP FLORIDIANS AND AMERICANS SAFE.

>> JUSTIN DAVIS FROM THE INNER RIGHT.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> COMING UP, THE DATING SCENE CAN BE A REAL PAIN, BUT FOR MANY DEALING WITH CHRONIC MIGRAINES IS GETTING IN THE WAY OF THEM FINDING TRUE LOVE HOW YOU CAN CORRAL YOUR HEALTH AND GET BACK IN THE GAME.

FOR MANY CHILDREN.

THE TRANSITION FROM SCHOOL YEAR TO SUMMER BREAK USUALLY MEANS THAT TEXTBOOKS AND CALCULATORS ARE PUT AWAY UNTIL THE FALL.

BUT JUST BECAUSE CLASSES OUT DOESN'T MEAN THE LEARNING HAS TO STOP WGCUS EILEEN KELLY LOOKS AT THE SO-CALLED SUMMER SLIDE AND HOW PARENTS CAN HELP THEIR KIDS KEEP LEARNING THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER.

>> IN CASE YOU'RE WONDERING, SUMMER SLIDE ISN'T THE LATEST TIKTOK DANCE TREND.

NO.

THE SUMMER SLIDE OR MAYBE YOU'VE HEARD IT CALLED THE SUMMER LOSS IS THE NOTION THAT SUMMER BREAK IS BAD FOR KIDS THAT ALL THOSE EFFORTS TO CLIMB ACADEMICALLY SLIDE DOWNWARD COMING JUNE EACH YEAR.

SO COULD IT BE THAT SO MANY GAINS MADE DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR ARE LOST DURING SUMMER BREAK.

YEAR AFTER YEAR, STUDY AFTER STUDY PREVIOUSLY POINTED TO THIS WITH END OF YEAR, TESTING VERSUS STARTED THE YEAR TEST.

THOSE TESTS WILL BE UP SIGNIFICANT LOSSES.

SOME STUDIES HAVE SAID THAT SCHOOLCHILDREN ACTUALLY LEAVES MONTHS WORTH OF LEARNING.

BUT WHAT IF THE STUDIES ARE OUTDATED?

WHAT OF SUMMER BREAK ISN'T SO BAD AFTER ALL.

WHAT IF SUMMER BREAK IS A GOOD TIME TO NOURISH ONESELF WITH SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES.

WHAT ABOUT LEARNING WITHOUT THE DRUDGERY OF ACTUALLY FEELING LIKE YOU'RE BACK IN SCHOOL, DR.

PAUL MAN HIPPLE IS AN EDUCATION RESEARCHER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS.

HE IS CHALLENGING THOSE SUMMER SLIDE AND SUMMER LOSS CLAIMS.

I SAT DOWN RECENTLY FOR AN INTERVIEW ON ZOOM WITH HIM AND ASKED HIM WHAT IS HIS TAKE ON THE SUMMER SLIDE.

THE EVIDENCE FOR THE SUMMER SLIDE IS NOT AS STRONG AS PEOPLE THINK IT IS.

IT'S NOT AS CONSISTENT.

>> AS PEOPLE SEEM TO THINK THERE ARE MANY STUDIES NOW THAT IT'S BEEN SUMMER LEARNING SOME FIND SIGNIFICANCE THEM OR LOSSES AND MANY DO NOT.

SOME FIND THE CHILDREN GO SIDEWAYS OR EVEN GETTING A LITTLE BIT DURING THE SUMMER.

AND THESE DIFFERENCES SEEM TO HAVE MORE TO DO WITH THE WAY THE TESTS ARE SCORED.

THEN WITH ANYTHING STUDENTS ARE ACTUALLY LEARNING OR FORGETTING.

SO I'VE STOPPED TALKING PERSONALLY ABOUT SUMMER LEARNING LOSS AND STARTED TALKING ABOUT THE SUMMER LEARNING OPPORTUNITY.

>> NOW THAT SOUNDS PROMISING.

SO I ASKED HIM TO TELL ME ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES.

>> IF YOU WANT TO PICK UP AND THE MUSICAL INSTRUMENT AND YOU'RE NOT BEEN BANNED ALREADY AT SCHOOL, THIS SUMMER CAN BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET STARTED ON THAT.

IF YOU IF YOU HAVE, IF YOU HAVE INTERESTS THAT ARE THAT, ARI, ARI, THEY'RE NOT ADDRESSED BY YOUR SCHOOL.

YOU DIDN'T HAPPEN TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THEM.

THIS SUMMER IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.

>> BUT WHAT ABOUT CHILDREN THAT ARE TRULY BEHIND THEIR PEERS THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR?

VAUGHN HIPPLE TOLD ME THAT THE TRAIN OF THOUGHT WAS BLAMING IT ON SUMMER BREAK, BUT HE SAID THAT'S NOT THE ENTIRE PICTURE.

EXPECIALLY.

WHEN YOU TRACK CHILDREN WHO STARTED SCHOOL WELL BEHIND THEIR PEERS.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

WHEN I FIRST STARTED DOING RESEARCH IN THIS AREA, THERE WERE SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE SAYING THAT MOST OF THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP BETWEEN KIDS WHO ARE BEHIND IN KIDS WHO ARE AHEAD.

IT IS DUE TO SUMMER LEARNING LOSS.

AND I NO LONGER THINK THAT'S TRUE.

IT REALLY DOES SEEM TO BE THERE AT THE START OF KINDERGARTEN AND IT JUST TRACKS UNLESS STEPS ARE TAKEN TO TIE WITH GET 2 ARE BEHIND AND BECOME CAUGHT UP.

>> SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THE TAKEAWAYS ARE IF YOUR CHILD END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR BEHIND SOME ARE IS A GOOD CHANCE TO TRY AND CORRECT THAT.

AND 2, NO MATTER IF A YOUNGSTER IS ADVANCED OR BEHIND MAKE THE MOST OF THE SUMMER IMPORTANT.

>> TO PUT SOME STRUCTURE IN TO ENSURE THAT YOUR CHILD IS SEEING OTHER CHILDREN SO THERE'S THERE'S SOCIAL ASPECT OF THE SUMMER AS WELL THAT THE SEEING OTHER CHILDREN THAT THERE DEVELOPING THEIR INTEREST AND HOBBIES THAT THEY'RE THAT THEY'RE CATCHING UP AND TOPICS WERE CAUSING TROUBLE FOR THEM IN THE LAST SCHOOL YEAR.

IT'S NOT RIGHT.

IT'S I THINK IT'S IT'S IMPORTANT TO SIT DOWN WITH YOUR CHILD AND TO FIND WHAT THEIR GOALS ARE FOR THE SUMMER AND SEE WHAT STEPS THAT ARE GOING TO TAKE TOWARD THOSE GOALS AND HAVE SOME WAY TO MONITOR IT.

>> AND THAT SOUNDS LIKE SOUND ADVICE, TIKTOK OR NOT.

WGCU NEWS IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA IN FOCUS.

THIS IS EILEEN KELLY.

>> IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR AN EASY ACTIVITY THAT CAN INVOLVE THE KIDS THIS SUMMER, WHY NOT HEAD TO THE GREAT OUTDOORS AS WGCUS TEDDY BYRNE LEARNED SOMETIMES KEEPING YOUR EYES ON THE SKIES CAN BE A REWARDING NATURE EXPERIENCE.

IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A WAY TO RELAX THIS SUMMER, HOW ABOUT SPENDING SOMETIME OUTSIDE?

>> AND MY RING, ALL THE BEAUTIFUL BIRDS AS DOCTOR SUSAN ALBERS EXPLAINS BIRDWATCHING ALSO KNOWN AS BURNING CAN BE VERY CALMING.

>> THE NUMBER ONE BENEFIT OF BURNING IS THAT THEY CATCH YOU OUT INTO NATURE.

STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT JUST 15 MINUTES OUT IN NATURE CAN REDUCE YOUR CORTISOL, A STRESS HORMONE REDUCE YOUR HEART RATE AND YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE.

IN ADDITION TO RELEASING A RELAXATION RESPONSE.

SO GETTING OUT INTO NATURE, IT CAN BE A GREAT INVESTMENT IN YOUR MENTAL HEALTH.

>> DR ALBERT SAYS BURNING IS ALSO A NATURAL WAY TO PRACTICE MINDFULNESS, MEDITATION, WHICH IS WHEN YOU STAY GROUNDED IN THE MOMENT SO RATHER THAN FOCUSING ON ANY WORRIES OR REPETITIVE THOUGHTS, YOUR BRING CONCENTRATES ON THE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS OF THE BIRDS.

INSTEAD, DR.

ALBER SAYS ANOTHER PERK TO BURNING IS THAT IT CAN BE DONE ANYWHERE.

YOU COULD SIT BY OR WINDOW OR GO TO THE PARK.

YOU ALSO DON'T NEED ANY FANCY EQUIPMENT OR TO BE AN EXPERT.

WHAT MATTERS IS THAT IT HELPS YOU RELAX.

>> THE BEST TIME TO GO BIRDING FOR YOUR MENTAL HEALTH IS IN THE MORNING.

BIRDS ARE THE MOST ACTIVE YOU GET EXPOSED TO THE MORNING SUNLIGHT AND FRESH AIR INSTEAD, IT SHOWED THAT THIS HELPS TO BOOST YOUR MOOD AND SET A POSITIVE TONE FOR THE ENTIRE DAY.

>> DR ALBERT SAYS BURTON CAN ALSO BE A GREAT WAY TO LEARN SOMETHING NEW.

THERE ARE MANY APPS AND BOOKS AVAILABLE ABOUT THE HOBBY.

WGCU NEWS.

I'M TEDDY BYRNE.

>> THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH ESTIMATES ONE IN 4 HOUSEHOLDS HAS THE PERSON WHO SUFFERS FROM MIGRAINES.

MIGRAINES CAN DISRUPT EVERY ASPECT OF DAILY LIFE LEADING TO CHRONIC ANXIETY, ISOLATION, AND EVEN INTERFERE WITH ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS.

A RECENT LEVIN MIND SURVEY FOUND THAT 73% OF PARTICIPANTS SAY MIGRAINE ATTACKS NEGATIVELY IMPACT THEIR ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS.

SO WHAT TOOLS ARE OUT THERE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING TO TAKE CONTROL OF THEIR LIVES FROM PAINFUL MIGRAINES?

LICENSED THERAPIST IN NEW YORK TIMES BEST-SELLING AUTHOR NEDRA GLOVER TO WABC AND BOARD CERTIFIED FAMILY MEDICINE.

DOCTOR LINDA DAVIS, THEY JOIN US NOW TO TALK TO US MORE IN DEPTH ABOUT THIS SUBJECT.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY.

AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.

THE DOCTOR.

FIRST, CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT A MIGRAINE IS AND HOW THIS DISEASE IMPACTS PATIENTS PHYSICALLY.

WHAT HAPPENS?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

AND THANK YOU SO MUCH, JENNIFER.

ONCE AGAIN FOR HAVING US.

WE'RE EXCITED TO BE PARTNERING WITH ABBY TO REALLY TALK ABOUT THIS VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC OF MIGRAINE.

MY THING IS MORE THAN JUST A HEADACHE.

IT'S A COMPLEX NEUROLOGIC DISEASE THAT AFFECTS ALMOST 40 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES.

IT'S UNDER DIAGNOSED AND ITS UNDERTREATED AND MIGRAINE IS ACTUALLY THE SECOND CAUSE OF YEARS LIVED WITH DISABILITY WORLDWIDE.

BUT IT'S THE NUMBER ONE FOR WOMEN UNDER THE AGE OF 50.

SO THIS IS HUGELY IMPACTFUL BECAUSE THIS IS WOMEN WHEN THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, STARTING OUT IN LIFE, THERE MAY BE GOING TO COLLEGE.

THEY'RE STARTING.

FAMILIES ARE STARTING THEIR CAREERS.

SO HAVING THIS DISABLING CONDITION AND THIS TIME IS REALLY IMPACTFUL.

WE ALSO TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT MY GREEN IS MORE THAN JUST THIS DEBILITATING HEADACHE.

WE TALK ABOUT MOST BOTHERSOME SYMPTOMS, WHICH MIGHT BE NAUSEA AND VOMITING OR MAYBE IT'S LIGHT SENSITIVITY OR NOISE.

SENSITIVITY.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT MIGRAINE, WE BREAK IT INTO DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.

SOME PATIENTS EXPERIENCE MIGRAINE WITH AURA, WHICH IS A CESSATION, IS AT CAN PRECEDE A MIGRAINE ATTACK.

SO MAYBE IT'S LIGHT SENSITIVITY.

YOUR TEAM.

YOU SENSATIONS IN THE FACE.

MAYBE IT'S VISUAL CHANGES IN THEIR EYES AND THEN THEY CAN GET THIS MIGRAINE ATTACK WHEN CLINICIANS WE LOOK AT MY RING, WE BREAK IT INTO WHAT'S CALLED EPISODIC OR CHRONIC MIGRAINES.

SO AN EPISODIC MIGRAINE IS LESS THAN 15 HEADACHE DAYS A MONTH.

BUT CHRONIC MIGRAINE IS 15 OR MORE HEADACHE.

DAYS A MONTH OF WHICH 8 OF THOSE MEET THE CRITERIA FOR MIGRAINE.

AND THE REASON I'M CALLING THIS OUT IS BECAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE 4 OR MORE MIGRAINE HEADACHE DAYS A MONTH, YOUR LEVEL OF DISABILITY REALLY GOES UP.

>> I HAVE FRIENDS THAT HAVE SUFFERED FOR YEARS WITH MIGRAINES.

AND I WAS ALWAYS SURPRISED.

AND AND SO SAD FOR THEM BECAUSE IT COULD LAST FOR DAYS WHERE THEY WERE LITERALLY LAYING IN BED FOR DAYS.

AND THAT SURPRISED ME.

WHY IS IT SO IMPACTFUL FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE?

>> YEAH, YOU BROUGHT UP A GOOD POINT BECAUSE MIGRAINE ATTACKS CAN LAST ANYWHERE FROM 4 TO 72 HOURS.

SO WE TALK ABOUT HEADING DAYS AND A MIGRAINE ATTACK.

BUT YOUR FRIENDS WERE 100% RIGHT WITH THAT.

AND THEN WE DID CISO.

THERE WAS A SURVEY CONDUCTED.

IT CALLED 11 MIND AND IT WAS A HARRIS POLL SURVEY CONDUCTED ON BEHALF OF ABBY AND WE SAW A LOT OF THIS IMPACT LIKE WHEN MY PATIENTS TALK TO ME, THEY TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, DR DAVIS WHEN I HAVE A MIGRAINE ATTACK, IT REALLY AFFECTS MY ABILITY TO BE INTIMATE WITH MY PARTNER.

AND THIS SURVEY SHOWED THAT 61% OF RESPONDENTS SAID WHEN YOU'RE HAVING A MIGRAINE ATTACK, THEY CAN'T BE INTIMATE WITH THEIR PARTNERS AND THEN MY PATIENTS WILL TALK ABOUT FEELING GUILTY.

THEY'LL FEEL LIKE THEY'RE NOT UPHOLDING THEIR FAIR SHARE OF WHAT IS INVOLVED IN A RELATIONSHIP WHEN IT COMES TO LIKE RESPONSIBILITIES AND WHAT THEY'VE AGREED TO DO.

AND WE SAW THAT AS WELL IN THIS SURVEY WHERE 73% OF THE RESPONDENTS SAID THAT THEY FELT LIKE A BURDEN ON THEIR PARTNER BECAUSE THEY REALLY WEREN'T ABLE TO DO SOME OF THOSE AGREED TO DO IN THE RELATIONSHIP.

I OFTEN WILL TELL MY PATIENTS SHOULD HAVE AN OPEN CONVERSATION WITH YOUR PARTNER AND TALKED ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS WHEN YOU'RE HAVING A MIGRAINE ATTACK, HOW IT'S IMPACTING YOU.

BUT THEY'LL OFTEN SAY IF THEIR PARTNER DOESN'T HAVE MIGRAINE ATTACKS, ITS SOME POINT, SOMETIMES HARD FOR THEM TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THAT.

AND 83% OF THE RESPONDENTS IN THAT LAB IN MINE SURVEY REALLY NEAR AND THIS BECAUSE THEY DID SAY THAT, ALTHOUGH THEIR PARTNER'S REALLY TRY, THEY OFTEN DON'T UNDERSTAND AND THEY DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW TO SUPPORT THEIR THEIR PARTNERS WHEN THEY'RE HAVING A MIGRAINE ATTACK.

>> NOW, NEDRA, YOU ARE A LICENSED THERAPIST.

CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE EMOTIONAL TOLL THAT THAT MIGRAINES HAVE ON PATIENTS, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO DAILY LIVING AND RELATIONSHIPS WITH A SIGNIFICANT OTHER.

>> YES, WELL, MIGRAINE CAN DISRUPT PLANS, INTIMACY AND COMMUNICATION ATTACKS DON'T JUST AFFECT THE PERSON EXPERIENCING THEM.

THEY CAN ALSO TAKE A TOLL ON THE PARTNER AND THEREFORE IMPACT THE RELATIONSHIP.

I AM PARTNERING WITH ABBVIE AND IN THEIR LAB IN MINE SURVEY, IT SHOWED THAT 74% OF RESPONDENTS LIVING WITH MIGRAINE SAY THEY'RE CONSTANTLY SCHEDULING THEIR LIVES AROUND MIGRAINE THINGS LIKE BIRTHDAY PARTIES.

WEEKEND TRIPS OR HOLIDAYS MAY NEED TO BE SHIFTED BASED ON WHETHER OR NOT SOMEONE IS HAVING A MINING MIGRAINE ATTACK.

>> WERE THERE SOME RESULTS FROM THIS SURVEY THAT SURPRISED YOU?

>> YES, THE SURPRISING THING TO ME WAS THAT 90% OF THE LOVE OF MINE SURVEY RESPONDENTS TRIED TO FEEL WHEN A MIGRAINE ATTACK HITS AND 78% SAID THAT THEY TRY TO PUSH TO THAT PAIN TO BE PHYSICALLY CLOSE WITH THEIR PARTNER AND WHAT'S IMPORTANT HERE IS THAT WHEN A MIGRAINE ATTACK HITS AND TO MISSY NEEDS TO LOOK DIFFERENT AND THAT'S OK, IT CAN BE GETTING YOUR PART IN THE WATER.

IT CAN BE BE AWARE THAT THERE IN THAT ATTACK THAT MAY BE BEING PATIENT WITH THEM.

BUT, YOU KNOW, MAY BE OFF THE TABLE FOR NOW.

SO BEING OPEN TO THOUGH, SCHIFF IS A PART OF HAVING THE INTIMACY IN THE RELATIONSHIPS.

PARTNERS CAN NAVIGATE MIGRAINES AS A TEAM TOGETHER BY PRIORITIZING OPEN COMMUNICATIONS.

THAT SAME SELF COMPASSION AND MANAGING EXPECTATIONS SO THAT THEY CAN STAY CONNECTED AND FEEL SUPPORTED DURING MIGRAINE ATTACKS.

>> WHAT ARE SOME PRACTICAL STRATEGIES FOR MANAGING THOSE?

THOSE EXPECTATIONS?

>> SOME SOME STRATEGIES THAT I CAN THINK OF IS JUST KEEPING THE LINES OF COMMUNICATION OPEN.

DOCTOR DAVIS, D HAVE SOMETHING.

>> YEAH, I THINK IT'S ALSO REALLY IMPORTANT TO KNOW MIGRANTS ARE NOT THE SAME FOR EVERY PATIENT, RIGHT?

EVERY PATIENT'S DIFFERENT.

EVERY MIGRAINE ATTACK COULD BE DIFFERENT.

EVEN WITHIN THE SAME PATIENT.

SO WHEN IT COMES TO MANAGING THOSE MIGRAINES, YOU KNOW, I REALLY ENCOURAGE AN OPEN CONVERSATION WITH YOUR PROVIDER BECAUSE THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE FOR YOU.

WHAT'S WORKING FOR YOU AND ESPECIALLY WHAT'S NOT WORKING FOR YOU SO THAT THEY CAN HELP YOU COME UP WITH A CUSTOMIZED PLAN ON HOW TO MANAGE THE MIGRAINES.

>> WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TODAY.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND YOUR EXPERTISE ON THIS SUPER IMPORTANT TOPIC.

AND Q, YOU'RE WELCOME.

>> COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, A FLORIDA MAN IS BACK IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT.

>> FOLLOWING A SERIES OF MAJOR HEALTH SETBACKS THAT LOOKED TO VEER HIM OFF COURSE FOR GOOD.

THIS PAST SUNDAY, FAMILIES GATHER TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE FATHER'S DAY FOR ONE FLORIDA MAN.

HE USED THE HOLIDAY TO REFLECT ON HIS BATTLE WITH CANCER.

THE TIME HE WAS ABLE TO REGAIN WITH HIS FAMILY AND THE EFFORTS IT TOOK TO GET BACK ON THE TRACK FOR HIS LOVE OF RACING.

WGCUS TEDDY BYRNE HAS MORE.

>> AS A RACE CAR DRIVER, JORDAN BUT KNOWS THE IMPORTANCE OF STAYING LASER FOCUSED, ESPECIALLY WHEN PUSHING SPEEDS OF MORE THAN 185 MILES PER HOUR.

THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A MORE PEACEFUL AND CALM PLACE IN THE WHOLE WORLD.

THEN WHEN I'M STRAPPED INTO A RACE FOR MY HELMET ON, I'M COMPLETELY IN CONTROL.

>> BUT IN 2013, HE HAD TO SHIFT HIS ATTENTION FROM THE TRACK TO HIS HEALTH.

>> IT STARTED FEELING SUPER NAUSEOUS.

REALLY?

SOMETHING WASN'T RIGHT.

JORDAN FOUND OUT HE WAS IN RENAL FAILURE AND HAD TO GET A KIDNEY TRANSPLANT.

THAT TIME OF MY LIFE WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT BECAUSE OF MY AGE BEING SO YOUNG, IT'S HARD TO RELATE WITH ANYBODY.

MORE IMPORTANTLY TO ME, IT MADE RACING MUCH MORE CHALLENGING.

FORTUNATELY, THERE WAS SOMEONE ON HIS CARE TEAM WHO COULD RELATE CLEVELAND CLINIC.

DOCTOR.

>> KEVIN STAT LANDER MET JORDAN BUT THE TRACK WITH HIS FATHER AND HIS FATHER USED TO RACE QUITE A BIT.

AND I RACED AT THAT TIME AS WELL.

DR STAT LANDER MADE SURE JORDAN WAS STILL ABLE TO RACE.

>> EVEN AFTER HE DEVELOPED LYMPHOMA FOLLOWING HIS TRANSPLANT.

>> THAT TIME WE HAD TO PLAY SUPPORT IN THE CHEST WALL.

WE'RE VERY MINDFUL OF WHERE THE RACE CAR BELTS IN SAFETY HARNESSES WOULD GO.

>> NOW 38 YEAR-OLD IS CANCER.

FREE.

HAPPILY MARRIED AND A PROUD FATHER OF 2.

>> BEING AND THAT IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING THINGS I'VE DONE IN MY LIFE A PRIZE THAT TRULY PRICELESS.

WE'RE WGCU NEWS.

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WE LEARNED HOW RESEARCHERS ARE TRACKING THE INVASIVE SPECIES TO HELP CONTROL NUMBERS AND BRING STABILITY TO THE EVERGLADES.

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