. >>> it's time for sunday housecall. >> welcome to everyone. joining us is dr.david somadi, chairman and professor of urology at lenox hill hospital and chief of robotic surgery. >> and dr. mark segel, professor and the author of the inner pulse. >> thank you. >> check it out. good to see you both. we start here. a new study fines that omega-3 fatty acids from fish oil may help heart attack patients recover by improving heart function and reducing scarring in the heart muscle. you are up on this, because i take fish oil. you take -- eric takes fish oil. i eat salmon all the time for that very reason. but is there a down side to taking too much fish oil? what is it? >> we have spoken about omega-3 fatty acid forever. everyone knows that on microscopic level what it does, it's for healthy cell membrane. our body consists of cell membranes. they need to communicate. it keeps your

. >>> now we're back with sunday housecall and your segment, should i worry.orries us. one viewer writes -- >> we're talking about eric over here, 42-year-old man running all the time. basically, what is meniscus? you have in our leg you have tibia and femur, two bones. if between you have cartilage that basically is a cushion to support your weight. when you are young, like yourself, and you move quickly or twist, you can tear that cushion. that's a meniscus tear. as we get older, over 50, 60, that's osteoarthritis. that's wear and tear. depending on age, depending on the tear you may have. the peripheral zone of meniscus has blood vessels. if you have a tear, you will have tendency to to heal better, meaning that physical therapy may help you. but if it's in the middle of the meniscus where there's no blood flow and it's avascular, there's no blood getting to it, it may take a little longer. this particular study that was published in "new england journal of medicine" looked at about 350 participants. half of them went for surgery. half went for physical the

organizations that are doing health care for chronically held beneficiaries have not incorporated the housecall concept nearly as much as i would think logically they would do, given the extent of the need in what we've commissioned i think at this point as the effectiveness of the model. i will stop there. thank you. >> so we're going to turn now to the q&a section of a program. again, please feel free to come to the mics in our room. you also have a green card in your folder if you would prefer to write a question. our staff will be circulating around the room to collect your cards and they will bring your questions up to us. again, if you're watching live on c-span were following on twitter, you can tweak your questions to us at #hnhc. we already have a question of you at the mic but if you would kindly introduce yourself. >> tony hausner, formerly with c. mr. quigley issues i encountered there was a lack of arrangements across the post-acute care setting. when a patient was released from hospital, there was no coordination between the nursing home, rehab center, home health and other forms