dr. mark segal, the will medical center and author of the inner pulse.ecret code of sickness and health. >> professor of urology and chief of robotics surgery. great to have you here. >> hello. good to see you guys. >> we start with what affects so many americans like eating disoer

dr. mark segal, professor of medical and unlocking the skred code of sickness. >> wait, there is more. you get two opinions. chairman and professor of urology. chief of robotics surgery. doctors, welcome. >> great to have you here. there was a new warning that came out from the american heart association and a lot of people

dr. mark segal, the will medical center and author of the inner pulse. the secret code of sickness and health. >> professor of urology and chief of robotics surgery. great to have you here. >> hello. good to see you guys. >> we start with what affects so many americans like eating disorders. this is national eating disorders week and raises awareness about the conditions that impact 24 million americans and affects people of all ages and genders. how serious is this and how do people address this? >> this is a huge problem. there is a national eating disorders website that has a lot. we are talking 20 million women, mostly teenagers and 10 million men. men as well. this is a very, very serious problem in this country. it runs in families. it's related to body image, self image. there is a lot of underlying depression involved. anorexia nervosa, the person can't get thin enough no matter what they do. starvation, binge eating and vomiting. probably because they have a terrible self image. bulimia is binge eating followed by burging. they can be normal wei

dr. mark segal, professor of medical and unlocking the skred code of sickness. >> wait, there is more. you get two opinions. chairman and professor of urology. chief of robotics surgery. doctors, welcome. >> great to have you here. there was a new warning that came out from the american heart association and a lot of people are confused. what it said was women are actually at higher risk of having a stroke than men. doctor, why would that be true and is it? >> i want women to listen carefully. this is extremely important. it's the american heart association and the american stroke association. the reason is that women get strokes more than 50% of people who get strokes are women. more women than men. it's the number three cause of death among women and number four among men. why women? it's specific reasons. women when they are pregnant are at higher risks especially with high blood pressure. preeclampsia. if if you are on birth control, it increases your risk. if you are going on birth control pills, get your blood pressure tested. if you have high blood pressure and on birth control