samadi there has been the outbreak, what is it? what causes it? of april 18 there were a lot of people that traveled to the philippines bringing in measles and there was an outbreak so 34 were from the united states but coming from outside. that is why you need to protect yourself. back to the question is of the parent, if you miss a vaccine, what can you do? the answer is it is never too late. you can get multiple vaccines in one shot. it is never too late. that is the answer to the question to get the vaccination. talk to the pediatrician and get the vaccine. in general, for a doctor, it is anant viral software forked the come purity. that is what it is like. >> you will never convince some. >> there has been fault information. they can choose. the whole thing about autism has been a discussion, with a debate about that and people are deciding not to get the vaccine but not because it is dangerous. >> the head of the national immunization of centers for disease control reports 84 percent of those that get measles remain not vaccinateed. everyone

samadi. >> and dr. marc siegel, author of "unlocking the secret code of sickness and health." >> doctors, nice to see you. >> good afternoon. >> well, hello. >> let's begin with a ground breaking study giving hope to so many people who cannot move their limbs, a study involving four men who have been paralyzed for years, and it seems to show that they are not able to voluntarily move their toes and feet after receiving a treatment known as electric stimulation. dr. samadi, is this real or false hope? >> it's absolutely real. it's a great breaking through for a lot of patients with spinal cord injury. when you're told at the young age of 21 or 26, like some of these four patients, that you're paralyzed, you'll in a wheelchair for the rest of your life, it's completely testify statings, and it changes your whole life, and the spinal cord injury is fascinating because it's basically a bunch of cords that connects the brain to the rest of the body. any information from our limbs, fingers, bladder

samadi, why would marinating my meat in beer prevent cancer? >> this sounds a little funny and there's some humor with this but it's also a very, very serious topic. we've spoken about the fact that you should take a lot of veggies, fruits and vegetables and that's good for colon cancer, et cetera. we also have talked about the fact that barbecued beef, whenever you grill and barbecue at a high temperature of 300, what you to is increase the risk of some of these carcinogenic chemicals. as you take these chemicals after barbecuing your beef, they get into your system. you metabolize them and they cause some dna changes. we think that in animal studies it causes colon cancer, breast cancer and prostate cancer so it's absolutely serious. so what do you do with this? after the horrible winter we've had oom i going to say don't barbecue? absolutely not. but don't bring it is up to the temperature of 300. you can also do garlic, olive oil. the reason is with the an antioxidants in the beer, they think it reduces it. >> you've got to make sure it's c

samadi. you're talking about lifestyle, return to better lifestyle. these patients were able to sweat. that's important. they couldn't go outside. if you're out in the sun and you can't sweat, that's very dangerous. >> what's important, i'm glad you're bringing this up. it's absolutely critical for them to feel the pain. when we're sitting, there are nerve sensations after half an hour, an hour, you feel the sensation and you move. what happens if you don't have pain sensation near the skin, you would end up getting sore. you would get lesions. >> bed sores. >> all of that. now in these patients we're seeing they are getting pain sensation. they are starting to sweat, starting to move. i want to go back to the point marc brought up, bladder activity, sexual function and bowel movement, which is a huge part of their quality of life. standing is one thing. if the bladder can send a sensation to the brain and bring it back and say time to void, now you're changing the whole quality of life. the thing we take for granted every day. >> can this lead to par

samadi joins us as well. welcome, doctor. good to have you here. ready to get healthy everybody? healthier. i wanted to ask you about a condition that affects millions of americans. there's a brand new study that founds eczema that starts in childhood and goes into adult hood is likely to be with you forever. some people can't even stand to have clothes rub against them. what's out there that's new and can we be optimistic for a cure? >> we haven't gotten to the cure stage yet. but eczema is actually a chronic condition. and that's really the breaking news here that people think oh after childhood you're done with it, 10% to 15% of children have it on their face or other parts of their body. adults tend to get it in places where you move a lot like elbows, knees and necks. eczema is an irritated, inflamed skin. and it comes from the greek meaning everer ves or bubble over. it is not an allergy, per se, like you're allergic to something so your skin blows up. it's that people with allergies tend to have it. and this study shows something dramatic, which is it's a chronic, recurren

smapd samadi, this is great news. a lot of people have depression. they are afraid to take medication. >> you're 100% right. >> 12 out of 10 americans suffer from depression, and you have all the symptoms of being tired and lack of energy, not really being with it, so the way we treat depression today we're treating you from outside in. giving you a medication with all the side effects that could sometime be addictive. they changed the hormones in the brain whether it's serotonin or dopamine. the discovery we're talking about is treating depression from inside out. going after the natural anti-depressant hormones and ghrilen. >> never heard of it. >> it's really known as a hunger hormone whmp you're under a lot of stress, when you're hungry and you are not doing so well ghrilen goes up and after a meal it goes down. it's a hormone secreted from the stomach. what do we know about this? we know ghrilen affects our mood, our memory and part of the brain, and it's also known as a neurogenesis meaning it can create new nerves. that's all the information.

samadi joins us as well. welcome, doctor. good to have you here. ready to get healthy everybody? healthier. i wanted to ask you about a condition that affects millions of americans. there's a brand new study that

samadi, does it work? >> i'm going to take it.ust had the horrible allergy, dry cough, runny nose and itchy throat and if you have it you're miserable so if this simple treatment, even though it works about 30% of the time, if i'm going to put it under my tongue, not going to get all these shots, not going to see the doctor so often, these shots are doing difficult. have to go every two weeks. the name is ragweed tech and it's made by merck and you can get it now. >> okay. >> say it fast, it sounds the same. >> exactly. >> have to take it for three months before the season starts. it's once a day. it's siblingal -- it's siblingial. ma >> i'm for it also. i'm for trying. it doesn't work as well as sglots ask your doctor. >> i'm trying to change his mind. >> maybe he'll write you a prescription for it. eric? >> they said we've got two doctors. coming up here on sunday "house call," in our should you worry segment, the truth about medical errors and misdiagnoses. you're going to be shocked. with diabetes, it's tough to keep life bala

david samadi, chairman and professor of urology at lennox hill hospital. >> and dr. marc siegel from langone medical center, author of "unlocking the secret code of sickness and health." doctors, great to be here this sunday. >> good to be here. >> good to see you. >> all trying to be healthier. here we go. want to begin first with the potential breakthrough in the fight against depression. after researchers say they have uncovered a natural anti-depressant hormone

david samadi joins us as well, chief of robotic surgery. welcome, doctor. good to have you here. to get healthy, everybody? healthier? i wanted to ask you both about a condition that affects millions of americans because there's a brand new study that finds eczema that starts in

david samadi chairman at the hospital and chief of robotics century. >> professor siegel, author of the unlocking the secret code of sickness and health. doctors, great to have you here today. >> good to be here. >> sunday, we're all trying to be healthier and here we go. i want to begin first with a potential breakthrough in the fight against depression. after researchers say they have uncovered a natural

joining us as all is david samadi. >> and dr. siegel, author of "unlocking the secret code of sickness and health." >> doctors, nice to see you. >> good afternoon. >> well, hello. >> let's begin with a ground breaking study giving hope to so many people who cannot move their limbs, a study involving four men who have been paraze

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david samadi, co-host of "sunday house call" about you let's get to the story. son every single version of every single video game. can you have a discussion, weaker bones, they are going to regret it? >> this will be a good discussion at our house. i've been telling my son get away from this ipad and tv and video games. studies coming from norway. they looked at 450 girls and 450 boys. boys are spending more time in front of the computer. more than girls. what they did was look at the bone density and they look at the bone mineral density. they find out when they sit in front of these tvs and ipad they have a much lower bone mineral density. in the future they have a higher risk of having osteoporosis. when you're out there, we were out there playing sports, soccer, football, you build up the mineral density in your bone. you have more reserve that will last you longer. osteoporosis is more common among women. by the time of age 75 men catch up. try to build it up. >> it's worth a try trying to convince a young man you want to play sports, want to break more bo

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david samadi, fox news medical a-teamer and someone i see every sunday at 12:30 along with marc siegel you're getting the flu, pop a tamiflu, and it can prevent the flu. do you think that's true? >> unfortunately, this is a case of overpromise and underdeliver. and i'm a little disappointed that we have this study that just came out. this was published in british medical journal, and for four years every time you started to have the sensation and the feelings of flu, your doctor gave you this tamiflu to shorten the period of the disease itself but also reduce the symptoms, and perhaps prevent you from getting the full-blown influenza and ending up in the hospital. the idea is that they can shorten it by one day, and now we're finding out that a lot of data may or may not have been accurate. in fact, they put it against placebo, and tamiflu, and there was not really think benefit. unfortunately, the side effects which is nausea, vomiting, headache and possible kidney issues are some of the side effects. so this is a warning, and, of course, there has to be further investigation and find