dr. marc siegel. dr. siegel, do you think that the media plays this up on purpose?tainly do. it's because of ratings. you know, i'll give you a recent example that i covered. the norovirus cruise ship. the amount of norovirus that you can get, 20 million people go on a cruise a year. 1,000 are getting this virus, that's not a lot when you consider 20 million people in the country are getting this virus all the time. but we love the visual of all the passengers coming off that are affected and viewers attach voyeuristically to the news. we need an antidote for that. and we go rushing out and buy things. >> you were quoting your book when i say that you said in your book that the media took a ho-hum disease such as the flu and overinflated it overnight. and then they falsely tell you that by getting this flu shot all your fears are taken care of, and don't worry, you'll never get sec. and you're calling them out on that. why? ? because i think flu is a serious disease that was overlooked for many, many years. and then suddenly it became trendy. every since then everyb

dr. marc siegel, member of the fox news medical a-team. professor of medicine at nyu langone medical center. what do you they have the president? >> maybe if you change your story frequently enough eventually you come upon the truth. the problem here -- lou: is he getting closer? >> no, he's not. the real truth even if you get to keep your doctor, i had a patient on with me on fox news last night who gets to keep me but i'm not in her bronze plan. that means she pays out-of-pocket to see me and still can't get the tests she needs because i can't order them pause of these massive deductibles. so in other words, if you have a bronze plan, lou, faced with a 5800-dollar deductible and a young person who is just starting out in a career can't afford these tests. lou: we know one thing. 18 to 34-year-olds who are the base of this model, because they're going to pay more than everyone else comparatively for the care, so that they can subsidize older americans who need more expensive care, they're going to be paying a frightful amount of money, on

dr. marc siegel at ny medical center and author of unlocking the secret code of sickness and health.great to see both of you. >> good to see you. >> i want to start with a women's health question. often these diseases are referred to as women's diseases but

dr. marc siegel, professor of medicine at langone medical center and author of unlocking the secret codes to health. >> dr. david samadi is here, chief of robotic surgery. great to see you. >> happy sunday. >> we are going to begin with a spotlight on national multiple sclerosis week, an illness that affects 2.3 million people worldwide. it can strike without warning. how do you know when you're starting to have symptoms of ms. is early detection important? >> hugely important. the problem is that ms is known as the great imitator. it can mimic almost any neurologic disease. you could have weakness. you could have fatigue, a really important one. i interviewed ann romney last year, that's her prominent symptom. fatigue, suddenly getting fatigued. that's hard to know. fatigue can be many different things. it can be sensory loss where you can get confused, depressed. the most permanent one is optic neuritis where you suddenly lose vision in your eye. you have an episode where you have a problem and it remits. the best way to understand it is like wiring. the wiring of the brain is like copp

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dr. marc siegel, professor of medicine at langone medical center and author of unlocking the secret codeso health. >> dr. david samadi is here, chief of robotic surgery. great to see you. >> happy sunday. >> we are going to begin with a spotlight on

dr. marc siegel at ny medical center and author of unlocking the secret code of sickness and health. it's great to see both of you. >> good to see you. >> i want to start with a women's health question. often these diseases are referred to as women's diseases but doctors say elements like osteoporosis and breast cancer you may know already can affect both sexes. dr. samadi, tell us about the most system things women have to think about that men should keep in mind as well. >> we have about seven diagnosis we want to talk about but the reason i thought this topic was so interesting is that men don't like to see doctors. if it wasn't because of women bringing men to the office and saying go get screened, we would never see doctors. that's why these seven diagnoses always come with the women's diagnosis, not men. 25% less visits to doctors for men, 40% less visits for screenings and men die about two times more from heart disease and cancer than women and for whatever reason, women outlive men by five years. it's not the women killing us. it's just we don't go for screening. osteoporosi

dr. marc siegel is breaking down the good, the bad and the surprisingly unhealthy products found at yourlive from c.o. bigelow here in new york city. good morning, dr. segal. >> we're at america's oldest apothecary. thomas edison came here to have a sore finger treated. eleanor roosevelt has been here, many famous others including peter johnson jr. come here. the question is do people come here for the right things? i'm concerned at this point in time with everything available over the counter, are doctors involved? do patients just choose what they want. we have stomach medications here like zantac. they may be good initially to get rid of a ache but you can get acid rebound. xithromax, centers for disease control say 23,000 deaths occur from overuse of antibiotics. you have weight loss agents. this stuff can rev you up, some people can't tolerate that. are the right people taking the right medicines? >> what about the good stuff? >> ainsley, i think there is good stuff. i think there's a lot of vitamin d deficiency in this country especially with not getting enoughç sunlight. we have

dr. marc siegel is a member of the medical a team and joins us with this news. this is very troubling.reatment are unavailable for people on those policies. >> that is no surprise atç all. it came from a survey from a.p. you just showed. you know why? they have state-of-the-art treatments, they are the most expensive. they target certain cancers. they work for some people, not others. avastin is a drug that costs $19,000 a year. if insurance companies have to cover birth control, they will not be able to cover m.d. anderson. >> it is i think the top-rated cancer hospital in the country? >> i agree with that. here in new york sloan kettering memorial,ç two out of nine of the major policies in the state cover sloan ket terring. seattle, cancer care alliance, less than half of the plans covered. >> if you have cancer you want to go to one of those places but they're off limits if you have certain obamacare policies? >> absolutely. that is the first thing my patients will say if i give them a cancer diagnosis. where do i go for the best coun? where is the best doctor? oftentimes the secr

dr. marc siegel. go to too many ball games and at those ball games you're drinking beer and eating hot dog. those cause migraines. this is the pwatd stuff. chocolate has caffeine in it. all migraine sufferers knowç to stay away from this. the setup to this was about this new band. women have known this for centuries that if you put pressure on your head when you're having a migraine it reduces it because the nerves in the face provoke migraines. >> you want some type of band up there? >> something. maybe some towel or headband like carmelo anthony wears. >> like john mcenroe wore in 1978. >> there are some supplements you can take? what do we need? >> some have you well studied. one of them isç coq-10. also fish oils. having salmon is good. if you don't want to find it in a bottle, you can find it in food. over in the middle, ribo flavin, vitamin b-2, it decreases pain. people don't know about it but it is in milk, it is in eggs, in spinach, in mushrooms. riboflavin is key. studies show it decreases