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Joey: tell us about your relationship with him, how the process is going on in adopting him. how did he come to your family? >> came to the church and they were talking about how they bring ukrainian kids from orphanages to america, introduce them and a chance -- >> to experience the love of jesus christ which is what we are all about. >> we were interested. we had $4 -- four daughters and one son, and no more girls. >> the estrogen level in the house. and he was all boy.

Quick question? we are almost out of time. if people are born men and then get this treatment to become, in their view, women, and then compete, they measure their estrogen levels. so it is no longer required by the ioc, the olympic committee, that you get sex reassignment surgery, you just have to have a certain estrogen level. does that make sense to you radically? >> i believe it is actually their testosterone level. >> laura: im sorry, the testosterone level, yes. >> what is concerning their...

Is it the same way that it affects us? >> not exactly. with women menopause hits, your estrogen level goes down. osteoporosis, by the way, comes from the greek meaning osteobone and prossies holes, holes in the bone. your bone density is going down because estrogen usually helps to you keep it up. thats why women are affected precipitously after the age of 50. with men, also occurs in men, very important to bring that out. with men its 60 to 75, it starts to equalize, so we cant think about it a...

In their lifetime. dr. siegel, i want to start with you because i want to find out how does it affect men? is it the same way that it affects us? >> not exactly. with women menopause hits, your estrogen level goes down. osteoporosis, by the way, comes from the greek meaning osteo, bone and porosis, holes, holes in the bone. your bone density is going down because estrogen usually helps you to keep it up. thats why women are affected precipitously after the age of 50. with men, also occurs in men...

>> your estrogen levels are going down. >> you can get those tested. >> absolutely. you can tell when you go into menopause by your estrogen level and follicle stimulating hormone. trying to make up for the loss of estrogen. >> eric doesnt need to write that down but dont men go through menopause? >> we have our moments. >> well talk about that during commercial. thank you, thats very helpful. >> crohns disease affects hundreds of thousands of americans but its hard to diagnose. what crohns dise...