marc siegel joins us now., longer than that, actually, throughout those three years, you told us that obama care is a disaster. am i going too far? >> stuart, it all started on this program when someone said in my ear, one of your senior producers said, it isn't about care. it's not about extending care to more people. it's about extending insurance. and once i started thinking about it that way, i understood it because insurance right now is an overinflated product. when you talk about more and more preventive services, more and more bells and whistles, more and more things covered, less and less payment out of pocket, it is the whole problem with the entitlement society. people say i got the card. i'm going to go get taken care of, but we have a doctor shortage. we don't have the ability to see people like this. the thing wasn't conceived of in a doctor's office. it was conceived in a bureaucrat's office. stuart: i thought we went into healthcare reform to get basic costs down. it's manifestly failed to do t

here's the libyans on america's addiction, doctor marc siegel. welcome back. >> is this a problem?drink too much coffee? >> i call it an epidemic. we had a 30% raise in high energy drinks. it causes us to certain risks of health problems. your heart rate goes up from your, your blood pressure goes up, you're not thinking as clearly. weon't know what the long-term risks are. but the real risk is that you don't sleep at night. one third of the workforce during this everyday. gerri: i think of coffee is being not a big danger. but it crosses the blood brain barrier. it's like a real drug in hat way. what are the ramifications of that? >> coffee has some health benefits we think it might decrease the risk of certain cancers. it can be good for you. but the caffeine blocks an enzyme that tells you when it's time to sleep. i have some solutions. i think you have to start differently. like you started your day by working out. i think the people exercise in the morning, drink water, have something other than coffee. exercise wakes you up. if you don't get enough lead, did awake and exercis

marc siegel here one more time.demics and they call them epidemics every single year and every year is worse than the the last year. go get a flu shot. come into my office, charge you $50 to walk across the door and another $100 to give you the flu shot. you want to suck me into your medical world, don't you, dr. marc siegel. >> you're doing a public disservice. stuart: no, i'm not. >> yes, you are, i'm talking about the overreaction, contagion and i'm an expert and written books on flu i'm telling you this is a bad flu season, it's not like every public health scares are a joke, some are real. the flu, this particular strain is similar to the one which in 2003 led to over 40,000 deaths. when people get the flu, they get fatigued, high fever, prone to pneumonia, bronchitis. if you're very old you don't need something like that. a flu shot is very safe. you're going to plug into the fear mongers, oh, the flu shot is loaded with mercury. stuart: no i'm not-- >> do you think the flu shot is safe, why not get it? what's

marc siegel, good to have you on. thank you. >> great to see you, guys.on: well a mystery at 30,000 feet to tell you about. investigators trying to determine why a young woman died on an international flight bound for texas. the latest coming up in a live report. hi. we're spreading the word about honey bunches of oats fruit blends and the unique taste combination like peach/raspberry. with one flavor in the granola bunch and one on the flake. two flavors. in harmony. honey bunches of oats. make your day bunches better. jenna: right now police in houston are searching for a team of brazen thieves all caught on tape. they backed their pickup truck into a grocery store after-hours, smashed their way inside and knocked over an atm machine bolted to the floor. they loaded it on the truck and sped off. the whole process took about 90 seconds. efficient. jon: wow! right now texas police are investigating a death on board of a flight from brazil. the federal aviation administration says the flight was bound for dallas when a passenger got sick. she was treated o

marc siegel of the fox news medical a-team. thanks to both of you for joining us.sk you is really as bad as everyone is saying? oh, it is so terrible, worst of the decade. maybe we had a light one for two years. maybe it is bad in comparison to that? >> it is bad as people are saying and bad as 2003 which was the worst flu season prior to this, but our perception makes it a lot worse. we personalize the risk. we think we'll die immediately. everybody gets hyped. >> we're a bunch of babies is what you're saying? >> the fear is not helping anybody. there is financial implications there. we heard from roach they're running short on tamiflu which is anti-viral drug i need. sanofi-aventis said they're running out of flu shots. pharmacists and physicians have flu shots. this is big business. flu shots are big business this year. so is tamiflu which is a great anti-viral. melissa: do they charge more for those things? >> they don't do that but they try to make them in a hurry. you can't make flu shots with the technology from the 1950s takes nine months to make flu shots.

doc marc siegel is with us. story, the fda is considering tighter restrictions on vicodin, the most prescribed in the united states. and the fda wants it classified as a narcotic. do you think we should? >> i'm not a fan of the fda as now, in this case, vicodin, hydrocodone, responsible for hospital and era visits every year. stuart: a pain killer. >> the drugs in in group more overdose and deaths than heroin and combined. and i give a prescription for somebody for six months, i don't have controls over it. by making it schedule two, more like oxycontin i have a month limitation and that's what i want. >> but it does work, doesn't it? . if i've got a toothache, i've got pain, vicodin works, doesn't it? >> the number one prescribed drug in the country. stuart: it works. but it's addictive. i want to know when i'm using it for acute pain not chronic pain. stuart: you agree with the fda on this one. >> no argument. stuart: a new reform, americans are nor unhealthy during their lives and we die younger than people i

marc siegel, from langone center at new york university and fox news contributor. >> hi, patti ann. ann: this is for maul early breast cancers. can we assume part of the reason people who get a mastectomy. >> they look at those for very early type. they looked california registry of over 100,000 patients as you said. this is very large study. it speaks to fear, patti ann. the idea sometimes women might have a mastectomy, thinking the best way to keep this from coming back is to remove the whole breast. years ago we moved into the direction of lumpectomy, and breast conserving therapy. lately there is more trend back in the opposite direction. more and more women wanting mastectomy. there are reasons for that. you have if genetic problem and infiltrated type of breast cancer you can't really contain. for most women if it is very early, lumpectomy and radiation is the best option. this study is dramatic. it shows in the years after the surgery there was literally a 14% less dying of breast cancer if you had the more limited procedure and 19% overall. that includes heart disease and ot

marc siegel and scolded me for not having a flu shot gave me one on the air. he says that the peak of the flu season will probably be in three weeks, if you haven't yet gotten your flu shot, now is the time? >> yeah, it takes about three weeks for the vaccine to reach peak i mmunityimmunity. for those who haven't had their flu vaccine at this point, there's a chance for them to go and get a flu shot. now, for those individuals who actually are coming down with the flu, it's important to understand, there are medications that you can take, there are two medications currently on the market, one is called tamiflu, the other relenza, if the symptoms are identified within 48 hours, those medications are administered, the flu symptoms can be dramatically reduced. >> what, you know, words -- what caution do you have for parents out there? because we've had 18 pediatric deaths, deaths are children. this flu season alone. they say of all of these people, there have been thousands admitted to the hospital, 2000 last week. 41% have been seniors, 13% have been those betwe

marc siegel says it is something more about awareness we need to look at here.ews medical a-teamer and professor at nyu langone medical center. doctor, when we hear about autism we think about something that stays with someone for the rest of their life. how can you recover and recover fully from autism? >> we first have to understand what autism is. autism is developmental disorder t has to do with not being able to interact socially properly, a problem with communication and often repetitive behave, i don't. we don't always know what causes autism. there is a spectrum. it is called the spectrum. one out of 88 kids have it in the united states. it is number one growing developmental disorder in the country. it is a big, big problem. what i like about this study, for the first time, this study looked at 32 people who actually recovered over the years. it has long been thought by researchers, jenna, a small percentage can recover. jenna: small percentage is what. >> between one and 20%. jenna: that is a big number. one and 20%, that is where they put it? >> that

marc siegel about the danger of this. here's what he had to say. >> what norovirus has in common with the flu is that it mutates rapidly. it changes. becomes a new strain every year. this new strain which started in australia is a brand new strain. that means twice as many cases. it spreads rapidly. this already made its way from england over to utah. so you can imagine how fast it is going to spread around the united states. >> reporter: yeah, there are 250 missionaries we're told that are sick in utah. it is spreading across the west. other cases popped up. in los angeles some of the local hospitals are talking about they're preparing for this and influx of flu. they're not the same thing but they have a lot of the same symptoms. jenna. jenna: have us reaching for anti-bacterial soap and instant sanitizer, right? how can we protect ourselves, adam? and what about the treatment? >> reporter: you hit the sanitizer right here. this is exactly you can do. that is the most important thinking you can do. that is for flu and c

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marc siegel, member of fox news medical a-team and significant part of it and with the nyu langone medicalr. >> good morning, martha. martha: what will we do about this? what about the vaccines and how many are out there and what should they do to get one? >> first of all, vaccine is pet effective, 62% study done in the middle flu season which no one else does they is you did it help you i think it work better than 62% for severe cases. if you have it and get the flu you're less leakly to get it. which is pretty good thing to have. the centers for disease control looks at the year before. last year 48% of the americans should take the shot which was about 128 million actually took it. so that is how come we have 135 million dose this is year. they predict. last few years were mild, martha. so people didn't take the shot. here we are on television saying go take your shot and using fear, we're using fear to motivate people. martha: how can people find a shot if trouble? >> here is what i want to say for sure. even though we're having a shortage. some distributors still have it. some doctors

marc siegel thank you for the great demonstration and thanks to our human patient simulator and to tuckerr: i was honored to be sneezed on by your man, thank you. >> and we want to thank kevin martin simulation center and folks at cae health care for loaning us these devices. >> i'm wearing my mask because of tucker, i don't want to he get-- >> of course you don't. now that i've been infected. more "fox & friends" in two minutes. bring out chicken broccoli alfredo. or best-ever meatloaf. go to campbellskitchen.com for recipes, plus a valuable coupon. campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. >> well, thanks tucker for getting the flu virus in my coffee. >> tucker: i'll be dry cleaning my coat, too,