marc siegel from langone medical center and author of "the secret code." >> let's start here.we warned about just last week and now that word that new york giant defensive end jason pierre-paul was forced to

marc siegel from langone medical center and author of "the secret code." >> let's start here. something we warned about just last week and now that word that new york giant defensive end jason pierre-paul was forced to undergo an amputation of his index finger after sustaining a horrific fireworks injury over the fourth of july weekend. dr. samadi, can he still do his job without the finger? >> all unfortunate. he's a great talent and a great player, and obviously he didn't get the memo. we talked about this last weekend. be careful about these fireworks, and, unfortunately, he had to have the amputation on the right index finger, so he's going to lose about 25% of his grip, and he has to learn the new way of playing this game. this amputation obviously is not a major operation but still a real surgery. there was also some burn that required skin graft, so he'll have six to eight weeks of recovery. no question that it's going to affect his career, and the big message -- by the way, he wasn't alone. the other player from tampa bay buccaneer c.j. wilson lost two fingers as a res

marc siegel director of medicine at langone medical center and author of "unlocking the secret of. >> and joining me also is dr. david samadi, chief of robotics surgery. >> jappy july fourth. >> millions of people will be gathering, a time of reflection and celebration for our country, and, unfortunately, a time that can also result in trips to the emergency rooms. dr. siegel? >> you know, we've talked a lot about it before about barbecuing which clearly everyone is going to be doing, and i don't want to go over old ground except to say check with soap and water to make sure there's no leak coming out of your gas part of the grill. separate your raw meat from your cooked meat. eat a lot of vegetables, don't eat 5,000 hot dogs. if you drink -- >> not a hot dog eating contest. >> if you drink ten beers, don't drive. stay hydrated but i want to ad something today which is fireworks. >> oh, yeah. >> everybody is setting off the firecrackers, and the first thing is, air, i don't want kids under the age of 5 anywhere near this. don't think a kid could set off a sparkler. i don't want kids l

marc siegel director of medicine at langone medical center and author of "unlocking the secret of. >>joining me also is dr. david samadi chief of robotics surgery. >> jappy july fourth. >> millions of people will be gathering, a time of reflection and celebration for our country, and, unfortunately, a time that can als

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marc siegel is a member of the medical-a team. how serious is this?it could have been a lot worse. maine medical center is saying he will stay in the hospital today and his spokesperson says a couple days of hospitalization. over 10,000 spinal cord injuries occur this way every year. president bush fractured a vertebrae in the neck but no damage to the spine, he didn't suffer a concussion, didn't lose consciousness or disoriented. all of that is good news. we have to allow the bone to heal and that takes several weeks. you have to worry about complication complications from the brace like constipation and he has parkinson's already so he has problems so it will be a lot of careful care. >> i heard you say earlier they think the break was a clean line so it wasn't fractured in the way you might think. >> exactly. it is like cage protecting the spine. so as you might imagine in some cases you could damage the spine and you would need surgery. none of that is going to happen. the alignment is good. it is painful. it is a painful problem. but the brace he

marc siegel is here. s, marc want some progress treating alzheimer's and there was hope the bio again drug or whatever it is the treatment would go some way towards that. apparently not. >> i see it differently. that is why you have me here. stuart: that's right. >> first of all let me walk this back and give you a little biology lesson very simply. alzheimer's is related to a build up of plaque in the brain, also tal proteins. focus on amyloid plaque. the iceland is don't have the, lack gene to make that plaque don't get alzheimer's. the amyloid plaque is a big deal. we know the drug helps to get rid of that plaque but what we don't know whether the plaque causes alzheimer's or happens to be there as marker of alzheimer's. we don't know that. where there is a step back stuart, this doesn't show improvement in thinking. only shows improvement in getting rid of the plaque. i still think it's a step forward and i still think we need much larger studies than this. we're talking about 163 people studied over 5

marc siegel. >> we're talking about air conditioner, we're talking about legion necessarily -- legionenllaoner. it dries out your noise and did you know the moisture in your nose is what keeps you from being infected. the air conditioner dries that out. got to change your filter in your air conditioner and get outside and get moist. >> you got all that moist in a box on a hot day. >>> your bathroom has the most bacteria in your house. your toilet and your bathroom? >> ours personally? >> not yours, personal. >> steve, your bathroom. >> i know the kitchen sink and the kitchen sponge has a lot on it. toilet -- >> fact or i'm going to say fi. >> it is fiction. it's not the your bathroom. it's your kitchen because that kitchen is the food you didn't quite cook, raw chicken in the sink, the bacteria builds up. you have to get that kitchen cleaned out with bleach every day, the end of the day, you have to wash out our sink. it's not the bathroom. the toilet takes care of itself. the sink needs your help. >>> your cushion and your pillows cause you to have a allergic reaction. >> fact. it's due t