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Over half of the people have thyroid disease because they have run -- it runs in the family, so, in other words, if someone says, their mother has thyroid disease i check them extra carefully and more than once. >> jamie: same as anything else, right? not to be a separate test, do it as part of screening? >> exactly. and it is women of child bearing years, not just pregnant women because as david said, we are trying to figure out if we should test it before a woman gets pregnant and we dont know...

Which wed recommend anyone over the age of 30, pregnant women over the age of 30 should be screened, and anyone with enlarged trilli thyroids, obesi one thing, talk to your doctor about prenatal vitamins, which is i deodine, and, some of the >> jamie: but is it safe. >> no question, they are absolutely safe. 60 million people in the united states probably have thyroid disease. we only catch half of them and as david said 15% of pregnant women have it and we are missing half of them. its a bag pr...

>> eric: back now with "sunday house call," hear about the medical break through, a big one? a simple test, will soon check if men with a history of prostate cancer, family history if they have a fault you jooern -- faulty gene that could lead to the risk. >> the big study was published in the "new england journal of medicine" and they are looking at a specific type of families with prostate cancer, called familial prostate cancer and genetics plays a big role and they look at 200 genes on a chr...

Lifelock service guarantee cannot be offered to residents of new york. >> eric: time for "sunday house call," joining us this morning as always, dr. marc siegel, associate professor of medicine at langone medical center and the author of "the inner pulse". >> jamie: and dr. david samadi, chief of robotics at the mt. sinai medical center. >> eric: doctors, good to see you. new information for expecting parents, a noninvasive test for downs syndrome. doctors say this screening can be administered ...

In georgetown, south carolina where a bain capital owned company used to exist and hell hammer on mitt romneys record with bain capital again. >> jamie: john roberts, live in myrtle beach and john cusack, editor of "the hill" joins us. >> good morning, jamie. >> jamie: the semi surge, a vote of confidence from the group of evangelicals who got together in texas for rick santorum, too little, too late? >> well, it is a big deal but it might be. timing in politics is everything, and, it should hav...

Doctor, it seems to be a terrific break through? >> this is amazing, eric. i spoke to the doctor who developed the test and, studied it in 4,000 women, and, he said there is a 99 out of 100% chance you will find it but you want to do it in mainly high risk groups, women over 40 and people with a problem, we use ultrasound to see if there is an abnormality in the heart and 50% of downs babies have that and we look at the neck and if it could be a problem it may replace the need for and invasive t...

There could be a child with downs syndrome and you have to make the decision. like i said, we are finding 15 to 20 weeks, the test, maternity 21, is a simple blood test, you can get it done in the tenth week, and it is pretty much accurate. the idea behind this, is that a lot of dna from the child is circulating in moms blood test and we are able to diagnose it. if the test is negative you have a good chance you will have a healthy child. if it is positive, you have to go on and get the amniocen...