dr. jennifer ashton as well, so, dr. ashton, why don't you tell us the results. >> the moment of truth. so first thing we did, we checked blood pressure. head-to-head, both in the normal range. ashley's is actually a little better than abeba and did a nonfasting diabetes test called thhemoglobin a1c. both normal. you did a little better than abeba. cholesterol, ldl. both normal. this is where abeba did a little bit better than asey. we want to thank quest diagnostics for running these labs for us and then we put you on the treadmill and did a fitness test, both passed pretty well. i mean,, you are 28. but i want to be clear. weight is relevant. it's one thing that we look at. we want to assess that today. you both did great and we also want to assess it down the road in the future, and that's why living a healthy lifestyle is so important. >> what do you make of those results? >> i'm not surprised. i mean, don't judge a book by its cover. it's clear this is a very healthy woman right here. >> i love it. >> yes, you are. >> you started at the very beginning of your day, what do you do ea

dr. ashton before the segment. she said this was not caused by the work of didn't.id not cause this. >> you have to address it right away. >> she said the symptoms aren't subtle. this is something that even if she weren't doing the show she would have noticed the symptoms associated with this. >> we wish her well. >> thank you. >> let's go outside to michael and lara. >> all right, george. out here doing a live edition of "gma on the lookout" and this morning, we're looking at ways to protect something that most of us use all day every day, our cell phones. >> wow. i mean not all day. >> i do. >> all right. so in the last hour you may remember we dropped two iphones in a takata of water to see how well the waterproof cases worked and they both did and now gio taking us to new heights. gio, what's the challenge? supply think y all are afraid of heights. you're not joining me but we're going to take a look at a phone that claims to have the first shatt shatterpro shatterproofscreen, the droid turbo 2 by motorola. op our phone by accident on the street there or the sid

dr. ashton joins us now. chrissy is clearly a fighter, thank goodness this is treatable. >> yeah, and it's incredibly rare, george. they're isolated reports in the literature. youngest patient with this just 3 years old, the oldest, 87. generally the prognosis is good. >> so we can't emphasize it enough, very rare but it's going to frighten a lot of parents. what thud they pay attention to. >> when you talk about breast development in a young girl there are a couple of things the parents should know about. any dramatic changes in the breast or breast development before the age of 8. the key thing is change in one breast versus the other. that would be a concerning sign but, remember, there are other things that affect the breast that aren't cancer, trauma, infection, benign crist ysts. breast ultrasound and generally a referral to a breast specialist but those are the overall warnings. >> very, very rare. >> it's incredibly rare. we send her our best. >> jen ashton, thanks very much. over to michael. >>> all

dr. jennifer ashton has her story. >> she's an enthusiastic artist. and a ling little sisr. >> hi. >> reporter: now 8-year-old christie turner is fighting a devastating disease normally only faceded by adults. >> i was kindf scared to kind of figure out what it was. >> reporter: in october chrissy came to her parents with a lump iner chest. after a series of tests doctors diagnosed a rare form of breast cancer called secretory carcinoma, the findings, a huge blow tohe whole family. >> i was in shock. no child should ever have to go through cancer. and then it hits your family. it hits your littlee one. i'm sorry. 's devastating. >> it's been really hard emotionally, mentally everyone has been broken down. >> reporter: secretory carcinoma accounts for less than 0.15%f breast cancers and is the rarest form of the disease. dr. brian bookers part of the team treating her. >> reporter: chrissy had to undergo a simple mastectomy to represent it from coming back. to cancer. mom a cervical cancer survivor and dad was diagnosed with non-hodgkin's limbmbymphphw

dr. ashton joins us now. chrissy is clearly a fighter. thank goodness this is treatable. >> yeah, and it's incredibly rare, george. that's the take me message. there are isolated reports in the literature. youngest patient w with this type of cancer, just 3 yrs old, the oldest, 87. generally the prognosis is good. >> so we can't emphasize it enough, it's's very ra but it's going to frighten a lot of parents. what should they be paying attention to? >> when you talk about breast development in a young girl, there are a couple of things the parents should know about. number one, any dramatic changes in the breast or breast development before the age of 8. the key thing is change in one breaeast versuthe other. that would be a concerning sign but, remember, there are other things that affect the breast that aren't cancer, trauma, infection, benign cysts. after a physical exam with the child's pediatrirician, the next ep is breast ultrasound and then generally a referral to a breast specialist but those are the overall warnin. >> those are th

dr. jennifer ashton. she joins us live at our l.a. bureau. this is your area of expertise, jen. so, what do you make of kate's revelation? >> well, first of all, if that's what menopse looks like, sign me up, and for a shoutout to all the millions of women who go through menopause and their story doesn't make national news, but, again, to clarify, early menopause is menopause that ours at the age of 40 or earlier. most women will go through menopause between 45 and 55, so that's the average range. it's going to differ woman to woman, though. >> you said early menopause isn't even really a medical term. you can -- it's premenopause. what are the causes of it? >> premature menopause, so we don't totally understand but we know that things like smoking, very, very bad for your ovaries as it is for the rest of your body, certain chemotherapies, certain types of chromosomal abnormalities they're all associated with early or premature menopause and we don't know how the environment affects it but certainly family history plays a role, so something your mother, your sister goes through,

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dr. jennifer ashton and joins us live from our l.a. bureau. this is your area of expertise, jen. what do you make of kate's revelation? >> first of all if that's what menopause looks like, sign me up and for a shoutout to all the millions of women who go through menopause and their story doesn't makeational news, but, again, toclary, earar menopause is menopausese that occurs at the age of 40 or earlier, mos women will go through menopause between 45 and 55 so that's the avage range,e, it'll differ woman to woman. >> you said early menopause isn't even realllly a medical term. you c can -- it's premenopause. preture menopause so we don't totally understand but things like smoking, very, very bad for your ovaries as it is for the rest of your body certain chemotherapy, certain types of chrhrosomal abnormrmities associated with early or premature m menopause and don't know how the environment affect i it but certainly family history playsys a role so mething yourmother, your sister goes through, it increases your chance it will happen around the same time. >> when you said chemothe

dr. jennifer ashton is here with more. explain why it's so dangerous. >> it's called visceral fat. very different than the fat under your skin called subcutaneous fat. this is hormonally active and profuses hormones and affects how our hormones function and metabolism and how our body uses insulin and glucose and can clots. it is a bad actor and the dangerous thing you can't always see it so we're looking ging for non noninvasive ways to measure it. >> what's the best way to get >> exactly. that's the silver lining in this whole thing is that there is a lot you can do even though you can't see this fat to kind of pro-vent it and reduce it from having an impact on you. the first thing is exercise. more is better. different kinds of exercise are important. believe it or not resistance or weights and really want to get that in six days a week. the way you eat, that's key. so you want to tend to go for a indict et low in saturated fat and sugar and it's never too late to correct bad dietary habits then, of course, in the pharmaceutical world there is drugs in the pipeline and research

dr. jennifer ashton. so what's a way we have with information. >> a parasomnia. we heard a little about the statistics. two to 4% of adults do this. obviously is foror common in childhdhd. about 13% of 10-year-olds do it and at times it can b dangerous obviously but there are two main eory that it's a disorder of sleep or a disorder of arousal. we're not sure whatauses it but we know that there are certain triggers associated with it. sleepeprivation is a big one ironically, the use of sedative medication. if a child or adults sick with an illness or fever but once it happens the key is what do you about it? sleepwalking. some of them i believe are myths. >> correct. sleepwalking. is that true? >> no, that is a complete myth. nothing is going to happen. you won't do any damage but it should be mentioned that when you startle someone or awaken them from this altered state of consciousness they can become startled and so they can become violent so you want to do it gently. >> and there are thoughts that you don't remember if you are a sleepwalker. do you remember w

dr. jennifer ashton. so what's a way we have with information. parasomnia.bviously it's for common in ch% of -year-olds do it and at times it can be dangerous obviously but there are two main theory that it's a disorder of sleep or a disorder of arousal. we're not sure what causes it but we know that there are certain it. sleep deprivation is a big one ironically, the use of sedative medication. if a child or adult is sick with an illness or fever but once it happens the key is what do you do about it? >> we heard a lot about sleepwalking. some of them i believe are myths. >> correct. >> never wake somebody who is sleepwalking. is that true? >> no, that a complete myth. no goingo happu won't do any da should be mentioned that when u startle someone or awaken consciousness they can become artled and so the can become violt so you want to do it gently. >> and there are thoughts that you don't remember if you are a sleepwalker. do you remember what happened. >> that's also a myth but it's ironic, amnesia of the event tends to be one of the diagnostic criteria b

dr. jennifer ashton is here with more. visceral fat. very different than the fat under your skin called subcutaneous fat. this is hormonally active and it produces hormones. it affects how our hormones function. and affects our metabolism, how our body uses insulin and glucose. and can affect how our body forms blood clots. so this is a bad, bad actor. and the dangerous thing is, you can't always see it. so we're looking for noninvasive ways to measure it. >> what's the best way to get rid of it? or prevent it from happening? >> exactly. that's the silver lining in this whole thing is that there is a lot you can do even though you can't see this fat to kind of pro-vent it and reduce it from having an impact on you. the first thing is exercise. more is better. different kinds of exercise are important. you want to mix up cardio with believe it or not resistance or weights and really want to get that in six days a week. the way you eat, that's key. so you want to tend to go for a diet that's low in saturated fat and low in s

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dr. jen ashton. weight. how does sleep deprivation affect metabolism? >> there's an overall activation in the brain. it makes us seek out stuff like this. high fat, hue sugar, highly palatable foods. two key players. the first one, xwrks hrelin. our brain makes more ghrelin. don't try this at home. it becomes more of an implans at home with ghrelin. this drives us to eat. leptin tells us, whoa, i've had enough. i'm not hungry. this sets up a perfect storm for gaining weight. >> a lot of adverse affects on our immune system. >> it sends the mess edgers all over the body that we're activated, on alert. key players are increased. they've been associated with an increased rick of cardiovascular disease. >> irritability. they have effects on their learning. >> i'm like, check, check, check. >> reduced academic performance. and mood disorders. >> we'll talk all week long about sleep disorders. what can we tell viewers now? >> first step. commit to make sleep a priority. it's not a luxury. it's of par with diet and fitness. control the environment. make sure i