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why's that? look what daddy's got... ahhhhhhhhhh!!!!! growth you can count on from the bank where no branches equals great rates. hello. i'm eric shawn. time now for "sunday housecall." >> and i'm arthel neville. joining us is dr. david samadi. chairman and professor of urology and chief of robotic surgery. >> and dr. marc siegel. author of the inner pulse, unlocking the secret code of sickness and health. >> i love the way arthel pronounce it. it's so sexy. >> i can't help it, doc. >> of course, it's been a difficult past few days and
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week. the sounds of terror ringing across paris this past week. you hear those ambulance sirens, you see those scenes throughout the city after those two deadly assaults. it's raising health concerns for us, about mental and physical effects on the body of living with the prospect of terrorism and what it does reading and watching these scenes as we sit here watching in america. of course, bringing up memories for sum of 9/11 and the other previous terrorist attacks and more attacks that could potentially hit our country. with dianne feinstein today saying there are sleeper cells here in the u.s. how do we deal with this and what does it do to our health? herely our hearts go out to the victims, but also it's anxiety inducing in many ways.
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>> that's so true. and nobody knows this kind of terror better than israelis because israelis have been under this kind of scrutiny for decades. in the last 50, 60 years, we know always these bombshells. so what does it do to your health really. this is an israeli study. they looked at about 70,000 people and followed them for over ten years. what they realize that all of this terror, it's not just the sound of this and the sound of the bomb, but it has a health problem and effect on your body. based on heart rate. your heart rate should be around 60 normally. but in this particular study they found out it's always around 80. when you have this heart rate that's always higher, can lead to heart attack. without getting into the politics of this, i want to talk about the affect of stress anxiety, post tra stress disorder, what happens when you
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have an important interview with the president, what happens to your heart, what happens to the palm of your hands. if you're taking an exam or having a major surgery coming up. let's talk about military kind of a thing in medicine. it's interesting. think of like pentagon is located in your brain called hypo thalamus. the center of all the important stuff is there. that's our pentagon. when you're under stress, when a bomb goes off, pentagon is alert. the gland says, guys, we have a war going on, flight or fight. that's when they send a message to the u.s. based army which is your adrennal grand. you have all these lieutenants waiting to be armed. you have cortisone level. short term, your body may be sending like who are mowns, but it comes down. if you're under attack all the time, bombshell after bombshell,
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your cortisone level is going to be high. your adegreenal gland is going to be high. it increases inflammation, heart disease, increase diabetes, everything else is effected. how do you take care of this? yoga, exercise, relaxation. this is something you cannot avoid. staying away from negative energy. that's one of the resolution of 2015, remember. but try to stay calm. it hasalth problem. >> as you know our own dr. siegel, he's an expert in this field. he has written extensively on the subject. including his book "false alarm, the truth about the epidemic of fear." you pointed out the fight or flight feeling that gets into your body. talk to us, though, about the images. we want to know what's going on in the world and we watch these images on television.
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talk about the -- separating the panic that could ensue inside of yourself. >> he did an excellent job talking about fight or flight. the hormones are released and you have this long-term impact on your heart, on longevity. the terrorists know this. they're manipulating us. the number one weapon of a terrorist is not a plane, it's not a bomb, it's not a gun. it's the fear that ensues. they deliberately attack and news organization and then everyone's afraid to public those pictures. we should be focusing on that boy who helped people get to safety because that's courage. and that's the antidote to fear is courage. instead, we see these images over and over and over and we personalize them. that's been studied. a study a couple years ago showed if you put people in front of a video camera and show
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them the same violence as if they were actually there, they end up with the same response in their brains. so imagine if you show these images over and over and over again which is why i tell people, you got to take a pause button. we have great reporters on the ground in paris right now reporting on this, but hit the pause button, especially if you're elderly, you have heart disease. if you're prone to depression or anxiety, you get it again from watch thg. david's point, well, if you're in paris -- the closer you are to the scene -- >> well, watching it here. >> even here -- >> how do we turn this around so -- winston churchill -- >> i say look at the courage of the boy. >> also the body will bounce back. it's interesting. in 2001 when 9/11 happened, i was in france. i was doing training over there.
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you turn on the tv and all of a sudden you see the buildings coming down. that fear that builds up. so what that leads to is insomnia. you end up in more anxiety and depression. if you're suffering from this, don't just do it on your own. you can seek help. ask for experts. there are medications we can give you. very simple basic things we have spoken about. from tea, magnesium that can relax you. but those are basic stuff. there's also anti-anxiety medications that under direction of psychiatrist can help you. >> he's talking about cycle of worry. you start watching this. you watch it at night. then you hear there are sleeper terror cells in the united states. you say, could be me. i don't feel in control anymore. how do you get the control back, you break that cycle of worry.
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exercise is another one. exercise releases positive hormones in the brain. sleeping more. taking something to help you sleep. when you get that insomnia, it builds on itself. you got to take medication sometimes -- >> kick boxing works. >> the great sign that the british had which was keep caulk. >> and carry on. >> good advice. >> keep caulk and watch hgtv every night. >> house call is the cure today. >> i'm too stressed. >> as you guys have heard, a report about how cold it is across the country and coupled with the particularly nasty flu season this year. now we're hearing that the cdc is urging doctors to do a response. and whether it's the right decision for you. we'll talk about that after the break. ght, so this tylenol arthritis lasts 8 hours
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well, this year's flu season shaping up to be one of the worst on record. a map compiled by the cdc showing the flu has now become widespread in all but four u.s. states. the agency is now urging doctors to prescribe more anti-viral drugs in hopes of containing the virus. dr. siegel, is this a good idea? >> well, the first point i would make is, don't prescribe it unless you know what you're doing. don't just suddenly prescribe it. the point the cdc is trying to make is if we don't have a great match this year for the strain. it's a swiss h3n2 strain.
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you got to do something. one thing you can do is recognize the symptoms early. that's the point they're making. if you have severe fatigue, that's what you get right out of the shoot with this. you suddenly can't get out of bed. you have muscle aches, a high fever usually and sore throat and sniffles. if you're especially in a high risk group and have those symptoms, that tamiflu should be considered. if you're elderly, i would consider it or another anti-viral drug. there's some argument to giving it to everyone who has flu because it decreases on stomachs and shedding. >> shedding? >> you're not as likely to give it to the person next to you. there's not a consensus on that. in a season like this, you'd be more inclined to do that.
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>> what about washing your hands? i wash all the time. >> that's good. there are three ways i can get the virus from you. one is basically shaking your hand. o if i take that paper right after you sneeze or could hagh, i can that. if you cough or sneeze, it goes straight into my eyes, nose, or mouth. it has to lock into one of your cells and get in. it has to start to duplicate. the first 24 hours when the hormones come out, that's when you get the fever. if you take tamiflu in the first 24 hours it would work. by the time it replicates and the virus is spreading, it's a waste of time. >> what do you do when you get the body aches? >> that's a reaction of your soldiers in your body. that's your immune system fighting the virus back.
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the typical duration is about five days. cdc is almost like off their games. now i think we're at the peak of the flu. there are 26 kids that have died. usually we see about a hundred. it doesn't look as bad even though we always have 36 to 40 states, which is the same. we need to work on better vaccines. that's why people are afraid. and the whole means of the side effect of the vaccines can cause other things, we have said it doesn't cause it. study doesn't show it. we encourage people to get flu vaccines, but lot of people can skeptical. >> i totally agree with that point and it's in the pipeline, but it's been in the pipeline for too long. one universal flu vaccine. >> tell us about this ten-year -- >> i also like the point about
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tamiflu. >> if it mu at a times? >> even with all these changes, that vaccine would hit it. >> but that vaccine -- one final point i want to make. the biggest problem with flu, david, is the secondary infections. be on the lookout if your a pediatrician for a kid that gets an ear infection or pneumonia. >> how likely? >> at least 30% likely. >> you have to be older, asthmatic, heart disease, younger kids, and just for the public just so they know, i'm not the expert in flu. i'm a prostate cancer expert. >> he made a great point about heart disease. if you have severe heart disease, you could literally have a heart attack because of the flu. >> it's the complication of the flu that brings you to the hospital and can kill you. >> and cover your mouth, people.
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>> that drives me insane. >> all right, doctors. as we have been reporting and showing you all this morning, the defy i can't amazing and inspiring scenes in paris. more than a million, maybe a million and a half people taking to the streets in defy yans against radical islamic terrorism. iance against radical islamic terrorism.
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it is a defiant message against radical islamic terrorism. first they said one million people had taken to the streets of paris. now authorities -- ready for this? saying the numbers are up to 3 million. more people going to the streets of paris against radical islamic
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terrorism than they say took to the streets after paris was liberated from the nazi grip in world war ii. as 40 world leaders also linking arm in arm against that threat, including angela merkel, benjamin netanyahu, david cameron and turkish prime minister as well. >> we've been on the ground covering this remarkable march there, marches in paris. he's there now with more on the situation there in paris. greg, what you can you tell us? >> reporter: hi. i lived here for eight years, covered this country for many more years than that. i've never seen anything like it. in fact the claim being made on french media tonight is that this is the biggest outpouring of the french out in the streets of paris since the allies, including the united states, liberated this place in 1944 against the nazis. that is why it is being called
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an historic march. looking at the people, hearing what they are saying, it's our feeling that this is a most unusual occurrence, that is, again, i've covered france for a long time. you get a lot of protests and marches. they're usually unions or some narrow focus groups, people coming out on the streets tonight here are of all sectors of the population. the type of people who don't usually come out, young and old, from all possible ethnic groups, as well as possible demographic groups, all coming out for -- and that is the description of this rally -- for unity, unity against terror. the events of this past couple of days have hit this country very hard. very concerned about what it means for the freedom of press, freedom of expression, freedom of the media. interesting, we had one of our teams out there. they interviewed one person and he said "i hated charlie hebdo."
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charlie hebdo was a satiral magazi magazine. this fellow said i never looked at that newspaper but i am out here to protest their right so they can print and i can hate it further. those are the feelings that are coming out from the people here, guys. >> that definitely is a feeling of defiance. if you could come up with another way to describe the emotional feeling that you can feel, i would imagine, smell and taste and just absorb there, especially having lived in paris. tell me what the feeling is there. >> reporter: yeah. it's funny, you think of the british people as reserved but i think of the french people as reserved, too. they really don't show their emotion. they don't show that they have been touched, moved. they give the impression that they're kind of above that kind of thing. but in the past couple of days as we've been talking to people
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out on the street, it's been anything but. i mean the tears, the personal feelings that have been shared with me. this thing has hit this country very hard. it is obviously hit the globe very hard, too. we've been seeing world leaders from europe, from the mideast and figures from around the world, coming from the u.s. for a special summit meeting regarding anti-terror efforts. eric holder, u.s. attorney general. some odd bedfellows, also, walking along on the street. we see prime minister from israel,netanyahu, as well as bl abbas, president of the palestinian authority. we've also reported to be present, although frankly we haven't seen them, sergey lavrov, the foreign minister from russia, as well as petro poroshenko, the president of ukraine.
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again, yet not confirmed. i think the bottom line is that people are coming together for this time. the numbers, 3 million, that eric mentioned. perhaps that is a sum up of all the rallies and all the marches that have been lapping all across this country because in all the major cities there's been 50,000, 100,000. i think 3 million must mean the entire country. the high estimate we've seen here, so1.5 million. but as people noted, they're watching from one square to another square. people are still at the beginning square. they haven't even done the march and it was supposed to be done a long time ago. i think the bottom line here, guys, is what can be done with this emotion, what can be done with this feeling. i was here in 1998 when the french soccer team, the football team, won the world cup. that was a multi-cultural team.
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france was jubilant because they held this championship that was being held in france, that this would bring the country there. there were arabs, blacks, and whites on that team. back tlehen, too, in 1998, ther were divisions. unfortunately, as we've seen, there have been problems since then. i think it is making something concrete out of this emotion -- >> i'm sorry to interrupt, we're out of time. it has obviously struck at the heart of this country. the french media saying 3 million people out today, just an astounding outpouring. attorney general eric holder, we'll continue our live coverage here on the fox news channel. because i make the best chicken noodle soup. because i make the best chicken noodle soup. because i make the best chicken noodle soup.
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ght, so this tylenol arthritis lasts 8 hours but aleve can last 12 hours. and aleve is proven to work better on pain than tylenol arthritis. so why am i still thinking about this?
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how are ya? good. aleve. proven better on pain. under heavy security, hundreds of thousands march in paris remembering the 17 victims who were killed in attacks by islamic jihadists and rallying against terror. the city remains on high alert as startling new reports emerge about the most wanted woman in france. we will have live team coverage from paris. a showdown between the white house and congress over the keystone pipeline. it could be just the first confrontation of many as the gop comes on strong and the president threatens vetoes. our political panel is here. businessman, reality tv star and possible political candidate donald trump? my one on one interview with the real estate mogul on his presidential aspirations.

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