time for the doctor. that s right. a mom mourning the lot of her 19-year-old son of the she claims her son, happened letter h a deadly reaction to the flu shot and joined us yesterday on fox & friends. after he got the shot, he got violently ill. he went to one emergency room and wasn t treated and then a few days later, he was admitted, went to the next emergency room. the doctors didn t know what happened. the doctors did everything they could as far as trying to detect this. the one thing they didn t really focus on until the very end and another doctor was the flu vaccination. sad situation indeed. trying to find out if this could really happen. joining us is dr. mark siegle with fox news medical a team. we re so glad you re here. good morning. good morning. a tough moment there to hear that from a mom. you re just trying to do the right thing for your family, advising flu shots.
lying on their on-line dating profiles. the most popular fibs? height, income, age. the results are from a pew research center survey. we think we re being honest when they answer our questions. you re an honest guy, brian. and now underage drinking is a growing problem. the latest studies show its long-term effects are much more dangerous than once thought. in fact, youth who begin before age 15 are more likely to develop dependency in the future. this is national college awareness week and all sorts of efforts are being done to combat underage drinking. dr. mark siegle recently took part in one and he ll join us this morning. good morning. certainly an important topic. interesting that kids that young are more susceptible. why is that the problem? first of all, facebook has something to do with this. social media, because people are more shy, they re not used to talk to each other. then they start talking to each other and they need a social lube can t, which is alcohol,
over the country. schools like stonybrook, dartmouth here at nyu, programs where students are involved is and where the health professionals are involved. same thing with a buddy system. buddy system is alcoholics anonymous. a drinker helps you quit. buddy system is a nondrinker teaching you have not to drink in the first place. both of which involve a social interaction, which alluding back to the play, it seems as though that seems to be a trigger for drinking. dr. siegle, you are fantastic. it s really important that you learn from other people who have been through what you ve been through. it certainly is. we thank bob beckel for being so honest. good to see you. remember this rant by bob costas? now we re learning the network teamed with this before this happened. plus, it s created memorable array of tv characters and now john lithgow is putting pen to
new insurance is. steve: my wife went to the doctor a couple days ago and asked whether or not he was going to take it, nope. absolutely not. meanwhile, finally, most patients will not use the exchanges. fact or myth? that s actually a fact cause with all we re talking about the exchanges, i want people out there to know that over 160 million people are still getting their insurance. not from the exchanges, but from their employer. you know what? that insurance you is in trouble, too. as we ve talked about, highly regulated. you may be dropped to part-time. you may lose that insurance and have to go to the exchange. there is a lot of regulations coming down the pike this year. 27 of them with obamacare that will apply to you if you re getting it through your employer. you better check to see if your employer is keeping his insurance. steve: dr. mark siegle making a studio call. thank you very much. gray skies today. steve: it is kind of gray. like magic 8 ball. ask again lat
196.6 million. that s how many people visited yahoo last month. that includes me. allowing it to beat out google as the most visited site. google has just over 192 million visitors. next, number one. honda earning the title of the cars stolen most often. the accord and civic took the top spots for 2012. if you see someone in a honda, make them pull over and give up the keys. two. that s how many bull sharks were pulled from the potomac river in maryland. they were caught 200 yards away from a swimming area. bull sharks are the deadliest. that s enough said. ainsley: yes. moving on. thank you, brian. a new york teen-ager collapses and he dies. now doctors say a recent bug bite could be to blame for this. right now they re testing a very rare virus. it s carried by ticks. it attacks the brain. most cases are deadly and there is no treatment that will work when you are diagnosed with this. dr. mark siegle is here from the fox medical a team to explain