we searched for lenox hill hospital on the upper east side. you see the three-star rating at the top. that's generated by yelp users. but if you look at the box to the right side of the screen that reads "about this provider," you can see there is an average 21-minute wait at the e.r. and medicare.gov rates communication as average. in engelwood, new jersey, engelwood hospital has an average emergency wait time of 30 minutes. and their doctor communication was rated average, as well. one more. the regioncy extended care center in yonkers, an assisted living facility. as you can see, no fines and no serious deficiencies, according to pro publica's data. >> and yelp says all the information will be updated quarterly. now we reached out to all three facilities we just mentioned. englewood hospital said in a statement that patients and the public shouldn't rely on any one metric or rating alone. lenox hill hospital tells us they welcome giving consumers another tool to use when making health care decisions so they can provide the best patient expe

we got the call around 5:00 this afternoon and was taken to lenox hill with a traumatic arrest. the shooter then shot himself here at the scene and he died of his injuries here at the scene. the federal building houses many agencies including a passport office and the post office. right now as you can imagine, there are people who are wondering what is going on. we are relaying that information to them. but what exactly turned fire and what exactly started this incident between the guard and shooter is still unknown. we are working the scene trying to get more information from investigators about what exactly happened outside the federal building this afternoon. reporting live, i'm carolina [000:59:58;00]

saved samadi, chairman of urology at lenox hill hospital and chief of robotics surgery. >> and dr. marc siegel, author of "inner pulse, unlocking the secret code of sickness and health." >> good to see you, doctors. >> nice to see you. >> we'll start with ground breaking research on bone repair, a new study revealing broken bones don't actually heal like doctors thought they did. dr. samadi, we start with you to tell us more about this and also who would you say is more prone to bone fractures >> you know, my gosh. for years and years and years we thought that the bone healing is a completely different process, something coming from vanderbilt medical center. they have done a good job of finding out what is bone healing and for years we thought something called fibrin involved in clotting, when bone fractures, bone is an organ that's porous and has a lot of blood vessels, when it fractures the vessels start to bleed. fibrin which is almost like a scaffold can come in and does the healing and all the textbooks in orthopedics and bones is talking about this. based on the study coming

. >> but the doctor with lenox hill said most new yorkers need not worry. >> most people who get this who are otherwise well and healthy get a mild flu-like illness and are better in a few days. >> the health department said all eight who died were older with underlying health conditions. the city is requiring sites with the cooling towers to give them ths to how ahey will prevent this from happening in the future. those plans are due on friday. in the mel rose section, checkey bedford, news 4 new york. >> thank you. many of you are following thi outbreak and we are getting new information by the day. for the latest cases an advice fremom doctors, if you have a question you want answered, go to the nbc facebook page and post it there. >> and rescuers just suspended their search off sandy hook, new jersey for a missing swim are there. we just go this video in from the scene into our newsroom. we are told a 24-year-old man went into the water around 8:00 this evening. coast guard, national park service and nypd aviation were all involved in the search. they expect to pick up the search

varick street being taken to lenox hill hospital in unknown condition. this is shutting down the area. people are tweeting about what's happening. lidia curanaj is following that from the newsroom. good evening. >> that's right. many buildings in the area are on lockdown. a lot of people have been sending out tweets. jackie sends out this tweet here. everyone looks calm. but not allowed to leave the building. then you have this one. check out this video that she's showing. you can see a massive backup of traffic. everything is a standstill because the entire area of houston and varick in lower manhattan is a crime scene. you can see the video how many cars and back up traffic we have going on. let's check out one of these pictures. you see the emergency vehicles and first responders that are out here. happened. we have a couple of more tweets. then you see another angle right here. you can see the ambulances and police. it's an incredible scene. so many buildings on lockdown. streets on lockdown. a massive response, massive scene out there. this is a dev

david samadi chairman and professor of urology at lenox hill hospital and chief of robotic surgery. >> and dr. mark siegel author of "unlocking the code of sickness and health." >> thanks for being here. >> gentlemen, our first topic here is as the drug dubbed female viagra gets the green light from the fda is likening that pill to its male court parent. is that misleading? let's start with dr. samadi, is it misleading to say that this is similar to viagra? >> yes. would i certainly not use the term female viagra, because as a urologist we prescribe a lot of viagra, stylies and levitra. for men we're talking about the mechanical problem and below the belt. basically viagra brings blood flow and they can have great sexual activity and it works very well. take this medication as needed, when we prescribe viagra. this is a totally different medication and that's why i would not call it female viagra. sex among women is very complex. it's also mental and what's up there, the self-image of women and how they feel about themselves and the partner and this particular medication i would add w

david samadi chief of robotics at lenox hill hospital. good to see you. >> good to see you. >> we start with poignant news you might have heard b.former president jimmy carter has been diagnosed with cancer. the 39th president made that announcement a week after he had a small mass removed from his liver, and he says the cancer has spread to multiple parts of his body. the diagnosis though also shines light on cancer treatments in elderly patients so dr. siegel, first of all, our heart obviously goes out and prayers to the former president, roslyn and his family. what happens next when you make that type of announcement and doctors have discovered not just potentially one mass but when it spreads? ed. >> key word you said to start with is 90 years old, and everyone out there should know the game is changing and this is very shocking and very positive way, we're offering things we never offered before we talked about them a lot on the show and it isn't what it used to be and president comforter is very active and with it mentally and doing

the security guard that he shot went into cardiac arrest on the way to lenox hill health plex. we have crews at the hospital and also at the scene waiting for the latest information. we'll bring you updates as we get them. >>> a commuter alert for the george washington bridge. beginning on monday, the lower level eastbound lanes heading into the city will close overnight. the lanes will close from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. during the week and from 11 p.m. until 8 a.m. saturday. the port authority says workers will remove temporary construction platforms used for work on the upper level. >>> now on to some better news. new jersey family finds more than three bears right in their backyard. take a look at this video. the basso family in rockaway township shot this video, no fooling here, it's a mama bear and her five cubs! all deciding that they needed to cool off in the family pool. the bears spent several minutes splashing around even playing with floats and on the slide. the bears took the pair of floaties with them when they left. guess, um, those floaties were just right. get it? [ la

he has been taken to lenox hill hospital. we have been told by the nypd that the gunman then turned the gun on himself and killed himself. there has been a massive police presence down there and traffic, as you can imagine, on a friday night in the summer, traffic is at a stand still but again we are continuing to follow all of the developments. as soon as we get any more information, we of course will bring it to you. >>> we are going to turn now to the other news in the night. two people are dead tonight after a terrible crash on the new york state thruway. a tractor-trailer, two box trucks and another vehicle were all involved in this accident. and parts of the highway near exit 14b remain shut down at this hour and traffic there as well stretches for miles. eyewitness news reporter jim dolan is in rockland county with the very latest. jim. >> reporter: well, liz, this was a violent collision, head- on collision, two trucks traveling in opposite directions this morning, one driver lost control, veered into the other lane.

saved samadi, chairman of urology at lenox hill hospital and chief of robotics surgery. >> and dr.marc siegel, author of "inner pulse, unlocking the secret code of sickness and health." >> good to see you, doctors. >> nice to see you. >> we'll start with ground breaking research on bone repair, a new study revealing broken bones don't actually heal like doctors thought they did. dr. samadi, we start with you to tell us more about

david samadi chief of robotics at lenox hill hospital.to see you. >> good to see you. >> we start with poignant news you might have heard b.former president jimmy carter has been diagnosed with cancer. the 39th president made that announcement a week after he had a small mass removed from his

despite that, lenox hill emergency room doctor says the general public has nothing to wor where i and masks are not necessary. >> it is people who are older who smoke with chronic medical illnesses. reporter: he dy sighs not contagious. city officials stress the water system is safe. they believe the building's plumbing systems are not the source. people get sick by breathing in midst or water vap for the cooling towers. >> symptoms are flu-like and can include cough, fever and chills. as for the three towers that have tested positive. the one at lincoln hospital has been remediate ad and decontamination continues at though opera hotel and the concourse za mall. then newsroom, stacey delikat, "fox 5 news." >> thanks. well, it was hot today. the humidity was really low which is nice. i thought it was. >> yeah. a great day. >> we liked the warm and it felt good. >> all right, nick. reporter: are you going to be happy. we are talking about a nice august summer weekend. august. how it did get here so fast? 93 today at newark. 90 at bellmawr. those two towns having a heat wave continuing b

officer transported to lenox hills hospital treated for minor injuries and released. understanding they're questioned in the 19th precinct station house south from where we are on 67th street. and juliet and report i can also it will you that i don't see an increase police presence here outside o of gracy mansion as you both know it is often swarming with cops anyway. we're not seeing anymore that have because of what happened last night. that is the latest back to you in the studio. : all right teresa thanks. sounds like it is, you know, a punk. keeping an eye on your 401(k) actually don't anyway. investors in for another rough ride on wall street. >> china index lost 9 today amid fears that economy is slowing down. it unloaded shares basically fever sector. dow tumbled more than 530 points on friday cap off wall street worst week in four years. composite index lived so far today that analysts and investors watch signs signs that central bank might intervene. songs in hong kong, japan, australia also suffered losses. >> to the story that just keeps giving. hundreds o

. >> the doctor is a clinical psychiatrist with lenox hill hospital. >> does it actually work? >> yes, there are ientific studies that sh certain compounds are helpful. he says there is a catch, potentially dangerous unknowns. >> we don't have any long-term data on their safety. we don't have long-term conseqnces of chronic use of these drugs. >> since they are often advertised as supplements. pills are not regulated by the fda. me are still skeptical. sound too good to be true. >> too good to btrue. feel like everything, everything. they don't do anything. he is like if you feel like can do it then i feel look you will do it. >> dan bowens, "fox 5 news." >> something i wder all the time. you have seen the tropic trending on twitter. you wonder where does that come were well, we vestigated found out it ails part of a big game. the 1990's are making a comeback. there are reboots in the works of everything from the ex files to fresh prince. so now, the message were fox 5's vice president and general manager. >> right now, there no hope for kids in new york city's failing public s

the officer was taken to lenox hill hospital where she was treated and released >> the man found with rosie o'donnell's teenager daughter sent a nude photo of himself. he was arraigned today. chelsea o'donnell was found at his home last week after she went missing. >> four men, including three americans who took down a gunman on a high speed train last week received france's highest award, the legion of honor. steve: while two were military personnel, they knew their responsibility. the three and a british businessman helped subdue the gunman who was moving through the train. >> the whole world admired your courage, your composure, your sense of responsibility. the solidarity which led you empty-handed, i repeat empty-handed to tackle a man armed to the teeth and ready for anything. steve: the 26-year-old from morocco has been detain and is being questioned by police. the incident raised concern about train security in the u.s. coming up in the next half hour, linda schmidt will tell us what measures are in place to protect passengers here. jen: mayor de blasio going after uber for ta

>> reporter: this is the chief of surgical oncology at lenox hill. she says every woman is different and has to make choices based on more than just the results of a new study. >> women that have bilateral mastectomies are often doing it to prevent dealing with a cancer in their future. so it's not wrong to do that. the study is suggesting that because there's no survival difference, we should never be doing that. that's not the case. >> breast cancer advocates think women should not be frightened, but get as much information as possible when it comes to making a decision about their health. >> the most important thing that we do know is research goes on every day, that you need to be genetically tested so that you can see where you fit in risk factors. it's not just you. it's your mom, your dad, it's your history. it's being educated. you've got to get out there. if a doctor tells you that, second opinion. always go for a second opinion. and the decision of what you want to do is between you and your doctor. >> reporter: in recent years, more and mo

cassel chief of breast surgery at lenox hill hospital said she probably had brings implants because she is too thin to use her own tissue which means probably she has an infection. >> i think the statistics place it at less than 5% and it's only a few percent of patients who will develop it but it is one of the things that patients are told that could potentially happen. >> reporter: the fluid build- up on lee's chest is easily drained but the fact that doctors want to keep her in the hospital for a few days suggests that they suspect an infection which is treatable with iv antibiotics and is a known possible complication after reconstruction. >> sometimes what they actually do is take her to the operating room, wash out the area and if possible, exchange the implant and sometimes if that is not successful or not possible, they may have to actually remove the implant. >> reporter: the implants would have to be removed because they are foreign bodies that can harbor bacteria making an infection extremely difficult to eradicate but a high-profile complication should not prevent women from

the officer was taken to lenox hill hospital where she was treated and released. news." >> bronx man filed a lawsuit after being hospitalized for region nar's disease them city health coming this says the lo tell's roof was the source of the outbreak that left more than 120 others sick. the 54-year-old is now seek unspecified damages claiming the hotel's negligent carelessness and recklessness caused him mental an gish. >> the pope's visit to the u.s. right around the corner. organizers of the world meeting of families have come without a on-line guide called the papal visit playbook. the web site answers questions on how to best navigate around and what visitors will be allowed to ring to the pope's events. the holiness in new york on september 24th and 25th and i philadelphia on the 26th and the 27th. >> apple recalling some of the iphone 6 plus phones the company says cameras in some of them take blur rid pictures. the problem affects phones sold between september 2014 and january 2015. there is easy way to find out if the fines involved, you can also head to apple's iphone suppor

tara narula is a cardiologist at lenox hill hospital in new york. what is the fda doing?ple. >> nutrition labels were born in 1993. the issue is that our eating habits and the nutrition science has really evolved since the 1970s and '80s which is what we based our current nutrition labels on. what the fda is trying to do supp date our labels and make them more realistic and more like what we eat today. by law, the new serving size in nutrition labels is supposed to reflect what we typically eat or consume, not the recommended amount or not what we should consume. so the fda is basically having to revise these nutrition labels. they think or estimate about 17% of packaged foods may need to have their serving size updated. >> why might this backfire? >> the concern is people may misinterpret it and think actually a bigger serving size means that's what they should be eating. >> that's a problem. we have an obesity problem here already. aren't we telling people it's okay to eat more? >> hopefully not. that's what it should be, education-wise. the fda is trying to help us cur

hills. one suspect allegedly threw rocks at app officer while trying to get away. nobody was hurt. >>> new information on the couple whose kayak capsized october the river. the daughter of singer annie annie lenox. the search for the other will resume tomorrow morning. the search is massive. that's where tally and her boyfriend fell into the water early yesterday morning. crews spent the day searching the river near mills manage, where their kayak flipped. spending 25 minutes in the water, rescued by a passing boater, but the boyfriend disappeared, current strongs, neither had on a life jacket, and alcohol may have been involved. >> it may have played a role. we're itch nvestigating what caused the canoe capsize, but alcohol may have played a role. tomorrow at 8:00. >> the legionnaires disease is showing signs of slowing down, the fifth day without a new reported case, and no new deaths. they tested cooling tower, and five did test positivings but no those sites. >>> tomorrow for the first time since hurricane sandy, an emergency room offering 24/7 access is available in one long island town. long beach has been without an emergency department since 2012 when the long beach medical center flood