dr. natalie, thank you for that. really appreciate that. >> absolutely. >>> turning from, well, the superbug to politics. here's a question if elections are about the future why does the 2016 presidential race already seem stuck in the past? front-runner of the moment on the republican side is a dynasty candidate. jeb bush. who we've seen this week felt he needed to publicly declare that yes, in fact he is a bush but also his own man, a man who could wind up being the third straight republican president with the last name bush. there's also a legacy candidate on the democratic side hillary clinton. not only does she lead the potential field, at this point, at least, no one else comes close to her. pamela rosen, a national correspondent at "the atlantic" and out with a new piece entitled "among the hillary haters" and takes a fascinating look at how a younger generation is taking to social media to dig up dirt much like the so-called haters did the old-school way in the past. hannah, thanks for joining us. you talk ab

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dr. natalie azar. >> reporter: today's recommendations for new dietary guidelines are a clear signal we need to change what's on the menu. two-thirds of american adults are overweight or obese and 117 million have chronic diseases tied to a bad diet and lack of exercise. the government panel examines what's good for us to eat, and there are few surprises. but for the first time the committee made some new recommendations. coffee, for example, okay to drink three to five cups a day. meat, don't eat as much red and processed meats, but lean meats can be a part of a healthy diet. and cholesterol -- and this is a surprise. the old guidelines suggested no more than 300 hill la grams of cholesterol a day. that's about 1 1/2 eggs a day. the new recommendations say cholesterol is not considered a nutrient of concern. research tells us eating cholesterol-rich foods doesn't necessarily translate into high blood cholesterol levels. lester, i think one of the biggest messages to come from this particular report is for viewers to understand the distinction between foods that are rich in cholesterol and n

dr. natalie azar joins us now. she's a rheumatologist and treats chronic fatigue disease. natalie, how hard has it been to diagnose and treat this? >> incredibly hard, lester. it's what we call a clinical diagnosis which means there is no diagnostic test. we base it really on the patient's history, physical exam, and excluding other disorders that can mimic it. treatment varies. some people are candidates for medicine, cognitive behavioral therapy can be very effective. exercise can be very effective. but i think what's highlighted in the segment here is it's really brought this syndrome or disease to light, validation to parents and a very good education for physicians across a whole range of disciplines so they can better diagnosis and refer patients to physicians who can manage them. >> a real problem that people are suffering from. >> exactly. >> dr. azar, thanks very much. >> thank you. >>> we're back in a moment with a big show caught on camera at a vegas casino after dark, where things didn't exactly go quite as planned. >>> if you've ever had one of those days wher

dr. natalie azhar. what do you make of the growing number of potential presidential candidates weighing in on measles? >> well jose it's two factors. one, all the measles cases across the country, that's raised the issue to where if you're a presidential candidate and have reporters in toe you have to answer some questions about what should end up happening. of course, a lot of this happened after president obama gave his own interview to nbc's savannah guthrie right before the super bowl in which he said look, everyone should end up gets vaccinated. the second reason why this has actually gotten so much attention is just the backlash to the answers, the initial answers that rand paul and chris christie ended up giving where chris christie ended up saying that vaccinations, yes, he would do that for his children but it ultimately is a parental choice. chris christie had to back away and walk back the comments and rand paul suggesting on monday afternoon that vaccines he's heard of stories that could act

dr. natalie azar. being here doc. >> thanks. >> how can someone get this bug. >> so basically the procedure that they're discussion is something called an ercp this is different from a regular endoscopy that goes into the esophagus. you have a camera and at scope that's going down through into the symptom aches into something called the small intestine, shooting from dye to look at the gallbladder and pancreas. to say why it's important that detail they believe that mechanism with the camera the dye and everything that that's how the possible bacteria can seed this area get on that area, and as the infectious disease specialist commented, if it gets out of the gut and into the bloodstream, that's where it's dangerous. >> there appears to be no wrongdoing from the hospital. how do we change the procedures? >> what we are learning is they appropriately followed protocol in terms of disinfecting these scopes after they're being used. we need to take a closer look at what those recommendations. they may de

dr. natalie azar is an nbc news medical contributor. good to see you. good morning. a lot of parents probably just stopped what they were doing to listen to this. there are a lot of kids with peanut allergies. why expose these at-risk infants so early? >> the long-term impact of peanut allergy can be quite significant. first of all, they develop very, very early. children tend to not outgrow them. there's no cure. also, there's a significant burden to the health care system with doctor visits, emergency room visits, drug costs, not to mention the psychological impact. >> so we're not talking about exposing these infants to peanuts themselves. >> absolutely not. >> we're talking about products that contain some sort of peanut derivative. >> correct. really important take-home point, obviously. the study looked at infants between the i thinkages of 4 and 11 months. we would never recommend to give a peanut to those kids because of the choking hazard. but peanut butter mixed with banana is what they used in this study. >> but you don't want children to be exposed to pea

dr. natalie azar is an nbc contributor. good morning. >> good morning. >> these are marketed as not as bad. they found the free radicals. explain the hazard they found in the mice. >> lester you said we do think that e-cigarettes are safer than traditional because they don't contain the number of carcinogens we worry about developing cancer. the back story is what is generated in the vapors and what is in the liquids? could that confirm a risk long term of lung disease. >> not necessarily cancer but something else. >> a smoker has a risk of cancer and chronic pulmonary disease. that is how people end up on oxygen. the study took human lung cells and studied mice. they said what is happening to the cells exposed to e-cigarettes. they generate free radicals. you know how we take anti- anti-oxidents. >> they are marketing these with flavor. the risk is they are popular to the kids attracted to the flavor and they are not bad for you. >> lester, the e-cigarettes contained more free radicals and caused more inflammation than reg

dr. natalie azar. a couple of studies. the first one talks about a patch containing some peanut oils.. these are people who are diagnosed with a peanut allergy they have to be very concerned about peanut-containing foods. things that could be contaminating, like candy in the manufacturer's plant. so the message is it gives them that extra blanket of security. if they are accidentally exposed, they may not have such a severe allergic reaction. >> do you wear it forever or you just wear it once and it takes care of it? >> excellent question. they didn't actually go into that in this particular study. it was done for one year. the issue is tolerance, when you have -- you're making an antibody, you have an immune reaction to something, you want to continue exposure typically with those things rather than stopping and reexposing. in all likelihood, they may wear it maybe for life. >> is the patch available now? >> no. it's a couple of years away. a lot of different studies have looked into this idea of slowly desensitizing people by giving small amounts of it until they build up their immu

dr. natalie, thank you so much.iversity of college it has absolutely nothing to do with a night of partying. nbc kevin tibbles explains. >> reporter: no your eyes aren't playing tricks. evelyn and elizabeth are identical twist. just don't say they're exactly alike. >> she pretends she's my older sister. >> i think she bosses me around a little bit more. >> but when it came time for the 18-year-old twosome to head to college, each independently chose to come here to the university of kentucky. turns out, in the world of twindom, they weren't alone. i am seeing double. in fact, this entire boisterous batch of boosters are twins. on campus, there are 113 sets of them. and where else but on the basketball court would you find kentucky's finest dynamic duo, the 21-year-old harrison twins. that's me in the middle. >> he knows how i play. i know how he plays. so there's a comfort level there. >> i know what he's capable of. so it's kind of fun sometimes. >> lots of people like watching them both play. kentucky remains the

dr. natalie azar.s no threat to the general public how can they be sure? >> jose generally with these kinds of infections we see them more in hospitalized patients number one. they are typically associated with procedural instruments, ventilation systems, dialysis machines, endoscopy. we separate community acquired infections to those acquired in a hospital setting and cre happens to be one of those. >> the fact it existed, even though there are proper sterilization procedures the question is are these sterilization procedures actually working. >> right, that is the question. are they adequate enough. i think i would like to remind the public again that we're not necessarily, although it can happen with a routine end os skop ian colonoscopy, the scope in question the duodena scope is more meant to look for gallbladder and pancreatic disease, a little more invasive and complicated. they're surmising at the tip of the scope because of the complex apparatus itself that that's where a bacteria could seize,

dr. levine says it appears in natalie is all clear of the genetic condition.months old and as happy as can be. and her parents tell us they've learned a few lifeless sons along the way. >> ♪ >> you have a past of bad experiences. it's choosing not to let that paralyze you. >> the family are big believers of hope and faith and now also big believers in chop doctors. >> we knew coming that there was no guarantee. we knew that but just even to be a place for the physicians were willing to think outside the box box, and brainstorm and work together as a powerful team, it was just an mazing feeling to know we get to see hope every day. >> yeah. and our little daughter. >> reporter: jennifer joyce fox 29 news. >> love those little laughs. >>> all right. she's only eight years old and she's already making a huge difference. why this little girl is busy making hundreds of hats with her ♪ >>> eight yeared girl is taken up a hobby most children don't think about. that is knitting. >> she's knitting little hats for a reason. they're for tiny babies at the very place that

dr. natalie azar answered that question this morning. >> none of the bubonic plague or anthrax bacteria was not posing a risk to the public as all. they have not confirmed it was the bacteria that caused bubonic plague. there are dna similarities. and anthrax can be seen in livestock. so it's not necessarily going to cause human transmission of disease. >> okay. so you say -- there was also something i heard that you couldn't even define the dna, and i'll borrow in one of my colleagues who said proof that zombies do live on the subways. >> exactly. only 2% of the dna found was human dna. so what does that suggest? we live symbiotically with our environment. the study demonstrated there. >>> a newly covered novel by harper lee, the author of "to kill a mockingbird," the work written before that is titled "go set a watchman." let's bring in sarah nelson from amazon.com, and ron charles, the editor of "the washington post's" book world. two people who do not ride the subway. i want to ask you, how big a deal is this for the publishing world, sarah? >> it's a huge deal. one indicator is the boo

dr. natalie azar with the recommendations. dr. . we love this. >> this is wonderful. this is the first year the committee made a recommendation about coffee. three to five cups a day is actually okay for you. we know with a good body of literature caffeine can be good for heart disease and potentially type-two diabetes. >> maybe not all the cream and sugar. other headlines? >> one of the biggest is the new declaration that cholesterol is not a nutrient concern. the idea that cholesterol rich foods with out a lot of fat, can be good for you. eggs and shellfish and liver. we don't want people to have foods high in fat like butter and ice cream and bacon. others from this limit the added salt and more fiber. >> we like these recommendations. dr. azar thanks. >>> evidence that everyone needs an editor or spell check. a writer for the washington post sent a tongue-in-cheek letter to the white house about the miss spellings of february on daily press schedules. the writer says hopefully this will make other people feel better about their

dr. natalie is here with more. good morning. >> good morning, natalie. >> good morning to you.ep than we thought. >> that will be good news for all the parents who are listening to this. the only category they recommended more was for infants infants. that is to three months old. every age group, the toddlers and the preschool and teenage widened it. the lower end of what is considered appropriate or okay got lower. it's reassuring. when children were young and not hitting that alarm. >> you know how important. >> what about for adults. is eight still the madge talgical number? >> it appears to be. the regular group and older adults age 65 and older, the range was 7 to 9. i think it bears repeating that this is a range. people who slight slightly above or below but you well out of the range, you need to be evaluated. it's not healthy in either direction. >> those of us who work on the show were well outside of that range of not getting enough sleep. thanks so much. the super bowl champion patriots are back in new england and tomorrow they will have a parade in their honor. some

dr. natalie azar is here with more.hought. >> which is good news to a lot of parents. the only category where they recommended a little more is infants 0 to 3 months approximate old. every other age group, toddler, preschool, teenage widened a little bit. meaning it is the lower end of what's appropriate or okay got a little lower. this is just so reassuring natalie. when you have children when you're young and not hitting that mark we know how sleep is for growing children. >> is eight still the magical number? >> it appears to be. what was interesting is they created two new categories. young adults 18 to 25. the regular group, and then older groups 65 and older. the range for all groups was 7 to 9. and they do -- you know i think it bears repeating that this is a range. people who fall slightly above or below. but if you're far out of the range of normal you need to be evaluated. >> i think it's fair to say we're well out of the range. doctor, thanks so much >> the super bowl champs patriots are back in new england.

dr. natalie azar is a contributor. good morning. >> good mo nat how big a deal is this? ference on breast cancer. and basically the researchers are calling this unprecedented. >> that is that this combination term can improve overall survival in this set of breast cancer patients by roughly 15 to 16 months, which is again an unprecedented finding if research. they are very thrilled about this. >> it's being used on women with advanced breast cancer? >> correct. >> what about in earlier stages? could it be effective? >> yes, that's exactly what they are doing. there is an ongoing trial to use this therapy for adjunct therapy, that is before it has metastasized with early promising results. >> thanks, so much. it is now 8:06. time for a check of the weather with al. >> thank you so much everybody just huddling for warmth here. where are you guys from? >> new york. >> this is nothing. this is a rock in the park in rochester chest thanks, so much for being here. again, portland maine, between part lond and banger we are looking at snow could be another three-to-five inches be

hello, i'm natalie he like any shirt (laughter) i'm the panhandle at dr. melina uncapher martin luther king middle school him here as the vice president of the you think united administrator we're asking you support the hard work off our labor relations and mr. carr do that will move our unit members closer to a competitive salaries we'll be bringing into the city not only the vision for the students and the vision who work for those in the city thank you so much hopefully for this positive obsolete e vote and voep e hope you have a wonderful evening thank you very much. >> thank you very much seeing no other speakers comments from the board? commissioner mendoza-mcdonnell >> i want to thank everyone for the harrowed work into the new york city they're changing and sir, your doing good thank you. >> (laughter). >> i just want to say i'm so pleased we offer pay increases to our parishes it is well deserved and we've come through some tough tough times together i too want to recognize mr. scar lot to who is the veteran after negotiating those agreement, sir

dr. mckinzie, our great pediatric heart surgeon, things are looking good now. >> reporter: the team worked for approximately 23 hours on nataliehours on adeline, with the official separation occurring approximately 18 hours into the surgery. it is anticipated they will undergo additional surgeries in the future. but for now, the family's just happy to keep reliving the moment they found out they finally had two baby girls. >> so far so good. [ applause ] >> that's a good story. >> that's beautiful story. >> the girls' family has been sharing their journey on facebook and are taking donations for the surgery and future costs of the kids. >> to find out more, it is facebook.com we love faith and hope. >>> your android device just might be infected with malware. >> we explain how turning off your phone can activate the virus. take a listen. >> the anti-virus software company says that they have found malware in android phones and only lollypop 5.0. that operating system. it starts working when you push the off butt topon on the device. they convince the user that their phone is turning off, but that's when the virus permits whoev