dr. ashton and dr. besser are here at the table with us. book ends. >> we're ready. >> ready to go. that new study sparking a big mammogram debate. researchers in denmark found that one in three breast tumors discovered through the exam may be overdiagnosed and that means they're identified as more life-threatening than they really are leading to unnecessary treatment. that is what the study is saying. i'm getting the side eye right now from jen. what's your take? >> i think the headline has been boiled down to early screening doesn't work. no such thing as early screening in breast cancer. it's screening. the point of screening we have to remember is to save lives. this study did not look at lives saved. it also started enrollment in 1980 when the technology from mammography was not what it is today. but it talks about the concept does every cancer need treatment and that is going to be a hard pill to swallow for doctors and patients to tell a woman, you have cancer, but we're not going to treat it because it's never going to kill you. that's the dcis realm which is called that sta

dr. jennifer ashton.g. >> happy new year. >> what's the number one health trend you're looking at going forward? >> i think it has to be women's health, dan. i think in 2017 we really need what we actually think that is composed of. we're not talking reproductive health. we're talking breast cancer, gyn cancers, pregnancy care, menopause, polycystic ovarian syndrome. we need to make this a mission as a country. whether you're a woman or not. you care about women's health. the fact of the matter is our world ranking in maternal child health is abysmal. we can do better. we need to do better and i think that has to start with not just more access but better delivery and better health literacy. we need to know a lot more about w our bodies work. >> now, there are other things you're looking at as we head into the new year. one has to do with aging. >> right. now, i think you said it perfectly. it's aging, not anti-aging and i would say it's really longevity. there is no accredited specialty of anti-aging med

dr. ashton.be having and how much sugar most of us are actually having. >> that is jaw dropping so most group, cdc, world health organization, even the american heart association recommending no more than about 25 grams of added sugar a day which looks like this. >> all right. >> get ready. that's what the average person is getting every day added sugar like about 77 -- >> three times as much. >> are you counting sugar from carbs as well as are adding in sugar. >> anything that's not what's called naturally occurring which means fruit. okay, so anything that comes out of a package where there are those hidden term, that's what we're talking about. >> you're board certified this obesity and have your nutrition degree. >> right. >> why do we crave it so much. >> this is an area of such intense interest and research and nutritional science. if you look at the brain, we know that this is due to multiple factors that sugar actually activates the reward centers in the brain. it releases chemical neu ne

dr. ashton is back.xpecting" and i love that. give yourself a break. but let's talk about what women can expect in terms of body changes. what's really happening? >> so, when you leave the hospital after giving birth, there are some major changes. you're still going to look pregnant. that's not a surprise to any woman that's been through it. the uterus is still enlarged, the skin, muscle, fascia, tissues inside are stretched out and depending on labor and delivery, you may have broken blood vessels in your face and eyes and they're athletic events and you have just run an ironman so be patient. >> and timing. >> timing is going to differ. it's a nine-month process to get the baby out so you have to give yourself time coming back in. >> i love that. what do you say to women who are experiencing sadness, confusion, depression over this. >> i think the key -- we have to stop comparing ourselves to a celebrity model. they in part earn their living with their body. their lives are not the average woman's life

dr. ashton are here to weigh in. >>> we have a lot coming up.>>> all right, guys. good morning. we begin with the deadly storm hitting the south. at least five deaths are blamed on extreme weather in alabama, florida, and georgia. at least 12 reported tornadoes overnight. adrienne bankert is in rehobeth, alabama, with all the latest on that. aide adrienne, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, amy. yes, we're right down the street from where a tree fell into a mobile home, killing four people inside. the winds were strong enough to rip the siding and cause severe roof damage to this church. 70-mile-per-hour winds in georgia. tractors overturned. houses were knocked down in mississippi. this system packed a lot of rain as well. in florida, a 70-year-old man was killed by rising waters. the cleanup starts today. also the national weather service will be here surveying the damage to confirm whether or not these were, indeed, tornadoes. amy? >> thank you, adrienne. >>> house republicans have voted to weaken the office of congressional ethics that

dr. jen ashton, thank you. go to our website for more.ration. how will donald trump lead? how will he be held accountable? a new era for the white house and washington. this is where america turns. >> anchor: good morning, washington. i'm melanie hastings. here is a check of your stop stories. dualing meetings on the affordable care act. president obama are discuss ways to safe obamacare, and mike pence is set to meet with house republicans to discuss plans for repealing it. new this morning, a national survey shows president and mrs. obama are america's top choice for a celebrately neighbor, according to real estate company zillo. they beat duane the rock johnson. third place, chip and joanna gates. the sun will make a return today. here is veronica johnson. >> anchor: today is one of those days with you have to get out and enjoy yourself. breezy, but temperatures will top out in the lower 50s with sunshine. them tracking this next event that comes in late thursday night, early part of the day on friday. looking like we're going to get a

dr. jen ashton, thank you. go to our website for more. goodmorningamerica.com on yahoo!.? how will he be held accountable? a historic new era for the white house. for washington. this is where america turns. abc world news tonight with daift muir. >>> good morning to you. abc 7 mornings, and the big story today, of course, the rain and how it's affecting traffic. >> it's not been an easy luckily, heavy rain is out, light sprinkles at there point, and a little bit of good news here on eastbound highway 4 where we had an alert, a serious crash blocked both lanes. the shoulder got by, but that cleared in the last few minutes and backup is unbinding. back to you. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> our >> thank you. >> our afoot and light-hearted i take to the open road. healthy, free, the world before me, the long brown path before me leading wherever i choose. the east and the west are mine. the north and the south are mine. all seems beautiful to me. >>> i've got good news for you. storm is down to a 1 on the storm impact scale, light, because of periods of light rain. minor po

dr. jen ashton joins us with more. >> good morning, my dear. >> dr. jep, great to have you.l sell the generic. >> yes. >> what do you know about it. >> much greater access and availability for the generic form of the medication in the epipen. that medication is epinephrine, the exact same thing in the generic adrena-click. it could be as low as $10 and that compares to anywhere from zero to $600 for the epipen and this comes with an auto injector. >> so bottom line at the physician as a doctor, do you recommend the generic. >> absolutely. i mean this is something that patients should talk to their doctor about it and ask their doctor if they need a prescription for or what the right dose for an antihistamine is and insurance company to find out what their particular plan will cover. important to know, allergies by the numbers, 15 million americans suffer food allergies, every three minutes an american goes to the er with an anaphylactic reaction, this can be life-threatening. >> what are the symptoms of that? >> there's a whole rank but the common one, hives, swelling of the

dr. ashton are here to weigh in. >>> we have a lot coming up.tting the south. at least five deaths are blamed on extreme weather in alabama, florida, and georgia. at least 12 reported tornadoes overnight. adrienne bankert is in rehobeth, alabama with more. >> reporter: we're right down the street from where a tree fell on a mobile home, killing four people inside. the storm ripped the siding and caused veer roof damage to this church. 70-mile-per-hour winds in georgia. this system packed a lot of rain as well. in florida, a 70-year-old man was killed by rising waters. the cleanup starts today. also the national weather service will be here surveying the damage to confirm whether or not these were, indeed, tornadoes. amy? >> thank you, adrienne. >>> house republicans have voted to decruise the power of the committee on ethics. that vote came last last night with no advance warning. earlier on "gma," president-elect trump's senior adviser kellyanne conway spoke with george and defended the move. zbl >> gutting it doesn't mean there won't be a mech

dr. jen ashton, thank you. go to our website for more.? how will he be held accountable? a new era for the white house and washington. this is where america turns. >> ♪ >> good morning, i'm tamala edwards. 8:27 now on this wednesday january 4th. let's head other than to karen rogers and i'm guessing the schuylkill little bit of a slowdown. >> y-we've got our third accident of the morning on the schuylkill expressway. multi vehicle accident. they just pushed it off to the side. it had been blocking all lanes. this is the schuylkill westbound approaching conshohocken. check out the travel times. westbound traffic it will take nearly an hour to go from the blue route to the vine. now now that it's off to the side hopeful that travel time will start to ease but it's a slow go on the schuylkill went still have this accident in northeast philadelphia an accident involving a vehicle and a school bus. none of the children on the bus were injured. so some good news there. but nonetheless a scary accident for the kids out there on academy road at g

dr. ashton and dr. besser here at the table for our first story.e it when you guys bookend us like this. >> we do too. >> let's start with the new study that may have you rethink how you talk to your child's doctor. researchers from the university of florida finding that -- get ready for this -- 40% of medical errors are the result of rudeness towards physicians. >> wow. >> and now we know medical errors, how it leads to so many deaths. >> that's right, yeah. >> so tell us more about this. >> yeah, i think this is fascinating. so, the study was conducted in israel and they looked at decision-making when people -- when doctors, medical teams are faced with people who are rude and they took 40 teams from newborn intensive care units from around the country and put them through a training exercise. half the team has a parent who was just fine and half the team has a parent who was incredibly rude and what they found was -- and then the teams had to work through scenarios with a very sick child. it was a mannequin. the teams that had the parent that wa

ashton road at 108 at new hampshire avenue, there's delays between dr. rd road and this area at the intersection is closed at ashton, and this is 16th street northwest new hampshire. 16th street is look okay. >>> lover let catastrophe lynch will travel to illinois, where she is expected to release the findings of the justice department's investigation chicago police. the report is being called historic. >> the investigation comes after the video surfaces showing the killing of an african american teenager and possible coverup. >>> yesterday the senate vehicle coded along party lines to repeal the affordablecare act. today a vote in the house is expected. president-elect donald trump tweeted congrats to congress. >>> there's charges against a new suspect in the so-called pizzagate case. >> that's the fake news story about a child sex ring, and now a louisiana man pled guilty to threatening another place. the 52-year-old cal

dr. jen ashton, you want to talk to us about intentions. >> it's the mind-body connection. intention it's to have a plan or a goal or, in oprah's case, a reason. if you put that with the five stages of change that we use in psychology and medicine, look at these stages. pre-contemplation, that's not even on your radar. contemplation is when you start to thinking about making the change. then preparation, action and maintenance. you can see why having an intention would be part of all five of these stages of change and very important. when you're talking about making a big life change. >> this is your area of expertise. you're board certified in many of these areas. a lot of people want to know, keeping it off. it's one thing to lose it but to keep that weight off. >> there's good news and bad news here. the good news is that significant weight loss is possible for a person but there's no one right or wrong way to do it, so everyone has to find their own way. the bad news is and extensive data supports this, as soon as we start to lose weight, the brain releases signals to t

dr. jen ashton is here. this is your field. >> yes. >> your level of expertise. more about it. >> let's start with basic anatomy. the cervix is the lower part of the uterus. there are about 12,000 cases of cervical cancer diagnosed in this country every year and about country due to cervical cancer. oftentimes it's picked up on a routine pap smear. >> tell us about the surgical options and other options for finding it. >> it depends on two things, the stage as it does with any type of cancer and the woman's desire for future fertility so early stage cervical cancer can be treated with a cone biopsy surgery which is a same day procedure or a simple hysterectomy. more advanced cervical cancer than you're talking about a surgery radical hysterectomy, chemotherapy and radiation. >> hpv. when you hear about that and with cervical cancer, just explain to people more. >> here's what you really need to know about the relationship between hpv and cervical cancer. the vast majority of cervical cancer is caused by hpv. by the age of 50, 80% of us have been exposed to the hp

dr. richard besser, jen ashton. patients for up to five years. those identified as excessive drinkers were at increased risk for three heart problems. heart attack. heart failure. and a rhythm problem. called atrial fibrillation. it's not new. it's important to point out. we talk about moderate alcohol consumption being good for your heart. there's though go up that says, if you don't drink, start drinking. most drinkers, when they hear this, they think, i must be a moderate drinker, i'll have more to protect my heart. >> what is overconsumption? >> don't shoot the messenger. it's vague. when we're trained to get a alcohol histor we're taught to ask open-ended questions. tell me about how much alcohol you consume. people say, i drink socially. one serving of alcohol, if you talk about wine is this. five ounces. this is what most people are drinking. so if you think oh, well, i drink seven, eight, nine glasses a week. you could be doubling that. by the way seven or less is moderate for wine or alcohol. you could easi

ashton kutcher -- whatever your name is. i'm talking to you. be warned. joining us now, dr. sebastian gorka. the narrative is a lie, the threat is real, we have the towers, the embassy bombings in kenya, tanzania, the 9/11 commission report. they are -- were at war with us. what else can we do to protect the american people? >> absolutely nothing, sean. the president was elected to protect this nation. whether it's a wall or extreme vetting, the average american that represents the backbone of our great nation elected him to be the commander-in-chief to do primarily his first duty to protect them and to win this war. the idea that we allow anybody into this country is a act of political suicide. every nation -- if the word nation is to have a meaning, every nation has a right to decide who comes into our country and if there is a question whether or not you wish to respect the u.s. constitution or harm the americans that are already here, you will be dealt with as a national security threat. >> sean: and one day, 325,000 from abroad come into the united states. we are talking about 109 that