dr. siegel, what questions should ask family members so you can relay that information? >> it's getting more important as we have genetics. you have to tell both sides of the family and first degree relatives. uncles and aunts, grandparents. i look at blood pressure, i look at cholesterol, certain cancer, colon, prostate. more and more we're finding avenues into genetics that tell us what to predict. >> when you think about that you think about breast cancer because that's the one you hear about if you have a relative that has had it but what other illnesses and diseases are there connections? >> prostate cancer is a big one. a lot of times people think with breast cancer they only think about their mother's side but the father's side, genes can go back and forth. doctors give you all these forms and it's so annoying to fill out but as a doctor, you're a detective. you need that information to take care of your patients. in cancer when the cancer is seen before the age of 50, it's critical and mostly genetic. volunteer that information to your doctor. >> thank you both s

dr. siegel is here and a couple minutes. iran fires at an unmanned u.s. or start of heightened tensions with rogue iranian dictator? clear battle lines being drawn as we head for the fiscal cliff. we go over it. the cbo predicts another recession. president obama and john boehner will address on the economy later on today. the consumer sentiment number from the university of michigan, moved up, no impact on the market, dow is down 22, below 12-8. here is friday morning company. gerri willis is back. liz macdonald with a sand sandra smith from the floor of the stock exchange. where is it now? >> now down about 6% in the trading session. to give disney credit it is up 26% so far in 2012 outperforming the market. reported sales that missed estimates, stock really down, media networks and cruise line and theme park, all reported improved business but that is not enough to boost the stock. stuart: if disney loss is causing a 22 point loss, the dow will be up, i got to move to j.c. penney, that below 20? >> this is not a good looking stock, it is down 6% in tod

dr. marc siegel. this is what i thought was so important and blew me away.eport says job losses pose as big of a threat as smoking and high blood pressure. how can that be true? >> is apples and oranges. they're all bad for you. if you lose your job may be more willing to smoke more in depth even worse, noting the study shows. you sleep less, don't exercise this much, you're worried more. all of them increase the stress hormones in the body and the stress hormones in the body in my opinion increase your heart rate, blood pressure, and then increase your risk of a heart attack. you don't take care of yourself and you don't have your job. for when you think you might lose your job you're worried about it. gerri: you can see people physically degrade when they're under stress for whatever reason. what is going on with them physically that make that happen? >> we have an emotional center in our brain, people who lose their jobs, they start to have more outpouring of hormones. these hormones increase your risk of heart was pressure, heart attacks and not only tha

dr. marc siegel, author of the inner pulse, unlocking it is inner code of sickness and healthy. >> you get two opinions for the price of one. dr. david smatty, chief of robotics at the mount sinai medical center and educated opinion at that. >> shocking new study, have you heard? diabetes levels at record levels

dr. siegel thinking about the other star attractions here.wondered if dolphins might have the same sleep pattern. sure enough, he and his team learned the newborns stay awake for weeks. and when they do get some rest, dolphins sleep hemispherically, meaning on only one side of the brain at a time, allowing them to stay conscious and keep moving. >> reporter: so, they're mammals. they're smart mammals with a big brain. this idea that somehow sleep allows us to reboot our brains would suggest that the bigger the brain, the more you need sleep. >> right. >> reporter: not so. >> right and that's a surprising observation but its clearly the case. >> reporter: consider brown bats, not so brainy, and yet they log 20 hours of sleep a day, while elephants, with their large brains that never forget, sleep only our hours. but the bats can gorge on a insect meals at dusk, while elephants graze for hours on end. maybe young dolphins and whales remain awake because they are particularly vulnerable to predators and marine mammals have to make a conscious ef

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dr. siegel in new jersey where he gave you guys very high marks for the work that you're doing.en island where people have been so hard hit and parts of brooklyn and we have a guest we've been following through this process, we had him back on yesterday and here is what he said. >> this is what they give you, these are called apac meals. i've done cooking and worked in pizza restaurants and other restaurants for some time in high life and i had a problem cooking this food. martha: he claims that the food was hard to cook. he also said that the granola box bars they were given were moldy, the batteries they were given didn't work. what do you say to that? >> first of all i would say that the meals he's pointing out is sort of one of the meals that we are giving out to people. we have a lot of trucks. we've got more than 300 trucks that are driving through neighborhoods on staten island, in brooklyn. the rock aways, some of those most hardest hit areas that are distributing fresh, hot meals. we have kitchens all over the area where we are partnering with other groups to cook good,

dr. mark siegel, fox news medical contributor in new york. straightforward, are these save?they have a potential to be an save but let's talk about them. 16% increase in how much we sell each year, $8.9 billion industry in the united states, $8 billion industry, separated into two have. on the one half is beverages like full throttle, considered a beverages. these 5 our drinks are considered dietary supplements. with dietary supplements they're obligated to tell the fda if there's a problem and the ceo on fox business is saying every time somebody sneezess and they're taking one of these drinks it gets reported to the fda. he has a point. stuart: this 5 hour energy drink has 213 milligrams of caffeine. [talking over each other] >> i have sat on a program that you know you're getting caffeine. with these drinks the way their market is not exactly something they are bragging about. i am worried about people who might have underlying medical problems they don't know about, could have heart disease, they start chugging these things. market like a shot. stuart: would you be happy

dr. marc siegel is a member of the fox news medical a-team.hank you for joining us, doc. >> hi, patti ann. that's not exactly an endorsement. patti ann: no, not at all. the federal government has just defined the term "necessary benefits," it still hasn't defined what is considered adequate coverage. many of these companies have to renew their policies in the coming months, so is this new definition already coming too late? >> i think it is. and the big battle front that's coming up, patti ann, is really the state exchanges. and the biggest problem with obamacare and the biggest criticism it's gotten is for mandating this kind of comprehensive insurance which, again, people have said is one size fits all whether you need everything it provides or not. 60% of actuarial value means that there's not a lot of room for deductibles, not a lot of room for co-pays, not a lot of room for health savings accounts. most americans currently have the kind of insurance which has deductibles, has co-pays, has health savings accounts. you know what that means?

dr. marc siegel is from our medical a team. is he here to break it all down. you? >> i'm doing well. >> germiest places in the mall to be on the lookout for. first of all is the air. how can i avoid the air when i got to will will mall. >> you can't avoid it full disclosure i i am not a germ phone. when i start preparing for. this i start thinking about the back tier i can't understand virus. the air this time of year. with winter coming you have low humidity, and the respiratory bugs travel up to 12 feet. i'm all for hand sanitizers and washing your hands. for the air i want you to take your flu shot if you haven't had it yet and i want you to know little kids are factories of viruses and they start coughing and you could get hit with a virus 12 feet away. watch out for who is coughing and sneezing at the mall. stay away. >> alisyn: you say navigate around the coughers. everyone remember to cough into your elbow. >> the dracula cough. >> alisyn: toy stores are particularly germy. >> mommy is saying johnny put that back in the box. mean while jobbie is licking