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david samadi, chairman and professor of urology at lennox hill hospital and chief of robotic surgery.llo. >> good morning. how are you? >> great to see you. >> good to see you. i want to start here today. there's a disturbing new report about measles so the centers for disease control revealed that the u.s. has seen more measles

david samadi. good to see you. >> nice to see you. >> hope you had a good week. >> we have. i want to start here, though. a stark new warning about smoking. there is a new report suggesting lighting up is actually more dangerous than it was 50 years ago, and this as the centers for disease control releases some of those most shocking anti-smoking ads we've seen. i don't smoke, but when they come on, i turn them off. they really gross me out. why are those campaigns getting more and more aggressive? >> the first thing you're remembering to is called campaign for tobacco-free kids where they're showing cigarettes themselves are worse than when the surgeon generally put out his first warning. they have more nicotine. they have pour rous filters. they have ammonia. let's face it. cigarettes were bad 50 years ago, they're bad now. 20% of americans still smoke. why? here's the first thing i want to tell you out there, i can't be your doctor, tell your doctor why you are still smoking. don't be afraid to say that. it's a very, very hard habit to get rid of. do not be embarrassed ab

joining us as always doctor david samadi. he's also chief of robotic surgery there. >> and dr.ofessor of medicine at nyu's medical center, also author of "unlock the secret code of sickness and health". >> nice to see you. >> i want to talk about this. we have a major news story, the centers for disease control and preventi

david samadi chairman of urology at lennox hill hospital and chief of robotics surgery. both. >> good to see you as always. >> want to start here. actor and comedian tracy morgan remains in critical condition today after being involved in a deadly six-vehicle crash on the new jersey turnpike

david samadi, chairman and professor of urology at lennox hill hospital and chief of robotic surgery. hello. >> good morning. how are you? >> great to see you. >> good to see you. i want to start here today. there's a disturbing new report about measles so the centers for disease control revealed that the u.s. has seen more measles cases this year than since the disease was eliminated back in 2000. dr. siegel, i'll start with you. why the resurgence? >> the cdc put out a chart which we can show that shows 288 cases already this year. as you said, in 2,000, there were no naturally occurring cases in the u.s. as all, but the problem is the issue regarding vaccination, okay? arthel, we have about a 90% compliance with vaccination here of the mmr vaccine which is a live virus vaccine, do the not have thimerosal in it and never associated with autism though fear mongers have gotten into this. this vaccine has helped to stamp out measles worldwide. we had over 500,000 deaths from measles worldwide back in 2000 n.2010 it was down to 100,000. this vaccine saves lives. measles is a respiratory

joining us as always doctor david samadi. he's also chief of robotic surgery there. >> and dr. marc siegel. professor of medicine at nyu's medical center, also author of "unlock the secret code of sickness and health". >> nice to see you. >> i want to talk about this. we have a major news story, the centers for disease control and prevention now under serious fire following a major mishap in three of its facilities after 80 workers were reportedly exposed to anthrax. how much do you know about this and how does something like this happen? >> it's shocking new that cdc announced this week that on june 13th, a mishap happened which should have never happened. this is a very sophisticated lab in thereabout. they deal with ebola and small pox. they deal with anthrax. they have a lot of protocol and unfortunately it failed this time. one big lab sent a live anthrax to another lab. they thought it was dead, but they found out a few days after it was live and a lot of people were exposed to this. they are all being treated. nobody is getting sick at this point. it can take two months

david samadi, chairman and professor of urology at lennox hill hospital and chief of robotics surgeryyou both. >> good to see you both. >> happy father's day. >> happy father's day. in honor of father's day we want to go over some healthy tips for taps dads and the best way to help him stay active and healthy

david samadi chairman of urology at lennox hill hospital and chief of robotics surgery. good to see you both. >> good to see you as always. >> want to start here. actor and comedian tracy morgan remains in critical condition today after being involved in a deadly six-vehicle crash on the new jersey turnpike yesterday. the 45-year-old morgan is now facing an uphill recovery battle, and dr. samadi, you know, we hear the term critical condition often, but what does that mean from your perspective? >> arthel, critical condition means that the vital signs, blood pressure and heart rate are not stable, and fortunately he's in the icu at robert wood johnson in new jersey, a great hospital that's able to take care of him, so his vital signs. his heart may not be cooperating. may have had some sort of injury. he was unconscious at the time so that what makes him really critical. getting control of his airways, et cetera, but this kind of accident obviously is very tragic, a passenger died. there was a truck trailer that hit them really hard to the point that there was a whole pil

david samadi, chairman and professor at lenox hill hospital and chief of robotics surgery. you both. >> good to see you as always. >> want to start here. actor and comedian tracy morgan remains in critical condition today after being involved in a deadly six-vehicle crash on the

david samadi, chairman and professor of urology at lennox hill hospital and chief of robotics surgerygood to see you both. >> good to see you both. >> happy father's day. >> happy father's day. in honor of father's day we want to go over some healthy tips for taps dads and the best way to help him stay active and healthy as he grows older, so dr. siegel, you're first on this one. is there a way to continue to meet your challenges and to keep your mind and your body active? >> well, first of all, my father, arthel, is also 90 today, and i want to wish him a happy father's day. president bush jumping out of that helicopter at the age of 90 is an inspiration for all of us, meeting your challenges, having a goal, overcoming that goal. he has parkinson's disease. plenty of patients that are 90 that have high blood pressure and heart disease and deebtize. not everyone can jump out of a helicopter but what can you do? can you keep active to overcome cognitive decline and can you work on your computer and can you even walk you? know, what can people at 90 do? the idea of having a goal, reachi

david samadi. and chief of robotic surgery. good to see you both. >> happy father's day. in hop or of father's day we want to go over some healthy tips for dads and the best way for him to stay healthy and activity as he grows older. is there a way to continue to pete your challenges and to cope your mind and your body active? >> well, first of all, arthel, my father's also 90 today. and i want to wish him happy father's day. president bush jumping out of the he helicopter at the age of 90 is an inspiration for all of us. it's about meeting your challenges, having a goal, overcoming that goal. after all, he has parkinson's disease. we have plenty of patients that are 90, have high blood pressure, diabetes. what can you do? can you keep active to overcome cognitive decline? can you work on your computer? can you even walk? you know, what can people at 90 do? the idea of having a goal, reaching that goal, continuing to stay active physically and mentally will help us to cope you alive. and, again, this is an inspiration, not just to see president bush do this. he's done it

david samadi. good to see you. >> nice to see you. >> hope you had a good week. >> we have.art here, though. a stark new warning about smoking. there is a new report suggesting lighting up is actually more dangerous than it