their patients. gregg: can you believe that? a doctor would lie to his patient. marcus welby would never do that. more than half of doctors say they deliberately put on a positive spin when delivering bad news and that some never even admit to their own medical snakes. dr. steven lamb is a practicing internist, faculty member at new york university school of medicine, contributor to the daily. you ever lied to a patient? i can tell you that i have not been brutally honest with certain patients and i think gregg: really? why? i think there are certain areas where being brutally honest is not really the best interest of the patient. since my mission really involves being compassionate, being sensitive, being empathic and there are times where it s inappropriate to tell the patient the honest truth gregg: give me an example. a person will come in and they could be seriously depressed and very anxious, they may not be able to handle the
lamb, practicing internist and faculty member at new york university school of medicine and a contributor to the daily. what do you think of the study? i think it s once again, vitamin b has become a superstar. it s gotten legendary status right now. we know vitamin d is important. i think this is an interesting observation that children with the lowest vitamin d level followed a few years later seemed to have a higher risk of depression, period. gregg: could be other factor as soon as. could be so many other factors. but the reality is that vitamin d has already been shown to have an effect on mood in adults. it s also been shown to have an effect on your immune system and bone and metabolism. it s really not a vitamin as much as it is a hormone. heather: acts more like a hormone. just the fact that you give people vitamin d doesn t mean you can treat depression. that link hasn t been made. what s very clear is that i don t think i ve ever seen a patient in my office, if i d
he haston it before. a kenyan man finishing in two hours, six minutes and 28 seconds, just over a minute faster than the previous record. apparently he has done it in boston although his time there notç officially marked due to the course s downhill slope. gregg: congrats. grey hair and wrinkles may not be diseases. but new drugs promising to boost vanity. that has some concerned claimingç high-tech drugs could be harmful. joining us dr. lamm at new york university school of medicine. thank you for joining us. gregg: what do you think of this, can this be harmful or helpful? lifestyle drugs are intended to improve the quality of life of
welcome back. we have retreated from that stuffy studio. well respected group of heartç doctors now releasing their tips for living longer and healthier lives. heather: they say a few simple steps people can easily add 10 or more healthy years to their life spans. here dr. steven lamb and faculty member at new york university school of medicine. not just 10 random years, 10 healthy years? yeah, if you follow this new lifestyle intervention, you could live to 90 and living healthy where you want to compress the number of years where you are not well. we all have to die sometime. but you want to compress the number of years. we are going to go broke in this country, in every country, treating illness.
laura: unresolved problem segment tonight, should government bureaucrats should be able to force your kids to take sex education? mayor michael bloomberg says yes. kids as young as 11 take a semester of sex ed. we are not talking about kissing and holding hands. graphic stuff that would make most adults uncomfortable. some new yorkers are not happy about this. these critic la will leave students confused. misinformed and vulnerable. parents should be the primary educators of their children when it comes to matters regarding sexual activity. we do our young people a disservice when we teach them how to reduce their risk when we should be teaching them how to avoid them. laura: with us is a child psychologist and author of the book you are teaching my child what? a professor at the new york university school of medicine. okay, let s talk about this. for about 20 years new york has been pretty active, right, in sex education, public schools. i think they have distributed