suzanne steinbaum is director of women's heart health at lennox hill hospital in new york city. >> peopled on to the gluten-free issue because they think it's healthy. but this is a trend. and it's going to leave as quickly as it came. >> reporter: before it goes let's at least find out what is gluten? well, it's a combination of two proteins found in wheat, rye, barley, and other grains and many processed foods, soups, salad dressings, and sauces too. and there are people, about 1 in 133, who are born with a genetic disorder called celiac disease that makes them truly unable to tolerate gluten. like elisabeth hasselbeck. >> this is my special refrigerator. i feel like my name should just be on here because this is where i hang out. >> reporter: back in 2012 we talked with elisabeth, then co-host of "the view," now with fox news, about her struggle with celiac disease, going gluten-free, and how much better she feels now. >> everything from bread crumbs to cookies to bagels, it's there. pie crust is there. those that are adopting this for fashion or trend, they're going to probably like i

david samadi from lennox hill hospital and chief of robotic surgery. hello. >> good to see both you. >> the latest beef recall, highlighting the importance of taking right precautions when firing up the grill this memorial day weekend or whenever you're serving meat, but how can you be sure that you're doing the right thing. dr. samadi, let's start with you on this. >> another good time for memorial day, right? the department of agriculture just recalled 1.8 million pounds of ground beef, and it was packed in detroit. it's gone to all the restaurants across the u.s. four states are having problems right now. massachusetts, missouri, michigan and ohio and been 11 people are sick from this. this is a strain of e. coli that's quite dangerous. it causes some g.i. bleeding, but the worst as a urologist i will tell you it can cause kidney failure, children under the age 5, immunocompromised and pregnant women, look at the label of the beef. and if you see the 2574b you want to be careful. either dump the food and get a new one. what should people do coming t

." >> and joining us live from orlando, florida, chairman and professor of urology of lennox hill hospitalee you guys. >> okay. happy to see you and happy to be here. we want to start with -- should we start with this mers outbreak? it's spreading. and offici

." >> and joining us live from orlando, florida, chairman and professor of urology of lennox hill hospital. >> good to see you guys. >> okay. happy to see you and happy to be here. we want to start with -- should we start with this mers outbreak? it's spreading. and officials in the middle east are now confirming at least three more deaths this week. now, this is coming as a third person here in the u.s. testing positive for the virus. and doctor, i want to start with you on this. i want to make sure you agree with the cdc that it's not easily transmitted, right? these gentlemen had 30 to 40-minute face-to-face meetings, right? >> this is middle eastern respiratory system, it's been around since 2012. there's been 570 cases. it's a corona virus, which is the same as the common cold, also the same as sars which scared us in 2003. ended up infecting 8,000 people before it petered out. this one, we're still trying to get a beat on it. and there's been three cases in the united states. and what you're talking about, the third case that occurred, it turns out when he went to a business meeting

david samadi from lennox hill hospital and chief of robotic surgery.lo. >> good to see both you. >> the latest beef recall, highlighting the importance of taking right precautions when firing up the grill this memorial day weekend or whenever

chairman and professor of urology at lennox hill hospital and chief of robotics surgery. >> doctors, welcome, as always. >> good morning. >> good morning. nice to see you guys? >> i want to start with -- shall we start with the mers outbreak. i mean, it's spreading, and officials in the middle east are now confirming at least three more deaths this week. now, this is coming as a third person here in the u.s. testing positive for the virus. dr. siegel, i want to start with you on this because i want to make sure that you are -- agree with the cdc that it's not easily transmitted. these guys are 30 to 40-minute face-to-face meetings, right? >> let me get to that. for people not familiar with this, this is middle eastern respiratory syndrome. it's been around since 2012. there's been 570 cases. the vast majority of them are in saudi arabia. it's a corona virus which is the same as the common cold, also the same as sars which really scared us back in 2003 and ended up infected 8,000 people before it petered out. this one we're still trying to get a beat on it, arthel, and there is there'

chairman and professor of urology at lennox hill hospital and chief of robotics surgery. >> doctors, welcome, as always. >> good morning. >> good morning. nice to see you guys? >> i want to start with -- shall we start with the mers outbreak. i mean, it's

david samadi, chairman and professor of urology at lennox hill hospital and chief of robotics surgery. >> good to see you. >> a lot of topics to get to today. the first topic, the world health organization declaring pol polio a health threat again, dr. mad is? >> polio, haven't heard of polio for a small time. small pox is eradicated and hoping polio would join that family and now the w.h.o. is announcing an emergency internationally and public hazard for a lot of people. now, a little background of polio. we haven't heard about this disease for a long time. it really happens in children younger than 5 years old and poliomyelitis, polio in greek means grow, myelo means gray matter. it's inflammation of the spinal cord that causes paralysis and some abnormalities in the extremities in children mostly. we don't see this in this country because we all get vaccination and it was easy and eradicated n.countries such as afghanistan, a big huge part of this is in pakistan, now in syria, a lot of times because of bad sour water and not having clean water, through the fecal oral the bacteria i

david samadi, chairman and professor of urology at lennox hill hospital and chief of robotics surgeryo see you. >> a lot of topics to get to today. the first topic, the world health organization declaring