be sure to tune in again next time, and in the meantime, i hope you're learning to be more of a healthy you. healthy you. i'm arthel nevadaville. time now for "sunday housecall." >> joining us dr. mark siegel. professor of medicine and author of the inner pulse, unlocking the secret of of sickness and health. >> and dr. samadi. good to see you, doctors. >> hello. >> good to see you. >> we're going to talk about this off the bat. a rare virus sending hundreds of children across the midwest and west to hospitals with severe respiratory infections and breathing problems. doctors describing it as a very unusual situation and saying

they don't know what to expect. dr. siegel, what can you tell us about this and how contagious is this? >> first of all, it's now arriving in the northeast. we're seeing cases in connecticut and new york now as well. the northwest, west coast, midwest. it's an enterovirus. it affects about 10 to 15 million people a year. entero means it lives in your st stomach, your gi tract. but this one's different. we haven't seen a lot of cases of it. this one is a respiratory enterovirus, meaning you transmit it in respiratory droplets. what's particularly worry some about it, is it's infecting kids from 6 months up to 60 years of age. especially those with asthma have to watch out. i would tell parents out there, if you live in any of the affected states and your kid has asthma or they develop asthma

after bronchitis or another respiratory infection, watch out for this particular virus, especially if they're very young and they don't have a lot of lung volume. it can come on you in a hurry. one thing to tell people out there is nobody has died. you get better quickly, supportive care, there's been no deaths. they're usually in august and september, so there's a very good chance it's going to wind down. it's also possible it's been underreported in previous years. we only have 97 documented cases. you know it when you see it. >> what's it come from? >> we don't know, eric. it started in california. we don't know why it's rearing up now. could be that it changed, a mutation. could be that it's coming from a particular area. and kids are in school. you know what they do in school. >> yeah, but if it really is affecting kids with asthma, how do you know if they're not just having an attack, how do you know it's not bronchitis or a common cold? >> the timing of this is

actually quite dangerous because the school is already opening up and they're all sneezing and we're heading toward the flu season. it's really hard to know. cdc will tell you, we have a very difficult time diagnosing this particular enterovirus. there are hundreds of these enteroviruses out there. they exist everywhere. they're on this desk. they're part of our life. but a lot of times your immune system will defend you and you won't have a problem. with asthmatic patients, their immune system is down. a son or daughter who has asthma, you want to use even more caution. wash them, keep them clean. you have to wash your hands with soap and water for 20 seconds. you want to make sure doorknobs and surfaces that kids always touch. the other thing kids do which is going to school is, don't share any utensils or cups from each

other. in college, we don't want any hugs and kisses we know that's not going to happen. >> how do you tell your child to wash the hands -- you said for 20 seconds? it's not just a matter of a quick one. >> you also have to use soap, not just the water. >> sing happy birthday. >> keep the 20 seconds going. that's how you keep it clean. 10 million americans affected usually with this enterovirus, shortness of breath, cough, sneezing. very similar to flu so you never know. there is no vaccine for it, and there's no good treatment for it. if you have any of this, make sure you go to the emergency room. supportive care, iv fluid, and oxygen is the way to go. the good news is cdc wants people not to panic because nobody has died. and the only reason why we're doing this segment as mark mentioned is since 1962 until

now we've had only 79 cases. since september 12, we have 93 in six states. >> could it be part of the immigration influx. >> i asked that question this week. their answer was revealing. we don't know. they're not going to say that it isn't that. >> it's a good question actually. >> one more point on this. this is the time to actually deep you're sick kids home. parents don't do a great job of that across the country. he'll get over it. i don't want him to miss that homework assignment. but this particular virus is very bad for young asthmatic children. if he carries it to school and a young kid with asthma gets it, he could land in the hospital. this is the time to isolate sick patients. >> it's always difficult to tell the parents to keep the kids at home. but i think there's nothing to panic. we're watching this. it's mostly in midwest and west

coast. and it's moving toward us. we'll see how it's going to pan out. >> wash the hands. >> wash your hands. >> wipe the doorknobs. >> and don't panic. wow, here's a good question. know where your car keys are right now? where's your wallet? sometimes if you forget about that, it may have something to do with how much sleep you are getting. coming up, the doctors will tell us about a new study about sleep and memory and brain function. you know.... there's a more enjoyable way to get your fiber. try phillips fiber good gummies. they're delicious and an excellent source of fiber to help support regularity. mmmm. these are good! the tasty side of fiber. from phillips

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get five or fewer hours of sleep a night really can have impaired functioning. dr. samadi, it really can affect you. >> not only affects your memory, which is a big part of this study we're going to talk about, but it really affects your whole body. from your hair down. whether it's going to be cognitive skills, alertness. now based on this study that was published in "psychology science" shows that your memory is not going to function. while you may see things that are totally not there, it's a false memory. and it's effective. we know that fatigue causes about 100,000 car accidents, over 1500 deaths as a result of falling asleep behind the wheel. so the memory part of it is given. you need at least seven hours of sleep. probably sleep deprivation is worse than heart disease and diabetes. you know why? because that's what it causes. study after study shows that if you don't get enough sleep, that increases the risk of stroke, risk of heart disease, and

diabetes. now, one of the things that we always suffer in this country, a big epidemic is obesity. we know that sleep apnea and men and women that have sleep apnea, they don't get enough sleep. they have interrupted sleep. so what happens? they gain weight. they're hungry all the time. their hormoneses are out of whack. they're always starving. so this cycle has to break. that's why you need to get your seven hours of sleep. depression is on the rise. >> it's easy so say that. >> so easy to say. i rarely sleep. if i'm lucky, i can get five hours of uninterrupted sleep. but it never happens. you start to get anxious when it's time to go to bed. is there any way to improve your sleep quality? we know don't drink alcohol after a certain hour. >> no chocolate, no desserts. >> have you answered the question? by the way 70 million of us, we're all in good company on this stage, and david's going to say i'm one of the worst, 70 million of us don't sleep properly.

45% of teens in their growing years don't get the eight or nine hours of sleep they're supposed to. we're not getting it. alcohol, if you drink it at night, when it wears off, you wake up in the middle of the night. caffeine, we're drinking way too much caffeine. the biggest problems right now are these iphones, the apple watch, the ipad, we're on all of these things that put us on alert, cause our brain cells to swell, by the way. they don't get rid of the garbage, the waste products that our brain cells make. at night when you go to sleep, brain cells decrease their swelling and then cells come along and vacuum clean the brain, clean it out, decrease activity, what's called rem sleep. your brain rests and it's got to be uninterrupted sleep. we have to stick to rhythms. >> that's your natural body -- >> that means -- let's go back to the era of the cave man. you're supposed to sleep when it's dark and wake up when it's

light. >> i want everyone to write to me and tell dr. siegel to stop texting me at 3:00 a.m. this man needs -- >> right where i live. there's the sun shining in some part of the world. >> that's a great point. when the kids go to bed, you think they're asleep. they're on facebook. >> so the big question to you is whether you really have insomnia. you may have a real problem that you don't know about or you're exactly doing what eric -- you're always constantly working, you're preparing for work, you're always ahead of the game, so that's why you don't sleep. a doctor needs to sit and talk to you and find out if it's a real problem. there are a lot of herbs that can help you.

they can calm you down and help you go to bed. and also time yourself. if you have to get up at 5:00, go to bed early on. >> i appreciate this advice, but it just doesn't work and actually creates anxiety if someone tells me, you do this, go to sleep. >> it's a discipline like anything else. he just was hinting on something i want to talk about further. not sleeping is bad for your health, can cause diabetes, being overweight, high blood pressure. there's also this issue of sleep apnea. you may be waking up because you stopped breathing. are you snoring, are you very tired the next day, do you have headaches the next day. there's 17 million americans out there that have a problem where they're actually stopping breathing in the middle of the night. sleep is the most important thing. >> sleep on your side. now that we know everyone's head is swollen and full of garbage, i would sleep on the side. >> get some rest. >> all right. >> starting with me. i'm going to get some rest. >> nap.

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time now for "should i worry." it's our weekly segment about everything that worries us. this one is asking my colonoscopy is coming up. should i worry? dr. siegel, i want to start with you, also, are there any important questions that a patient should not be afraid to ask the doctor?

>> well, arthel, a patient should never be afraid of asking their doctor any question. and answering this question, you should not worry if you have your colonoscopy coming up. it's one of the most important procedures we do. you should ask your doctor should it be in the doctor's office or not. i tend to send my patients to hospitals for them for their aged, over the age of 80 for example. younger patient, i'm very willing to do it in a doctor's office -- have it done in a doctor's office if i know the o col colonoscoper, who's doing it. how many cases has your gastroend rolgs done? if there's an anesthesiologist administering anesthetic, how often have they on done it, what is their experience like. everybody's worried about that prep.

i want to tell you k -- you, i like fos fous soda. you can't use it in elderly people because it can cause people. someone our page takes a colonoscopy, that's great. for others, go lightly will protect your electrolytes, potassium, sodium, all stays the same. don't be afraid of the prep. you have to have the colonoscopy, at least every ten years. >> colon cancer is so preventable. this is such a way to prevent it. i have to say in the strongest of terms having in the family that family should absolutely have colonoscopies. >> five-year survival is 90%. when you catch it early on, this can really save your life. >> when should you start them? >> you should start at the age of 50. if you are a very high risk, major family history, your doctor may want to do another colonoscopy in five years but in general, every ten years. >> what about every three years? >> depending on your case. depending on the number of poll

will you pleases et cetera. but generally ten years is more than enough. 135,000 people get diagnosed with colon cancer. third-leading cause of death. 59,000 deaths as a result of this. nobody will debate whether colonoscopy should be done or not. so the question is, is it safe in the surgi centers. many, many studies have shown that the number of complications are the same. in the hands of experienced doctors, you have nothing to worry. so that's bottom line. number of complication is less than 1%. let me just explain one thing. if you just go for a screening colonoscopy, meaning that you just go for your screening, the number of complications almost zero. 20% have some bloating, abdominal pain, gas pain. the number of -- when they find something, when they find like a polyp and you start biopsying it, the risk of perforation is .9%. that's when the risk starts to go up. the risk of death -- can you guess?

.03%. it is extremely rare. also let me explain colonoscopy is not 100% proof. you can miss about 6% of these colon cancers and also you can miss about 12% of abnormal. if they're older, i'd rather have this capsule colonoscopy which is not invasive. they swallow the capsule and they don't have any invasive procedure. >> quickly, are there any warning signs that something's going wrong? as a patient, you don't know. >> the warning sign is before you ever get to the procedure. i want to know if my patients have heart disease, lung disease, if they're on coumadin, for example, it is much harder to do a colonoscopy. the more medical complications they have going in and the olded they are the more i want it done by a very experienced doctor. again, i would consider having it done in a hospital for patients that are the sickest and/or the oldest. but for the most part, it usually can be done in a stand-alone facility, especially a top one. >> cost is a big issue in the hospital.

6,000 versus 2,000. always find out if there is anesthesiologist on-board. if something happens, can they protect you. >> try to get them. absolutely. >> we are going to come back and talk about -- no, we talked about that already. we're going to have more great advice from our doctors on migraine sufferers. if you suffer from migraines, stick around. you'll want to hear what they have to say about that. so i can reach ally bank 24/7, but there are no branches? 24/7 it's just i'm a little reluctant to try new things. what's wrong with trying new things? feel that in your muscles? yeah... i do... try a new way to bank, where no branches equals great rates.

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good news for migraine sufferers. new research shows those who participate in things like meditating are less likely to have symptoms. so i got to chill out, huh? >> relax. >> i have a little mixed feeling about this. this study comes from harvard medical school. 19 patients they looked at and they compared to the standard therapy. they were no real significant findings. maybe a little less problem with migraine pain as a result of meditation. meditation and yoga probably works, probably is underlying because it reduces stress. but i think we've talked a lot about herbs in this. as a guy who does robotic surgery to talk about alternative medicine, you got to give me a lot of credit. for example, lav der oil.

peppermint oil. basil oil. what's coming up all the time, fever few. look into fever few. it is great for migraine pain. i want people to look into it. also flaxseed. it has a lot of omega-3 fatty acid. it reduces inflammation. the dietary part, chocolate, red wine, peanut butter, all of those you stay away if you have migraine. diet helps. but if you do all of this, in addition doing yoga and meditation, hey, i'm all for it. acupuncture? not a problem. >>banana, milk, coca-cola. you'll be fine. that's my prescription. >> my wife says no hot dogs, no aged cheese, no alcohol. get rid of that. what you do want -- this is a formula e sh uses really well.

magnesium. riboflavin and co-q 10. nothing more important than getting the right amount of sleep. uninterrupted sleep. too much sleep can bring on a migrai migraine. too little sleep definitely brings on a migraine. exercise, sleep right, eat right. get rid of the tiramine loaded foods. >> what is that? >> it's an amino acid in the hot dogs, aged cheese, red wine. you want co-q 10, magnesium and >> you rub the oil. near where you're working. even on your skin. it really is soothing and calming. again, with this peppermint oil, it basically relaxes you. you get to the gym you could be calmer. >> have someone rub it on you. >> i knew one of you were going to say that. thank you. doctors, thank you so much. always entertaining and informative. that's going to do it for

us. >> thank you for watching. "sunday housecall." every sunday on the fox news channel. have a great day. on the buzz beater this sunday, with isis releasing another beheading video last night showing the murder of a british aid worker and with president obama now backing military action against these terrorists, are the media fueling a surge for public air strikes in iraq and syria and are many pundits beating the war drums? >> i can say with certainty that there is deep anger within the u.s. intelligence community because president obama was, indeed, warned about isis. if the situation gets worse, the president's legacy is doomed. >> are we ever going to say, you know what? he's the commander in chief, got elected twice, let's give it to him, whatever he wants. just like bush.