dr. jennifer ashton, abc news, new york. >> that is true. that is true about posture.nk about it a lot when i'm doing this program. i've had tweets from people saying up straight. >> i never had a tweet like that. >> if you overlook at the screen, this is overexposure to bly violet light, some opticians think that can lead to macular degeneration. time to throw away your phone. >> the old rotary phones are corded. we'll be right back >>> it really is the best time of year for entertaining and your holiday guests are in for a treat. america's chief entertainment officer and cookbook author tim laird is here this morning. his drinks always have an extra kick and his foods always festive. >> good morning. i'm excited. we have some fun tips for easy holiday entertaining. > we love it. >> i want to start out with my mistletoe martini. great cocktail. light, refleshing in a shaker with ice. start with an ounce of inlandyia tangerine vodka. to that three ounces of cranberry juice. that goes in. then a good squeeze of lime. the citrus really needs to be in there. give that a g

dr. jennifer ashton, abc news, new york. >> that is true. thats true about posture. i think about it a lot when i'm doing this program. i've had tweets from people sang up straight. >> i never had a tweet like that. >> if you overlook at the screen, this is overexposure to blue violet light, some opticians think that can lead to macular degeneration it's time to throw away your phone, reena. >> i'm telling you, the old go back to that. you'u'll get an answering machine if you feel like you have to be hi-tech. we'll be right back folks. >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our abc stations.this from our abc stations. happy birthday! music music thank you dear, very much music you're welcome music thank you you make me feel so young look who's coming... you make me feel so spring has sprung and every time i see your face the moment that you speak i wanna go place... >>> it really is the best t time of year for entertaining and your holiday guests are in for a treat. america's chief entertainment officer and cookbook author tim laird is here this mor

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dr. jennifer ashton and this is great news. explain the finding. >> this is the actual study and this may be the first time that a study looked at what the estimates are for a successful live birth after sequential ivf topics. if you look at this graph it's a very busy curve. there's a lot going on here but i want you to may attention to is the shape of the curve and what you see here, bottom line is as a woman or a couple does success rate goes up so the likelihood of a live birth goes up, perseverance pays off. >> i know we don't have a ton of time but why? can you tell me? >> i think a lot of couples will drop out of ivf after three or four cycle because they think they will not succeed and we know now that's actually not true. now, we have to remember there's a lot that goes into this on the couple's level. this is an individual decision. there's costs involved. >> it's expensive. >> emotional and physical tolls but if you want to keep trying the odds are actually in your favor. >> it's sort of the tried and true, you know,

dr. jennifer ashton, so whado we know about placenta accreta? >> so let's start with the normal placenta which, by the way, is a fetal organ that provides the nutrients and normally sits inside the uterine cavity and comes out without too much difficulty after delivery. when you have accreta or increta or percreta these are major abnormals in the way the placenta andhe blood supply which is massive attaches to the wall of the uterus and in the case of accreta, it can get deeper into the wall. increta into the muscle and percreta through the uterus and attaches to the bowel or bladder so this is potentially a catastrophic ob complition. >> wow. >> it's only about 1 in 2500 pregnancies but when there are 4 million births every year, you're talking some significant numbers. >> not an exaggeration to say it's potentialally life-threatening. >> it's potentially life-threatening. when we detach it it's not painful if you have an epidural but it can be very dramatic so we have a situation n here whe we are all hands on deck. this is not a home birth sc

dr. jennifer ashton, we thank you. and jen will take your questions just tweet her at drjashton. >> thank you. >>> now we talk about a new social media trend not in the christmas spirit. super rich kids flaunting their wealth on instagram and nick watt has this look a ahow it coululbe affecting your kids. no be can >> reporter: they do say if you've got it, flaunt it. >> i spend around 15,000 a month on just shopping. >> i've been gettingngotox since i was 1414 >> reporter: these snot-nosed kids have it and, boy, do they want the world to knowt. >> it became addictive andnd i just kept posting photos of my life. >> reporter: the rich kids of photos of everything from jets to parisian hotel suites. >>>>ome people would take up to 30 a day and try and post them. we wanted to find out what it was that was driving them to do this. >> reporter: so director oscar humphries made a brand-new documentary called unsurprisingly "riri kids of instagram." >> there's a fascination of what goes on in the worlds of the top 1%. instagr

dr. jennifer ashton is here to tell us more about this.morning long. >> that's right. >> tell us why. >> finally something we can all agree on and really good news. this is called the breast cancer survivorship care guidelines, it's a massive compilation of work, the country's top experts released by the american cancer society and the american society of clinical oncology so you get a lot of doctors agreeing, that's always a good thing and it's really about focusing the transition on treating a patient with a disease, in this case breast cancer, to really taking care of a woman in terms of her health and wellness. i spoke with the first author, dr. carolyn runowitz and herself a breast cancer survivor. she said this was a massive undertaking, long overdue, but it's really one-stop shopping for doctors and then hopefully patients about how to take care of the whole woman. >> what do the guidelines address, jen? >> literally head to toe because we have to remember it is a whole person approach here so starting at the head, body image, depre

dr. jennifer ashton has the details. >> reporter: we live in a tech-driven world. but is technology driving us to damage our bodies? our minds? steve august coining the term ihunch. when we hunch over a smartphone. what happens when the weight of your header about 10 to 12 pounds is bent at a 60-degree angle over your r gadget? according to august, the stress on a person's neck increases to 60 pounds. that can cause pain. >> upper back and neck problems have proliferated in the last ten years. the big driver is the use of laptops, tablets, and smartphones. >> reporter: that's the physical part. now researchers are trying to find out if there's a link between the ihunch and mental health. amy cuddy is examining the issue in a "new york times" article. citing small, preliminary studies that suggest that slouchy posture may be linked to depression and low self-esteem. while none of these studies have shown conclusive evidence that staring at your smart phone affects your psychology, many professionals say sitting up straight is always a good idea. >> good posture affe

dr. jennifer ashton has the details. >> reporter: we live in a tech-driven world.our minds? ihunch. that hunched over posture we get when we hunch over a smartphone. what happens when the weight of your head is bent over your gadget? according to august, the stress on a person's neck increases to 60 pounds. that can cause pain. >> upper back and neck problems have proe life rated in the last ten years. the big driver is the use of lapto laptops, tablets, and smartphones. >> reporter: now researchers are trying to find out if there's a link between the ihunch and mental health. amy kuddy is examining the issue in a "new york times" article. kriting mall, preliminary studies. none of the studies have shown conclusive every day that staring at your smart phone affects your psychology, many professionals say sitting up straight is always a good idea. >> it affects your confidence level, assertiveness level, feeling good about yourself. >> this was the first story i read yesterday. >> right now this is about the theoretical, the observation nal, and the association. we

dr. jennifer ashton. >>, good morning, mike. >> not only hard to get them to sleep but keeping them asleep is something that a lot of parents have to deal with and if your kids wake up screaming or afraid, what exactly is going on. >> what's going on, listen, i didn't get through this stage with one of my kids until they were like 1 years old and important for parents to understand what wakes them up or what gets them out of bed may be terror. they are different things. night terrors tend to happen in the first part of the night like two to three hours after going to sleep. the child will have their eyes open, they're going to be still sleeping but they're going to flailing. >> i've had it happen. >> me. >> and they're going to be sweating, in the morning most kids will not remember this at all. nightmares on the other hand tend to happen later in the night when they're in r.e.m. sleep. they'll wake up crying get out of bed and come to your room waking up frightened. telling you i've had a bad dream. very common for kids to have these separation dream, daddy, i can't find you. mommy, i cou

dr. jennifer ashton is here to tell us more about this. you had the biggest smile on your face. >> finally something we can agree on, the breast cancer survivorship care guidelines, it's aassive compition of work, the country's top experts released by the american cancer society and the amerirican society of clinical oncology so you g get a lot of doctors agreeing, always a good thing and about focusing the transition o on treating a a patient with a disease in this case breast cancer to really taking care of the wan in terms of her health and wellnessss, i spopoke with a first author dr. carolyn she said this was a massive undertaking, lonoverdue but it's really one stop shopping for doctors and then hopefly patients about how to take care of the whole woman. >> what do theyaddress. >> literally head to toe because we have to remember it is a whole person approach here so starting at the head, body image, depression, anxiety, there are specific focus on nutrition in women who have survivived breas cancer and working our way down the body.

dr. jennifer ashton. hello, doc. >> good morning, michael. >> not only it's hard to get them to sleep but keeping them asleep is something that a lot of parents have to deal with and your kids wake up screaming or afraid, what exactly is going on? >> what's going on, listen, i didn't get through this stage with one of my kids until they were like 12 years old and it's imporornt for parents to understand what wakes them up or what gets them out of bed may be a nightmare, may be a night terror. they are very different things. i want to go through them with you. night terrors tend to happen in the first part of the night like two to three hours after going your child is going to have their eyes open. they're going to be still sleeping but they're going to look awake screaming. thth is terrifying. flailing. >> i've had it happen. >> to you or -- >> me. >> and they're going to be sweating. in the morning most kids will not remember this at all. nightmares, on the other hand, tend to happen later in the night w