hi, everybody. i'm jamie colby, and now it's time for "sunday housecall." >> i'm eric shawn. welcome to our show. joins us as always, dr. mike siegel who is the author of the inner pulse, unlocking the secret code to sickness and health. >> and dr. david samadi is here. great to see both of you. >> great to see you. >> we're ready to learn. >> we start with something that's really important. this has to do with a new warning about a disease that many of us rarely worry about. that's measles. you have it when you were a kid?

measles have been practically eradicated in the country, but they say this year, new pockets are creating some concern. dr. siegel, measles are back? why, and what can we do about it. >> measles is a virus. the thing we need to know is that it's a wildly contagious virus. we talk about flu on the show a lot. to give you an idea, if someone in your house has the flu, there's a 1 in 4 chance you're going to get it. if someone in your house has measles, there's a 94% chance you'll get it. it starts with runny nose, high fever, red eyes, and then a few days later, this red, red rash on the upper part of the body and then it spreads. the centers for disease control told me measles is a perfect example how a health problem anywhere is a health problem everywhere. the reason that's the case is because we need vaccination. one of the biggest heroes of the 20th and 21st century is the mmr vaccine, which now has an 84%

compliance around the world and and stamping out measles around the world, but there's still 150,000 deaths from measles around the world. here, it's starting to return because of imported cases. we travel somewhere, someone who is not vaccinated brings it back and spreads it to the community. there's a 30% complication rate with measles. including encephalitis, ear infections, pneumonia. >> there's this whole controversy, and some people say they're not getting these vaccinations. >> that's the reason why we have this problem. pockets in texas because of religious reasons. in brooklyn, there was a family, over 50 people got this. partly because of that exactly false information out there. and we should just debunk this and put it to rest, that this vaccine is safe, it does not cause autism, despite some of the beliefs. this comes from in 1998 when

andrew wakefield published a paper that maybe this will cause autism. since then, that paper is withdrawn. there's no proof this causes autism. everybody needs to go and get this vaccine. it's usually given between 12 and 18 months. it's fairly safe. the second booster is about 5 years old. it's extremely contagious. how do you know your child has it? >> four days of fever followed by three days of cs, cough, common cold symptoms, and then the rash is going to spread throughout the whole body and has a very typical rash. in the mouth, you're going to see some white patchy lesion, and that's a typical part of measles. there's no treatment, so you can get a blood test, find out if your antibodies igms are high, and you is to keep the kid away from others. there's no real treatment once you have it. a lot of times it basically recovers on its own, but it can also lead to pneumonia,

encephalitis, 100,000 people die. >> just mention one other thing, since 1963, samuel katz discovered this vaccine, we went from 500 people dying every year to practically zero. this is a safe vaccine and people should get it. >> that's in the united states he's talking about. listen, united states compliance rate is over 90%. we need to keep it that way. i would like to get it close to 100%. >> still 10% aren't getting the shot. >> the magic number is 90%. you can create that herd immunity we're talking about. here's another thing people need to know. the measles vaccination. david was talking about giving it to young children. one shot gives you 95% immunity from measles, mumps, and rubella. >> does it last your whole life if you get it as a kid? >> you probably need a booster later on. you have to check it before you travel. >> if you're a teacher and exposed to kids, if you're in health care, you may get the boost after the age of 20 or 25,

but you have to check. find out where you are before you get that. >> i'm curious, you say it's a safe vaccine. and every parent asks themselves the question, do i want to do this or not? but there are circumstances, for example, if your child's immune system is suppressed. >> that's a great point. i'm sorry to cut you off, but that's a great point because it's a great point. it's a live vaccine. it should not be given to immuno compromised individuals. >> and the second part of my question, thank you so much, dr. siegel, is whether or not you should take your child to the pediatrician. they say, i see your child needs three shots. we're going to do the mmr and the xyz and a tetanus. should you say to the doctor, let's start with one at a time? >> my view is a lot of parents have a problem with that. if you're uncomfortable with a million shots at once, you can get them spaced out. it's not what is recommended, but have the conversation. >> what you're trying to bring

up is the whole controversy about vaccine causing autism. we need to put this to rest on this show. there's no scientific data that shows mizzles and mmr causes autism. period. i know we'll get a lot of e-mails and phone calls, but parents, if you look at the data, it's not there. >> you got two opinions. those are the same. i hope that's helpful to everybody there. i'm glad we did the topic, thank you. >> there may also be big changes coming to your dinner table. the food and drug administration, they want to phase out antibiotics used to process meat. dr. samadi, there are different antibiotics used. does organic not use? >> organic is the one we will recommend at the end of the segment, but the history of this is fda since 1977 hasn't done much about the food industry's special meat agriculture and the farmers have been giving these antibiotics to treat the bugs and bacteria in cows and chicken and others. but now they found out these

antibiotics make the cow grow faster and grow bigger. financially, this was a great way to make money. over the years, these antibiotics have come in our food chain. one of the reasons why i'm completely against using all these antibiotics in our meat et cetera because of the rise of antibiotic resistance. >> what's the dangerous? >> over 2 million americans are affected and antibiotics are not working anymore because we're getting resistant to it. last year, about 23,000 people died as a result of this resistance. i will get a simple urinary tract infection in a patient. now you look at the culture panel, all that is resistant. we never used to see this. >> from the food? >> from the food and antibiotic overuse. 80% of the antibiotics in the country are used not on people, it's used on animals and getting into our system indirectly. as a result, we have staph that

is extremely resistant, and you need to be aware. first of all, stay away from red meat. we recommended this last week. as much as you can, stay away. if you can, use organic. >> i'm go organic. i'm not giving up meat, but thank you. >> the key number david highlighted is 80% of the antibiotics are giving to animals and not in therapeutic ways. animals are not sick. what the fda watts to do is ban this use or at least put on the label for human consumption only. they give low doses of antibiotic that promote groegz. if a bacteria is exposed to all these antibiotics, we're talking millions of colonies here. the ones that survive are the ones that are resistant to that an antibiotic. you see it with e. coli, with salmonella. common bacteria have this problem. then they cause human

infections. the american academy of pediatrics came out saying, hey, we don't have enough antibiotics to treatment children already because children don't tolerate this, they don't tolerate that antibiotic. we need more choses, not less. if you give us a problem with drug resistance, we're not going to have enough arrows in our quiver to use. that's the problem in the human side. the other part, which david and i discusses a few weeks ago, is in hospitals we're overusing antibiotics. >> back to the animals, will the fda win on this one? >> in europe, i'll answer it indirectly, in europe, it's banned. all over the world, it's banned. we're one of the stragglers. i think eventually the fda will win, but we have too many agencies handling this. the usda is handling research, the cdc handles education -- >> you're saying going to the supermarket, pay the extra money for organic.

>> they're banning penicillin and tetracycline, and you need to get a prescription. a long way to go, but a great start. >> a few bucks more, you look at it but maybe it's worth it. coming up, the doctors will tell us how some other minor changes in your diet can help with a painful condition that affects millions of americans. "sunday housecall" on your health when we come back.

and back now with "sunday housecall." you know, there are painful sores that can occur on the lining of your stomach, but as it turns occupant, you may be able to get relief fromgastic ulcers from making a few changes in your diet. first, what's the difference between a gastric ulcer and something else, and how do i

prevent it? >> it's called a peptic ulcer. tufects two parts of the body, the stomach and the upper part of the small intestament. today, we're talking about the stomach. the thing that worries me about the stomach is people on nonsteroidals like aspirin, motrin, they can irritate the stomach lining. when you get literally an ulcer in the stomach lining, that's the problem. prednisone can cause thigprobls problem, coffee, we're big coffee fans, can lead to this problem. smoker is a big cause. if you have the problem, what do you do about it? you get treatment, you get medications. you watch out for blood in your stool. that's something you want to watch out for, dark, tarry stools. you want to avoid things like dairy product, avoid spices, chocolate. >> taking all the fun out of everything. it can be pretty feipainful.

how do you know you have one? >> how do you go you havegastic ulcer? stress, spicy food, or personality cause ulcer? >> all of them. >> none of them. 89% is a bacterial infection. you have this bacteria that is sitting in the stomach. for whatever reason, you can get it from water, for food, from kissing. it stays in your stomach, doesn't do much for a long time, and all of a sudden, it can cause inflammation. if you have dairy food, coffee, alcohol, that can increase the acid in the stomach and now you have an open sore with acid hitting it. then you have the ulcer. >> that stuff is only bad once you have the ulcer? >> you got it. that's why you should not be stressed out. as it goes on, it can lead to bleeding ulcer where somebody will have a tarry, dark black stool, as opposed to fresh flood, which is mostly

hemorrhoids. it can cause the nausea, bloating, and you look inside, find out where the bleeding is, and stop it. >> can you repair it? >> you can inject it with vaso contradictors. the truth is you need to stay healthy. i have been pushing coffee all the time. i think it's healthy. this is one time you don't want to have coffee nor alcohol, and the way to treat this, besides all this inhibitors, look into cabbage juice. cabbage juice, aloe vera, and oregano helps heal the ulcers. >> i want to ask a question because i know my mom is watching you. she tried to get me to drink those probiotic drinks. could that coat your stomach and help with the bacteria? and i know doctors recommend go on an antibiotic and get rid of that once a year.

>> some recommend that in 90% of ulcers. in addition to the inhibitor i recommend, you have to take antibiotics. antibiotics plus a protonpump inhibitors, plus drinking water and staying away from cigarettes, coffee, and improving your diet will help you heal. >> there's something called youreea breath test. you can get a blood test to see if the bacteria -- you go on tetracycline, you treat it. >> that's what checking -- and the drink? >> the drink is a great idea to prevent it in the first place. >> i'm glad there's a test to test for that. >> very good, doctors. thank you so much. we'll tell you about revolutionary robotic technology. it could be the next big breakthrough to fight everything from infertility to a lot of other common diseases. we'll tell you what scientists are working on. you're going to hear it here first.

some potentially cutting edge treatment in the fight against infertility. and you know when we hear it, we have it here. a medical breakthrough that could help fight some common diseases as well. dr. samadi, what is it sph. >> this is a very interesting and acute medical information coming from germany. what they're doing is they're using the sperm that's trapped in a nano technology tube. they're taking the robot i use in the operating room is a big sized robot. now we're talking about tiny nano technology. then they use a magnet to direct it to whenever they want to go. so this has potential for

fertility treatments. it has a tremendous future for this. i'm not sure how it's going to pan out, but it's a really nice start-up scientific data. >> where does sperm go generally? >> it uses the tail and they're implying a biomethod, using the tail to do the work, and they use the field to direct the sperm. the problem is millions start off and only one lucky one makes it. they go in the wrong direction. >> a fight to the finish. >> they only last two days. it's like they're swimming from los angeles to hawaii and very few people can make it. >> put one in a lamborghini and with a magnet, control it to the goal. >> it will help many other women get pregnant. >> absolutely. >> other diseases. this thing can do -- >> that's right. if this pans out, then finally,

we can use the technology to deliver the chemotherapy. >> men are stupid, sperm are stupid. >> drugs, to deliver drugs and cancer treatments and such through the nano technology to the source could probably protect healthy cells, too. >> that's exactly right. it's a very specific target delivery. >> it's available now? >> it's all part of the experiment. >> nano technology. >> very exciting. >> coming up, something that really affects all of us? bad with names. don't remember where you put your car keys? leave your coffee in the other room, you're like, where is it? coming up, "should i worry." the doctors will talk about memory lapses.

back now for a sunday house

call and our segment, should i worry? every sunday, we talk about something that worries us. i keep forgetting people's names and where i put my car keys. should i worry? these senior moments keep on growing and get more. >> what people are worried about out there is alzheimer's. certainly we're having an epidemic. but that may not be what it is. it could be stress, anxiety, depression that's affecting you. it could be modern technology that's the problem. there's a roent study out and i'm happy about this, there's more senior moments in people 18 to 34 that those that are older. why? because you're taking a forecast with your smartphone rather than watching what's actually happening. you don't have to know anyone's name any more. it's right there in your connection file. >> everyone is texting like this and it's moving so quickly. >> exactly. >> does that do something to your neurons up there?

>> talking about neurons, you brought it up. the brain is a big computer and all these neurons and nerves are talking to each other. but when there's interruption, one file doesn't talk to the other one. you walk into the kitchen to make a list of what you have to shop, the phone rings and you forget exactly why you're in the kitchen. some of this could be from lifestyle, being fatigued. but this is a perfect example of when you do your history of physical, looking for anyone on antidepressats, antianxiety, if you're a big smoker, alcohol will bring down your vitamin b1. check your vitamin b1, b12, we talked about how vitamin b is extremely vital and important in your sogive. now, i be this term doesn't exist today, but i will tell you there's going to be an ipad addiction and ipad psychosis. i see kids basically zoom into

this ipad and their risk of deficit and retention, there's no reason to apply your brain any more. is so ghouling has become an external brain drive for you. >> people can figure out or look up at least some of the things they can practice, right? >> go to your physician when this happens because it could be a thyroid problem, a metabolic disturbance. let's rule that out. make sure it's not anxiety or depression. then maybe it is modern technology. and you can retrain yourself to talk to people and remember their names. >> social interaction, inter acting with other people, using all these crosswood puzzles, all of that will be great for you.

>> you guys used your brains this week. you brought up a lot of great information. flashcards, folks, for the doctors. have a great day, everybody. that will do it for us. >> media buzz with howard kurtz starts right now. the ten-day media celebration of nelson mandela's life, we'll have a live report with south africa. next, the american media distracted by this historic event by what can only be called the side show. >> shaking hands, shaking hands, shaking hands, president obama and the british and danish prime ministers with an impromptu selfie. >> how did this turn into a selfie? and what about the pundits on the left and the right exploiting mandela's memory. one year of the