THE MEASLES HAS BEEN CONFIRMED
NOW IN 30 STATES INCLUDING
MASSACHUSETTS, NEW HAMPSHIRE,
AND MAINE.
ON HEALTH WATCH TONIGHT
LIVING IN NEW ENGLAND COULD GIVE
US A BETTER CHANCE OF SURVIVING
AFTER A HEART ATTACK.
WHERE YOU LIVE INFLUENCES YOUR
QUALITY OF CARE.
DR. MALCUMARSHALL IS HERE ON WHY
OUR AREA HAS AN ADVANTAGE.
I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE BUY INTO
THIS.
ARE YOU SURPRISED?
NOT AT ALL.
IS IT THE HOSPITALS?
IT IS PROBABLY A COMBINATION
OF THINGS.
AFTER HAVING A HEART ATTACK,
PEOPLE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE
TREATED WITH HIGH INTENSITY
STATTEN THERAPY, CHOLESTEROL
LOWERING MEDICATIONS.
RESEARCHERS WANTED TO FIND OUT
IF THAT IS HAPPENING AROUND THE
COUNTRY.
THEY LOOK AT DATA OF PATIENTS
AND FOUND HUGE VARIATIONS IN
STATTEN USE ACROSS THE COUNTRY
WITH THE GREATEST USE IN NEW
ENGLAND AND THE LOWEST USE IN
THE WEST SOUTH CENTRAL REGION
INCLUEING TEXAS AND LOUISIANA.
STATTEN USE WAS HIGHER IN
TEACHING HOSPITALS AND WE HAVE A
LOT OF THOSE AROUND HERE.
WOMEN WERE ALSO LESS LIKELY TO
RECEIVE THE HIGH INTENSITY USE.
PATIENTS ARE ABOUT TO BE
ENROLLED IN A FIRST STUDY TO
TEST A GENE EDITING RESEARCH
THAT WOULD EDIT A GENE THAT
CAUSES CHILD BLINDNESS.
IT WOULD CUT A SPECIFIC SPOT
OF DNA IN A PERSON.
THERE ARE PATIENTS WITH ONE FORM
OF LABOR CONGENERAL AMAUROSIS.
THEY LACK A GENE THAT EMITS
LIGHT TO THE BRAIN WHICH LEADS
TO SIGHT AND THAT LEADS TO
BLINDNESS.
IN THESE TRIALS, SCIENTISTS WITH
USE THE TECHNIQUE TO SUPPLY KIDS
AND ADULTS WITH A HEALTHY DOSE
OF THE GENE TO TRY TO RESTORE
THEIR VISION.
THEY ARE GOING TO RECRUIT
PATIENTS AROUND THE COUNTRY AND
ALSO SOME HERE IN BOSTON.
