david samadi, chairman and professor of urology at lennox hill hospital and chief of robotics surgery. marc siegel from langone medical center and author of "the secret code." >> let's start here. something we warned about just last week and now that word that new york giant defensive end jason pierre-paul was forced to

david samadi and chief of robotics surgery. >> good to see you.a game-changer that has to do with lung cancer a vaccine developed in cuba is on its way to our country and say it could end up

david samadi and chief of robotics surgery. >> good to see you. a game-changer that has to do with lung cancer, a vaccine developed in cuba is on its way to our country and say it could end up being a lifeline for patients here or dealing with cancer. dr. siegel has the details. >> with the united states beginning to change policies towards cuba researchers from buff, have from buffalo's roswell cancerens tuite joined a delegation to cube roorks led by new york governor andrew cuomo. they brought back cimavax, a vaccine against lunger, that could be a game-changer. >> the exciting thing about this vaccine is in prevention. we're not talking about immunizing 5-year-old kids to prevent them from getting lung cancer. we're really talking about them immunizing people that don't have lung cancer and are very high risk to get them >> it will have an improvement in your overall survival together with an improvement in your quality of life and apart from other drugs this is very safe. >> according to researchers the vaccine works by targeting for destruct

david samadi, chief of robotics surgery. >> jappy july fourth. >> millions of people will be gathering, a time of reflection and celebration for our country, and, unfortunately, a time that can also result in trips to the emergency rooms. dr. siegel? >> you know, we've talked a lot about it before about barbecuing which clearly everyone is going to be doing, and i don't want to go over old ground except to say check with soap and water to make sure there's no leak coming out of your gas part of the grill. separate your raw meat from your cooked meat. eat a lot of vegetables, don't eat 5,000 hot dogs. if you drink -- >> not a hot dog eating contest. >> if you drink ten beers, don't drive. stay hydrated but i want to ad something today which is fireworks. >> oh, yeah. >> everybody is setting off the firecrackers, and the first thing is, air, i don't want kids under the age of 5 anywhere near this. don't think a kid could set off a sparkler. i don't want kids lighting sparklers, i don't want young kids at all near this. as watch out when you're drinking do this. also, don't go throwing th

david samadi, chairman and professor of urology at lennox hill hospital and chief of robotics surgery. >> and dr. marc siegel from langone medical center and author of "the secret code." >> let's start here. something we warned about just last week and now that word that new york giant defensive end jason pierre-paul was forced to undergo an amputation of his index finger after sustaining a horrific fireworks injury over the fourth of july weekend. dr. samadi, can he still do his job without the finger? >> all unfortunate. he's a great talent and a great player, and obviously he didn't get the memo. we talked about this last weekend. be careful about these fireworks, and, unfortunately, he had to have the amputation on the right index finger, so he's going to lose about 25% of his grip, and he has to learn the new way of playing this game. this amputation obviously is not a major operation but still a real surgery. there was also some burn that required skin graft, so he'll have six to eight weeks of recovery. no question that it's going to affect his career, and the big message -- by

david samadi, chairman and professor of urology at lennox hill hospital and surgery of robotics surgery. >> and dr. marc geel professor of medicine at langone medical center and author of "the inner pulse, unlocking the secret of sickness and health." >> dock doctors calls it a sharp increase in requesting a double mastectomy, some dubbing it the angelina effect after the famous actress, as you know, whose own mother died of cancer announced in 2013 that she had undergone a preventive double mastectomy, this after a blood test revealed she had a genetic pre-disposition for breast cancer. dr. samadi, would you agree with the angelina effect? is it safe for women to remove both breasts when cancer only exists in one? >> it's very difficult to answer this question because you have to individualize the care for the patient. in her particular case there was a huge risk factor, family, her aunt, her mom had canser. >> yeah. >> she also had the genetic mutations and had the one and two positive so she was as a very high risk and at the end you sit with your doctor and balance the risk and bene

david samadi chief of robotics surgery. >> jappy july fourth. >> millions of people will be gatheringime of reflection and celebration for our country, and, unfortunately, a time that can als

david samadi chairman and professor of urology at lennox hill hospital and surgery of robotics surgery and dr. marc geel professor of medicine at langone medical center and author of "the inner pulse unlocking the secret of sickness and health." >> dock doctors calls it a sharp increase in requesting a double mastectomy, some dubbing it the angelina effect after the f