our show is over for today. i hope you enjoyed it. and that you're learning to be more of a healthy you. see you later. i'm heather childress. time now i'm heather childers time for "sunday housecall." >> welcome to "sunday housecall." joining us as he does every sunday dr. marc siegel, author of "the inner pulse, unlocking the secret code of sickness and health." >> dr. david samadi chairman of the hospital and chief of robotics surgery. we have a lot of topics today. first, world health organization

declaring polio a problem. it was eradicated. dr. samadi. >> we haven't heard about polio in such a long time. small box was eradicated. we were hoping polio would join that family also. they are announcing an emergency internationally and public hazard for a lot of people. a look at the background of polio. we haven't heard about it in a long time. it really happens in children under five years old. pol pol polio. we don't see this in the country because everyone gets a vaccination and it's easy, eradicated. in countries like afghanistan, pakistan, now syria. a lot of times because of bad sewer water and not having clean water through the fecal oral

viruses getting into kids and numbers are coming up. originally 1840 polio started. 1910 was a huge epidemic of polio. in 1950 we came up with a vaccination. also october 24th is the national day for polio. we don't see a lot of this. because of all the things going on in middle east and pakistan, now who says the numbers are coming up. last year we had about 36 patients. this year almost close to 68. that's a big concern. >> any in this country now? >> we don't have any in this country. this is different than mers we talked about last week. we want to be aware of this. now they are saying if you're traveling out of pakistan or syria, cameroon, some of those countries, ethiopia, you should get your vaccine before you leave the country. there's no cure for this. that's the problem. they are taught to diagnose it. >> dr. siegel, what do you think about this report? >> this reminds americans we're part of a global health

community. we think what happens here, we're part of a world health community. we have to make sure care is all over the world. polo stamped out in 1979 thanks to the most famous nyu graduate jonas salk. his vaccine is still used, a killed virus that cannot suppressed polio. some of the reasons mentioned are not in 100% compliance with the vaccine. they don't get it. it doesn't get to the right places, the right clinics. if everyone takes the polio vaccine there's no polio. it stamps it out. what is it? it's a virus. it spreads from fecal viral route. under the circumstances it from food, poop, waters, you adopt get it for breathing on each other, it's contacts. here is the most interesting thing about polio and why i'm worried about it. 95% of the time you don't see that paralysis we all know about it. you see nothing.

asymptomatic. why does that worry me? it can be spread without anyone knowing they have it. less than 2% of the time there's paralysis. we've all seen people afflicted by that the rest of their lives, they get rehabilitation. it can't be treated. the goal is prevention. >> fdr famously had it, maybe from a boy scout camp he went to, not sure why. can it spread here through someone as they say in close contact from pakistan, lets say. >> i think there is a possibility, as marc mentioned. we're in a big globe. a lot of these viruses can come to the country. we're protected because we're getting the vaccine. there's a rumor in pakistan, taliban, a lot of times taliban are preventing people from getting vaccines because maybe they are american vaccines or the access to the vaccines are not there. we're seeing the rise of these polio, diagnosis. the blood test, lou for antibodies and also csf, fluid

from the spinal cord to look for inflammatory cells and proteins. unfortunately there's no cure for this. the history of polo goes back to egyptian times. >> i did want to ask because we're talking about this today. it makes you think about the debate people are having whether or not to give your children vaccines. so does this speak to the importance of that? >> this one is huge. age of two months you start with this. by the age of four years you've had all the series. everyone should have this. the symptoms of polio are common. the nausea, vomiting. the characteristic things are muscle spasms and problems with muscles. not everyone who has that progresses to the paralysis. >> great point. absolutely. >> meanwhile heard about this study? fda issuing strict new guidelines about aspirin. agency saying aspirin shouldn't be seen as something that should help prevent a first heart attack or stroke. people who don't have any cardiovascular disease history. dr. siegel, this is huge.

everyone says take a baby aspirin. take a baby aspirin. it can help. it's a magic drug. now they say what? >> first of all, i want to agree with the fda for a strange reason. i don't think anybody should go to their pharmacy and pick up aspirin which is an active chemical and decide they are going to treat themselves with it. i think they have to go to their doctor. doctors will hopefully be following the guidelines of american heart association who says people at very high risk should be on aspirin. shown by studies 17% increase in stroke over the age of 35 on aspirin, over 30% on men over the age of 45 on aspirin. you have to see it in conjunction with the risks of bleeding, high blood pressure. that's one of the risk factors. is your high blood pressure under control. i have to look at a patient and judge the risks. what's the risk of bleeding? hundreds of people go to the hospital with aspirin induced

bleeding. >> even coated aspirin? >> one thing they do is take coated aspirin together with ibuprofen, it increases the risk. check with your dr. here is the final point. you may have heart disease and not know it. we know people with heart disease should be on an aspirin. we know. that's been proven. up until you have that first symptom you may have blocked arteries and not know it. that's the group i want to target, high cholesterol, blocked arteries, diabetes, have the risk, almost there, i want them on an aspirin. doctors have to decide. >> this is about not diagnosing yourself and making sure you go to the doctor. >> i think people need to know we're sending mixed messages over here. for years we said take aspirin, it's going to save your life. now we're saying like, wait a second, don't take it because the risk outweighs benefit. we have to be open about it. last year jama came out with a great study that shows if you

have not had any heart attacks before, don't take aspirin, because the riskoit weighs benefit. one of the risks bleeding in your brain, gastric, stomach, don't take it. if you haven't had it, don't take the aspirin. if you you've had heart attack, aspirin helps. why did we recommend aspirin to a lot of people? inflammation causes cancer. inflammation causes heart disease. if spin is going to reduce inflammation, that's going to help. 44 million people are taking aspirin today. this is a great call. as marc mentioned, fda is right on this. not one size fits all, everybody go out and take baby aspirin is a huge mistake. it's very clear now you should not take it for high-risk patients. if you have not had heart attacks don't take aspirin, only if you have had heart attack as a recurrence. how do you know you're at risk? one of the things we've spoken about, believe me, i'm not a cardiologist but i read it a lot. you can go and get a quick test,

show how much calcium in your arteries and vessels. if you have a high score, obviously you're on your way to having a heart attack. maybe taking aspirin in those patients can prevent clotting. to go there random, that's not a good call. >> finally, a study out of minnesota that shows if you have calcium in arteries and neck you have a greater chance of a heart attack. if we can identify you as a high-risk group, i say take aspirin. >> take carotid arteries. >> do you? >> yes. >> are you going to stop? >> no. >> what is the way to stop? immediately? >> he doesn't have any family with a heart attack. his neighbors are telling him -- >> i don't know. >> i also told him -- >> talk to your doctor. talk to your doctor.

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welcome back. a new health alert for some prostate cancer patients. a new study is showing low testosterone levels in low-risk patients could be an early warning sign that their condition might be get worse. dr. samadi, what do you make of this stud? >> this is a study that just came from chile, and they looked at 154 men. what they found was that in the

patients with low-risk prostate cancer, and we talked a little about that, if you have low risk prostate cancer, a lot of time we would do for close surveillance, we would see you every three months and would rather not treat those patient. in those patients if they have a low testosterone level there's a probability of ending up with a very aggressive prostate cancer. this study is a little ironic. we think high testosterone could lead to prostate cancer and a low level could lead to this. my take about this is that our diagnostic tools for prostate cancer is weak meaning that biopsies we're doing today is random biopsies. the doctors and urologists are shooting in the dark and taking samples of the prostate, and the take from this is if you're a low-risk prostate cancer, meaning there's something called a grecian score of 6, if you have low risk prostate cancer, there's 40% chance you have a much aggressive cancer in prostate and not know it because the biopsies are not correct.

that's a huge reason why sometimes in young men, i'm not in favor of following them and doing the watchful waiting. biopsies are not accurate. when it's low-risk prostate cancer, may have more cancer. that's why surgery is the best for young men with prostate cancer with first sign of treatment and that's why i discourage people from getting radiation because when you get radiation for prostate cancer at a young age you're basing your decision on a random biopsy which may or may not be accurate so that's what we're getting out of this. talk to your patient and doctor to find out what the best treatment is. a new website that will go up this week called prostatecancer911.com and patients can come in and ask their questions and call and find out what to do. prostatecancer911.com, and marc, also, of course, does see a lot of these prostate cancer patients. >> i screen people for psa which is check the prostate and i'll

also check testosterone. one thing i would tell you for eric's take home, i wouldn't have fr this study decide someone with low testosterone would have a more aggressive prostate cancer. i think the issue here is if we diagnose prostate cancer in a young person, we would want to cure it, if possible. now, here's where the problem lies, and this term patchful waiting comes, heather. as a patient gets older we may decide that they are too old for a radical prostatectomy. we're also moving in directions with better surgery and better and better surgical techniques, we can do it with less side effects. patient gets in and out of the hospital the same day, and we can now operate on people that are older and people that have more other medical problems, like diabetes and like heart disease. if i can operate and cure a patient, i might decide to do that rather than what's called

watchful waiting, because when you watch and wait you find out in 30, 40% of the time, it spread. now what do i do? i might not be able to cure you. i cure you if i can. >> you may be going in with a low-risk prostate cancer before surgery and afterwards you might find out you have a much more aggressive cancer. that's what surgery does. it removes cancer. the follow-up is easy. the psa should be zero or undetectable and you still have the option that if the cancer comes back after surgery to give radiation. radiation works well after surgery. to do it the other way around, surgery after radiation is very difficult. >> good advice. coming up, is there an easy way to sober up. does drinking give you that beer belly? duh. the biggest myths about alcohol when "sunday housecall" comes back. i'm randy and i quit smoking with chantix. as a police officer, i've helped many people in the last 23 years.

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>> back now with "sunday house call," and "should i worry," we talk about everything that worries us. today we will discuss wine and alcohol. how much is too much? i assume if you are passed out on the floor that is too much. >> yes, that is too much. that is very dangerous. you can vomit and die from the blackouts. centers for disease control says women should not have more than eight drinks a week and men should not have more than 15 drinks a week. they mean five ounces, guys, not what the restaurant serves you. >> five ounces? >> that is consider add drink. at the restaurant you get eight ounces. there is probably some

cardiovascular benefit to alcohol. we have talked about that. the problem is, there are a lot of problems. three drinks a day as this person is having, i'm worried, they can get addicted and get behind the wheel of the car and it could disturb your sleep. after a while it will wake you up. the car problem, there is a myth that says can you have one drink an hour and drive because it wears off...a glass of beer takes two hours to wear off. i don't want anyone going out there and drinking regularly having more than one or two drinks and getting behind the wheel of a car. that leads to tremendous number of tragic accidents. >> don't drink at all if you drive. >> dr. samadi, one drink, two drinks at kinner? >> social drinks, one glass of red wine a night is fine. as a result of antioxidants there is benefit from that. you get into trouble when you start add, up more and more to second and third glasses

especially women. we know alcohol and red wine can add may lead to breast cancer. be careful with that. you get into trouble when you lose control and that is when you have consequences and the alcohol affects your entire body, not only your liver but pancreas. i would say if this person is drinking three glasses of red wine you will be up all night. the calories. calories. four ounces of red wine you are talking about 120 calories for four ounces and with the bigger sizes... >> a lost college kids and high school kids go to a party and a kid passes out. we have told our son that if that happens you have to call a parent because kids think they are passed out and it is okay. it could be dangerous. >> we did a story how campuses are having literally buddy systems they look at people, and

alcohol gets together with other medical problems such as high blood pressure, obesity and makes you more obese. it is a problem on its own and with other medicines. >> and coffee which is encouraged, with alcohol you do not want to drink alcohol because it is another stimulant that can give you false alarm. you may feel you are awake but you are drunk and you can get in trouble. >> aspirin and alcohol...avoid that, correct? >> mostly depends on how big you are. i can drink two glasses, no problem. dr. seigel can drink one. >> we will not have a drinking contest. >> coming up, how young blood could be the key to slowing down the aging process! survey tuned for that. [ female announcer ] there's a gap out there.

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>> some are calling it vampire therapy and others see it as the fountain of youth. studies find young blood can reverse the aging process in mice. can it work in humans? dr. samadi? sansay, yes! >> they trance fuseed the young blood into the old mice and they found that the new mice with the new blood now have better cognition, better memory, the nerves have better plasticity and are acting better. what we are finding out, we have factors that give us...energy, power of thinking and cognition. the factors go down as we age. you take the blood from someone younger and give it to the older person you are back to the way

you were. this is only in mice. we will see if the trials in humans will work out. it also changes the protein in the brain of the mice and the protein is a very interesting way to get there. we spent $260 billion in antiaging. >> before i recommend vampire-ism, what works is the cells, the part of the blood that is the fluid and looking at the fluid at harvard and stanford and figuring out what works. it helps muscles of mice, the hearts of mice and the brains and memory centers of mice. it helps mice think clearly. it is five years away from humans. before the human trials. >> five years. >> can i give you some of my plasma to use later?

>> not ready for prime time. five years. >> good news in the treatment of alzheimer's disease and dementia. >> thank you does it for us. thank you for watching, as always. >> this sunday, monica lewinsky breaking her silence saying that media along with bill clinton aides and a special prosecutor made her a scapegoat in the impeachment scandal. why is the press still treating her as a laughing stock and clinton is portrayed as a statesman? >> getting and keeping my immunity became important to me and i needed to take care of myself. no one else was worried about me. >> is it time 16 years later for the pundits to cut her some slack? >> will this affect the coverage of hillary clinton? why does the former secretary of state have such hostility toward