now we're seeing it has long-term effects. >> chronic traumatic enself lop think. we thought boxers had that. they had a risk of getting anger, getting depression, getting dementia. >> now with football players, the national football league has been involved and we worry about that as parents of kids and teens thinking are we pushing them too hard? is that philosophy are lowering the head and charging forward with a helmet putting our brains at risk. the study looks at the brains. 85 brains, of people with repetitive concussionings, many football players. they found neurological changes in the brain.

they found axonal in 65 brains making me worry it's proof we're seeing the kind of brain damage we fear. >> what do you do? we were kids, wrestling, you get knocked here or there or playing football, now in baseball players when they're out. >> it's a great question. we're not talking about hitting your head on the kitchen cabinet once in a while. this is repeated injuries over and over. the brain is surrounded by the skull. there's no room to move. when you have that violent shaking of the brain you're going to really make -- cause damage. for the longest time we thought if you get the head injury, you're going to rest and be fine and you're back to the game again. now we're starting to find, based on this study, there are proteins that entank the.

and if you have three of these injuries in a row, it increases the risk of dementia and alzheimer's five fold. >> if you're a parent with a kid in wrestling or plays football or soccer. they bounce the ball on hair head -- their head. what do you have if you have one or two. >> you get them off the field and keep them off the field. maybe you have them see a physician before putting them back on the field. have you had a concussion? as you have a concussion, your brain shakes more easily the next time. >> do you still warranty against people taking aspirin if they think it's a concussion? >> you want to stop that because there could be underlying bleeding you may not be aware of. if you get to the -- if you see someone who may have concussion,

after you go through the airway, breathing and circulation, look in their eyes. if the pupils are not equal, there's a problem and you want to get them to the hospital immediately. that's very important. 9 other thing we're learning is they may not be a physical damage. you may not see something on the mri or cat scans but the problems have started. a lot of this work, by the way, comes from a persian physician from 10th century. i just found about this. over a decade and century, we're bag to square one and reading the same material. stop any attack on your brain. >> if you get a concussion, go to the doctor and consider dropping your sport. >> another great persian physician. >> good to know being too smart or thinking too injure the brain. all right. i didn't know eric got clocked either. new warnings as flu season is off to the earliest start in

nearly a decade and health officials say the number of cases have jumped so much this year alone they're predicting the worst one in a long time. is a flu shot enough? >> it's a great start. the question is, why we keep doing this flu program segment. flu season starts in january and february and spikes but we're starting to see early on series of flu symptoms and diseases in five states. the last time it happened was in 2003 and we had over 47,000 deaths from the flu. this is serious. that's why we're doing this segment again. of course vaccination is the way to go. get it early. it takes two weeks to get the immunity going on. everybody over age 6 months should get vaccination. unless your allergic to eggs or

pregnant. >> when do we know if they get the vaccine right for the strains of flu? sometimes in the past they haven't. >> that's a great point. that was the problem in 2003. 47,000 deaths because the vaccine did not match prevailing strains. this year we have a similar strain that we had in tree. this time it looks like the van seen matches. it looks good for that. one-third of all americans had the flu shot. we have another 50 other 60 million doses out there. you need to get it now. you can't catch the flu from it. two to three weeks after you get it you'll likely be immune. if you have somebody vulnerable, a pregnant woman, a child, everyone in the family needs to get vaccinated. >> we've got the right formula this year, which is a good one. >> and no shortage. >> that's it. >> get vaccinated.

>> multivitamins. do you take one every morning? you go to the cap anytime and get the flintstone. >> you don't take those, anymore, do you in. >> do they work? are you getting vitamins and minerals? >> i can't encourage you enough to go to foxnews.com/sunday house calls and keep the questions coming on healthy testosterone levels. the doctors have interesting information you don't want to miss and they'll answer your questions on air. stay with us. it's hard to see opportunity in today's challenging environment. unless you have the right perspective. bny mellon wealth management has the vision and experience to look beyond the obvious. we'll uncover opportunities, find hidden risk,

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supplement. a third of us take a multivitamin, d, b, niacins but research shows there's truth behind the pills. doctor segal, good, bad? when you take it in the morning, you're like okay, i did the right thing. it's got that long list. i don't know what half the stuff is. >> before i vote i want to tell you it's an unprecedented study. very expensive. over 14,000 physicians were followed over ten years. we say give one a pill, don't give the other one a pill. that's how this was done. 14,000 of them, half got a multivitamin, the other half didn't get it. it was randomized, nobody knew who got what. they found over more than a decade there was an 8% decrease in the amount of cancer in the group that got multivitamins. the best study done.

>> wow. >> the two groups that didn't show a change, prostate cancer, colon cancer wasn't diminished. physicians are more responsible in terms of reporting medical problems. the other thing is how many of those physicians have nutritional deficiencies and how many didn't? the holy grail is finding out whether it corrects a deficiency. a problem with vitamin e, it seems to increase your risk of prostate cancer. overall i can't decide but this is a step in the right direction. >> do you think you should have a multivitamin every morning? >> i never thought so before, now i think it's not a bad idea. >> i take multivitamin. if you get a perfect diet, exercise and your lifestyle is excellent, you may not the need

multivitamin. more is not necessarily better. what i like about multivitamin is based on the study is that it's safe. if you take more than you need, you're going to excrete it and get rid of it so it's safe. number one, you're getting the low dose of a lot of different kinds of ingredients. it's not like you're taking big calcium, vitamin d and resurging. the fact is women need folic acid, iron, and calcium and it has that. this particular group, 14,000 male doctors. so we still have to study women. we have to study the younger population. this is 50 and older. the answer is if you have a really well-balanced diet, if you exercise, you probably don't need multivitamins but it was done for heart disease. for heart disease multiple

vitamin doesn't help but for cancer, it reduces it 8%. >> the safety point david mentioned should be emphasized. this is the first time it shows it works and doesn't cause harm. >> take that vitamin every morning. >> centrum. >> i'm glad it wasn't sponsored by the vitamin industry. you can see it there, journal of american medical association. did you hear about kate middleton's pregnancy? she had to be hospitalized with a severe form of morning sickness many women experience. the duchess is resting at home. what was she suffering from? the doctors back where a closer look at that. love about her. but your erectile dysfunction - you know, that could be a question of blood flow. cialis tadalafil for daily use helps you be ready anytime the moment's right. you can be more confident in your ability toe ready. and the same cialis is the only daily ed tablet approved to treat ed and symptoms of bph,

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word from the uk, the duchess of cambridge and her pregnancy made headlines, hospitalized for a form of severe morning sickness. a rare condition but some people have it. tell us about how bad it is, how you detect it and how you know it's time to go to the hospital. >> it's hyperemesis graph dorm. it's a real morning sickness on

steroids. you have nausea, vomiting for a day and it goes on for months. it is detected in the first trimester. they're going to have elect owe light abnormallalties. >> you look at the color of the urine and if it's dark you're behind in fluids. it's not the typical morning sickness that passes with diet change. if it continues, you should get admitted to iv hydration. ginger tea or vitamin b6, you want to eat frequently, a small amount of food. typically they have 5% of weight loss. that's dangerous. most of the time patients have twins or baby girls. i hope this would be the last episode she goes to the hospital for but we'll see that this is a

frequent visit to the hospital because they suffer from dehydration. >> that's the biggest issue, dehydration. 60,000 hospitalizations per year for this, you have to replace the electrolytes. if they lose more than 10% of their body weight, it's a big risk to the fetus. it can last up to 20 weeks or beyond. it tends to run in families. if you get it on one pregnancy, you're likely to get it again. more likely with younger women. it's a big problem. 8 90% of women get morning sickness. 2% get this and you have to be under direct care. >> treating at home? >> you start by treating at the hospital. you have to be quick to put the patient back in the hospital if they vomit again repeatedly. it can be treated at home. >> there's a risk of premature birth. >> she's less than 12 weeks. before we go for a quick break,

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>> okay, guys. listen up. maintaining a good testosterone level is vielght for men who, want to have a strong, overall health, sex and well being. doctor, what should we do? take supplements? shots? why is it important? >> we should have our doctor

check this. we need awareness about this because testosterone decreases 1 to 3% every year, after the age of 30. it can be responsible for fatigue t. can make you prone to diabetes, it can make you anemic, cause problems with cholesterol -- and not to mention libido. i have to be checking it. i have to do a careful examination to make sure there aren't any change, i look for obesity, weight gain. what do i do fifind the problem? i don't use supplements. the supplement we are talking about this week is not shown to boost testosterone, not to mention that i don't believe patients should take supplements without doctors prescribing it. i refer a patient to a urologist, who is more of an expert and can decide if they need testosterone replacement. >> you go to the doctor and get the list of stuff and you don't

know what half of it is. is it routine? >> it is not routine lab. you should check your testosterone. and the level is usually high early in the morning. the peak is 5:00 a.m., of course, you are not going to go to the doctor at 5:00 a.m. but check it at 8:00, 9:00, by 3:00, it goes down. if have you a normal lab, repeat t. but to go back, menopause exist, not just for women. it is very gradual. that's one of the reasons why we don't talk about it like women do, that's very sudden. the truth is that with age and obesity, those are the two factors why the testosterone goes down. fat around the stomach sucks the testosterone. so weight loss, exercise -- age, there is nothing you can do but check. testosterone is important for heart health and for libido and

sex drive. you want to be in touch -- you see a lot of people with fatigue, they don't want to do anything, depression comes. so the sooner you fix it -- >> what's the best way to fix it? >> you have to talk to your doctor. there is a discussion in the urology field fyou have a genetic family of prostate cancer, should you go on testosterone. >> eric. >> the live chat going on on our web site is going nuts on this topic. it's important for so many men and women. here's a viewer question we wanted to you answer on the air. this viewer said, i had my prostate removed after early discovery of cancer, my sex drive is much lower than i would like. my psa levels are very low. is it safe to take testosterone? >> thank you very much for the email. this is an excellent question that we deal with, a clinical patient in our practice all the time. look, you have to treat every patient individually. look at the pathology.

if the margins are negative, meaning the cancer's completely gone, the psa and the type of prostate cancer, if it's all good, i would consider giving them testosterone. there is a big debate in the field of urology. most agree that givingivityost rone won't hurt the patient unless it's very aggressist and psa has not gone down. talk to your urologist. >> eric: one more point. if youor testosterone and you do have a history of prostate cancer or a risk, make sure you are being checked. don't just say,im on this now, i'm fine. >> check your level as early as in your 30s. thanks for brung -- bringing up that topic. >> eric: go to the doctor and say, check my testosterone, please. [chuckles] >> see you next week. >> back to the live chout,