IS
IS NOT
IS NOT CLEAR YET. MICHAEL COHEN PLEADED GUILTY,
PRISON SENTENCE UP TO FIVE
YEARS.
YEARS.
YEARS. WE
YEARS. WE WILL KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON 4@
THESE CASES.
THESE CASES. >>> IMAGINE FOR 4@A MOMENT THAT
YOUR HANDSHAKE SO BADLY YOU ARE
NOT ABLE TO 4@DRINK A GLASS 4@O
WATER.
WATER.
WATER. ABOUT 7 MILLION AMERICANS HAVE @
INHERITED A GENETIC CONDITION
THAT GETS PROGRESSIVELY 4@WORSE
WITH AGE LEAVING THEM WITH
TREMORS.
TREMORS.
TREMORS. THOSE TREMORS CAN SPREAD FROM
THEIR HANDS TO THEIR VOICE AND @
THEIR HEAD.
THEIR HEAD. TONIGHT WE GO INSIDE THE 4@
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND
HOSPITAL, ONE OF JUST A HANDFUL
OF FACILITIES IN THE COUNTRY
WHERE THEY ARE OFFERING A
MIRACULOUS PROCEDURE THAT CAN
STOP 4@THOSE TREMORS.
>> REPORTER: MATTHEW CALLS
THIS A MEDIUM-TERM HER.
>> IF 4@I WAS TO TRY TO GET BAC
TO MY MOUTH I WOULD SPILL IT.
>> REPORTER: THAT IS JUST WHAT
HAPPENS WHEN HE DRIVES.
>> I HAVE TO HOLD IT WITH 4@BOT
HANDS.
HANDS.
HANDS. >>
HANDS. >> REPORTER: THE 4@44-YEAR OLD
SAYS HE NOTICED HIS HAND
STARTING TO 4@SHAKE WHEN HE WAS
TEENAGER.
TEENAGER.
TEENAGER. >> THE HARDER YOU CONCENTRATE
THE WORSE IT GETS.
>> REPORTER: HE HAS A HARD
TIME WRITING HIS NAME BUT HE
SAYS THE WORST THING IS OTHER 4@
PEOPLE'S REACTIONS.
PEOPLE'S REACTIONS. >> BORDER AGENTS WOULD ALWAYS
PUT ME INTO SECONDARY.
IF I WAS PULLED OVER AND HAD TO
SHOW A LICENSEE OFFICER WOULD
THINK THAT I WAS 4@HIDING
SOMETHING.
SOMETHING. >> REPORTER: THE MOST COMMON
TREATMENT FOR TREMORS IS DEEP
BRAIN STIMULATION.
BRAIN STIMULATION. WHICH REQUIRES A SURGEON TO
IMPLANT 4@ELECTRICAL PROBES IN
YOUR BRAIN AND 4@A PACEMAKER IN
YOUR CHEST.
YOUR CHEST. BUT JENSEN HAS OPTED FOR 4@A NE
STILL EXPERIMENTAL TREATMENT,
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND
MEDICAL CENTER IN BALTIMORE.
IT IS CALLED LOCUS FOCUSED
ULTRASOUND" THE MEDICAL TEAM
STRAPS HIM INTO IN MRI, IT
ADJUSTS A HELMET EQUIPPED WITH
ABOUT 1000 JETS OF ACOUSTIC
ENERGY RIGHT ONTO HIS HEAD.
>> THOUSANDS OF ULTRASOUND
BEAMS ENTER INTO THE HEAD AND
FIND A SUITABLE AREA -- THEY
FOCUS IN ONE SPOT.
>> REPORTER: LIKE A RACE WHERE
EVERYONE WINS ALL OF THOSE
BEAMS MUST TAKE THE EXACT SAME
SMALL SPOT DEEP INSIDE OF THE
BRAIN AT EXACTLY THE SAME TIME.
>> THE TARGET MAY BE RIGHT
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. 4@
THERE. >>
THERE. >> REPORTER: BY CREATING THE
STAR -- BY CREATING A SCAR ON A
SECTION OF THE BRAIN DOCTORS
BELIEVE THEY ARE BLOCKING THE
MISFIRING ELECTRICAL SIGNALS
THAT ARE CAUSING 4@THE TREMORS.
>> WE ARE 4@DESTROYING THAT ARE
>> REPORTER: THE ULTRASOUND
CREATES HEAT, THEY START AT A
LOW TEMPERATURE, THEN THEY PULL
HIM OUT TO CHECK HIS RESPONSE
WITH EXERCISES, WITH A WATER
BOTTLE AND WITH A WRITING TEST.
>> HE IS MORE FLUID AS HE DID
IT.
IT.
IT. I
IT. I WOULD RATE THAT AS A 4@20%
IMPROVEMENT.
IMPROVEMENT. WE ARE LOOKING FOR 90%.
>> REPORTER: WHAT IS SO
AMAZING ABOUT THE PROCEDURE IS
THAT JENSEN IS AWAKE THE ENTIRE
TIME.
TIME.
TIME. DOCTORS CAN TRACK HIS PROGRESS,
WHICH GOES FROM SHAKING, TO
ALMOST ROCKSTEADY.
ALMOST ROCKSTEADY. >> WE HAD HIM WRITE HIS NAME.
>> REPORTER: WHAT 4@DOES THIS
LOOK LIKE TO YOU?
>> IT IS EXCITING.
IT IS REALLY AMAZING.
>> REPORTER: THAT SIGNATURE IS
SO MUCH BETTER.
DOCTORS SAY ULTRASOUND IS LESS
@ INVASIVE THAN A STANDARD
SURGERY.
SURGERY.
SURGERY. BUT, IF THEY OVER TREAT THEY
CAN LEAVE THE PATIENT WITH 4@TH
SENSATION OF PINS AND NEEDLES
OR WITH BALANCE PROBLEMS, IN
THE WORST CA4@SE, BLEEDING AND
STROKE AS POSSIBLE.
HOW DOES THAT FEEL?
>> IT FEELS AWESOME.
>> REPORTE4@R: YOU CAN DRINK B
YOURSELF WITH 4@ONE HAND.
BUT FOR MATTHEW THE THREE HOUR
PROCEDURE IS 4@A MIRACLE.
YOU CAN REACH 4@OUT NOW TO SHAK
MY HAND.
MY HAND.
MY HAND. >> IT IS STEADY, ROCK SOLID.
>> REPORTER: IT WAS NEVER LIKE
THAT BEFORE?
THAT BEFORE? 4@ >> NO.
>> NO.
>> NO. THIS 4@IS PHENOMENAL.
>> REPORTER: IT IS LIKE THE
SURGEONS HAVE GIVEN HIM HIS 4@
LIFE BACK.
LIFE BACK. BACK 4@TO YOU.
>> YOU CAN'T PUT A PRICE TAG ON
THAT.
THAT.
THAT. BUT
THAT. BUT MATTHEW 4@DID PAY THE $30,0
OR SO FOR THE ULTRASOUND
HIMSELF BECAUSE FEW 4@INSURANCE
COMPANIES WILL COVER IT.
SO FAR THE FDA HAS ONLY
APPROVED IT FOR ONE SIDE OF THE
BODY, SO MATTHEW HAD DOCTORS
FIX THE RIGHT ARM, WHICH IS THE
ONE HE USES TO