>>> FEBRUARY IS HEART MONTH, AND IN THIS NEXT SEGMENT WE TAKE A
LOOK AT HEART DISEASE AND WOMEN.
ACCORDING TO THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION,
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE IS THE NUMBER ONE CAUTION OF DEATH FOR
WOMEN IN THE UNITED STATES.
I SAT DOWN WITH ANGELA SMITH, A REGISTERED NURSE AT HOLYOKE
MEDICAL CENTER, AND A VOLUNTEER FOR THE AMERICAN HEART
ASSOCIATION'S GO RED FOR WOMEN CAMPAIGN, TO LEARN MORE.
>> PEOPLE DO THINK OF IT AS A MEN'S DISEASE, AND MEN AND WOMEN
EQUALLY GET HEART DISEASE AND IT'S THE NUMBER ONE KILLER FOR
BOTH.
>> I THINK PEOPLE MIGHT BE SURPRISED BY THAT, THE NUMBER
ONE KILLER.
YOU THINK OF OTHER DISEASES THAT WOULD PUT WOMEN MOST AT RISK.
>> RIGHT, LIKE BREAST CANCER AND OTHER TIMES OF --
TYPES OF CANCER.
EVEN ACCIDENTS.
IT'S JUST HEART DISEASE IS STILL NUMBER ONE FOR WOMEN.
>> WHY DO YOU THINK THAT IT'S TAKEN THIS LONG TO CATCH UP FOR
PEOPLE TO REALIZE THAT THIS IS ALSO A BIG PROBLEM FOR WOMEN AS
WELL?
IS IT THAT WOMEN PUT THEIR HEALTH ASIDE AND THEY'RE TAKING
CARE OF THEIR FAMILIES?
>> I THINK YOU HEAR MORE ABOUT MEN WHEN THEY HAVE HEART DISEASE
BECAUSE MAYBE THEY'RE MORE PROMINENT MEN AND, YOU KNOW, OUT
IN THE PUBLIC THAT YOU HEAR ABOUT.
BUT WITH WOMEN IT'S JUST AS SERIOUS AND THE SYMPTOMS ARE A
LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
SO YOU JUST HAVE TO BE CAUTIOUS OF THAT.
>> TELL US ABOUT THOSE SYMPTOMS.
>> THE CLASSIC SYMPTOMS FOR MEN AND WOMEN ARE THAT CHEST PAIN,
THAT SEVERE PAIN, ELEPHANT SITTING ON YOUR CHEST, IT CAN
RADIATE TO YOUR JAW, NECK AND BACK, AND YOU CAN GET SHORT OF
BREATH, NAUSEA.
YOU CAN EVEN VOMIT LIGHT HEADED.
AND WITH WOMEN IT'S MORE VAGUE.
IT'S ALMOST, I DON'T WANT TO DESCRIBE IT LIKE A FLU THING,
BUT YOU FEEL MORE ABDOMINAL PAIN, MORE NAUSEA, REAL EXTREME
FATIGUE, MORE THAN YOU WOULD NORMALLY FEEL.
AND AGAIN YOU CAN STILL FEEL SHORT OF BREATH, AND YOU CAN
STILL GET THAT NECK AND JAW PAIN, BUT IT CAN ALMOST JUST BE
MORE VAGUE AND YOU CAN GET IT WHERE YOU THINK, OH, COULD IT BE
A TOOTHACHE?
BUT IT COULD JUST RADIATE TO THAT JAW, WITH EXERCISE, AND
THEN WHEN YOU REST THINGS LIKE THAT WILL SUBSIDE AND YOU JUST
HAVE TO BE AWARE OF THAT.
AND OBVIOUSLY SPEAK TO YOUR DOCTOR ABOUT THAT.
>> AT WHAT POINT, THOUGH, DO YOU CALL 911 OR REALIZE THAT THERE'S
REALLY A SERIOUS ISSUE?
>> WHEN YOU KNOW YOUR BODY AND YOU KNOW THESE SYMPTOMS ARE NOT
NORMAL FOR ME, YOU REALLY HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION TO THAT.
AND IF SOMETHING IS A SEVERE PAIN OR EVEN THAT NAUSEA OR THE
VOMITING OR THAT PRESSURE THAT IS JUST NOT GOING AWAY, THEN YOU
NEED TO CALL 911.
BECAUSE THERE ARE THINGS THAT THE EMT'S WILL DO, THEY CAN GIVE
YOU OXYGEN AND ASPIRIN AND THINGS THEY ABSOLUTELY KNOW WHAT
THOUGH DO, AND TREATMENT CAN START IMMEDIATELY.
AND THE LAST THING YOU WANT TO DO IS NOT CALL AN AMBULANCE,
BECAUSE IN A CAR THINGS CAN HAPPEN AND THEN THE PERSON
YOU'RE WITH WOULD BE AT THAT POINT NOT ABLE TO HELP YOU AND
IT CAN DELAY CARE.
>> TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT THE RISK FACTORS.
>> SO THE RISK FACTORS FOR HEART NUMBER ONE IS HIGH BLOOD
PRESSURE.
IT'S JUST NUMBER ONE ACROSS THE BOARD, HIGH CHOLESTEROL,
DIABETES, SMOKING, LACK OF EXERCISE.
YOU KNOW, REGULAR EXERCISE.
THINGS THAT ARE WITHIN YOUR CONTROL ARE THE TYPE OF THINGS
LIKE EXERCISE.
THE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE YOU COULD HAVE A FAMILY HISTORY, AND
YOU'D HAVE TO KNOW THAT, AND THEN BE MORE AWARE OF THAT.
AND WITH DIABETES YOU COULD ALSO HAVE A FAMILY HISTORY, AND BE
CAREFUL WITH YOUR DIET AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND HIGH CHOLESTEROL AS WELL.
SO THOSE ARE THE THREE MAIN RISK FACTORS, AND OF COURSE SMOKING
ALSO DEALS WITH THAT.
NOW THE DIET, THEY'RE JUST VERY HIGH SATURATED FAT DIETS, AND
YOUNGER PEOPLE ARE DEVELOPING HEART DISEASE, CARDIOVASCULAR
DISEASE, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, DIABETES, MUCH YOUNGER THAN THEY
USED TO.
>> THAT'S SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE OFTEN WOULDN'T THINK OF, THAT A
YOUNGER PERSON IN THEIR 20'S WOULD BE AT RISK FOR THIS, AND
YOU'RE SEEING MORE OF THAT.
>> WE ARE SEEING MORE OF THAT, ESPECIALLY IN THE STROKE
SERVICE, AND IN THE HEART WE SEE DIFFERENT PEOPLE, YOUNGER AND
UNFORTUNATELY DRUGS IS ALSO A FACTOR, SO DRUG ABUSE DOES
EFFECT THE BLOOD VESSELS, AND WE HAVE TO LOOK FOR SCREENING FOR
YOUNG PEOPLE FOR THAT, BECAUSE SOMETIMES THE HEART DISEASE AND
THE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE HASN'T AFFECTED THEM THAT FAR YET.
SO WE REALLY HAVE TO LOOK AT EVERY THING THAT COULD AFFECT
SOMEBODY FOR HEART DISEASE AND STROKE.
>> YOU TALKED A LITTLE ABOUT EXERCISE, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S A BIG
COMPONENT OF STAYING HEALTHY.
HOWEVER, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST REALLY FIT WHO WORK OUT
ALL THE TIME, UNFORTUNATELY WHO STILL END UP WITH HEART DISEASE
AS WELL.
HOW CAN YOU ENCOURAGE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THEY'RE TRAINING
FOR SOMETHING TO STILL MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE GETTING CHECKED
OUT.
>> I THINK RUNNERS, YOU HEAR THAT STORY A LOT.
AND I THINK IT'S PROBABLY WITH THOSE PEOPLE, WHICH I KNOW
SOMEONE WHO DID HAVE A WOMAN HAVE A HEART ATTACK IN CENTRAL
PARK, AND LUCKILY SHE'S DOING WELL BECAUSE THERE WAS A BY
STANDER TO DO C.P.R.
BUT HER FAMILY HISTORY VERY SIGNIFICANT PEOPLE IN HER
FAMILY, HER FATHER HAD A HEART ATTACK, BROTHER HAD A HEART
ATTACK, SO YOU REALLY NEED TO KNOW WHAT YOUR FAMILY HISTORY
IS, AND THEN YOU HAVE TO REALLY TRY TO MODIFY THOSE LEVELS OF
BLOOD PRESSURE, CHOLESTEROL AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
>> SO JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE EXERCISING AND EATING WELL
DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU'RE IN THE CLEAR?
>> NO, AND THOSE SYMPTOMS MIGHT COME ON AND OFF A LITTLE BIT.
AND YOU AGAIN COULD IGNORE THOSE VAGUE SYMPTOMS IN THE WOMEN.
SO IT'S REALLY BEING AWARE OF WHAT YOUR BODY IS TELLING YOU.
>> AND WHAT'S THE BEST ADVICE YOU WOULD HAVE FOR PEOPLE, MAYBE
THEY'VE JUST LOST A TON OF WEIGHT OR THEY NEED TO, HOW DO
YOU ENCOURAGE THEM THAT THEY CAN REVERSE SOME OF THE PROBLEMS?
>> IT'S THE LIFESTYLE CHANGES, AND I THINK THAT WE TALKED ABOUT
THAT IN THE HEART ASSOCIATION, 80% ARE THINGS YOU CAN TREAT.
SO IF YOU DO GET SOME EXERCISE AND YOU'RE EATING WELL, THEY SAY
EAT LESS, MOVE MORE, IT REALLY DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
EVEN THAT LITTLE BUILT, -- THAT LITTLE BIT, AND ONCE YOU
START ON THAT LITTLE BIT OF EXERCISE AND EATING BETTER, YOU
CONTINUE IT AND WORK WITH YOUR FAMILY, AND IT ENCOURAGINGS YOUR
ENTIRE FAMILY TO DO WELL.
SO IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE TO MAKE THAT COMMITMENT.
>> YOU'VE BEEN VOLUNTEERING FOR A LONG TIME FOR THE AMERICAN
HEART ASSOCIATION FOR THE GO RED PROGRAM.
ARE YOU ENCOURAGED BY WHAT YOU'RE SEEING AS FAR AS PEOPLE
BEING MORE AWARE OF THEIR HEALTH?
>> YES, I DO FEEL LIKE PEOPLE ARE SEEKING HELP SOONER THAN
THEY USED TO. AND THESE PROGRAMS ARE SO
BENEFICIAL TO THE PUBLIC AND IT LETS PEOPLE BE AWARE OF WHAT
THESE SYMPTOMS ARE AND THAT HEART DISEASE IS THE NUMBER ONE
KILLER OF WOMEN, WE JUST CAN'T SAY THAT ENOUGH.
AND JUST REALLY PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR SYMPTOMS AND THEN SEEK HELP
THROUGH YOUR PRIMARY CARE, THROUGH YOUR CARDIOLOGIST AND
YOUR HOSPITAL IF YOU NEED THE EMERGENCY ROOM.
>>> A GROWING NUMBER OF PEOPLE HAVE A LOVE-HATE RELATIONSHIP
WITH MEAT.
LOVE THE TASTE, HATE THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT.
BUT SOON THOSE CONSUMERS MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET THE BEST OF BOTH
WORLDS, REAL MEAT MADE WITHOUT THE ACTUAL ANIMAL.
"CONNECTING POINT"'S ADAM REILLY REPORTS.
>> SEE THESE NICE LONG FIBERS OF MUSCLE HERE?
THIS MARBLING WITH THE FAT?
>> TO SAY KEVIN PARKER IS COMFORTABLE WITH ANIMAL PROTEI
WOULD BE AN UNDERSTATEMENT.
HE GREW UP EATING BARBECUE IN TENNESSEE, TAUGHT A BARBECUE
CLASS AT HARVARD, AND HELPED LAUNCH THIS SMOKER STARTUP IN
CENTRAL SQUARE.
>> THIS BRISKET HAS REALLY TOUGH COLLAGEN THAT HOLDS THE FIBERS
OF THE MEAT TOGETHER.
>> BUT AS A PROFESSOR OF BIO ENGINEERING AND APPLIED PHYSICS,
PARKER IS ALSO PART OF A PUSH THAT COULD CHANGE OUR
UNDERSTANDING OF MEAT ALTOGETHER.
>> THIS IS THE GOAL FOR LAND GROWN MEAT, HAVING SOMETHING
LIKE THIS.
>> THAT PHRASE AGAIN IS LAB GREEN MEAT.
IT SOUNDS LIKE SCIENCE FICTION, BUT AT HIS HABITS BECOMING A
REALITY.
>> SOMETHING THAT IS EDIBLE AND GIVES YOU 20% OF THE PROTEINS
THAT YOU WOULD IN A NORMAL BRISKET, WE COULD DO THERE IN
THE SHORT TERM.
>> SHORT TERM MEANING A YEAR FROM NOW, TWO YEARS FROM NOW?
>> THAT KIND OF TIME FRAME.
>> LUKE McQUEEN IS A HARVARD RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, AND THE LEAD
AUTHOR OF THE STUDY DETAILING THE BREAKTHROUGH PARKER'S TEAM
ACHIEVED.
IT WORKS LIKE THIS.
>> GRANT IS FIELDING THE GELATIN SOLUTION IN THERE AND IT'S
SPITTING OUT FIBERS.
>> THEY DON'T LOOK ESPECIALLY APPEALING, BUT ONCE DRIED THEY
CAN BE SHAPED INTO AN EDIBLE SCAFFOLDING THAT RESEMBLES MEAT
AND THEN SEEDED WITH CELLS FROM ANIMALS.
>> COLLAGEN IS PART OF THE MATRIX OR GLUE THAT HOLDS OUR
TISSUES TOGETHER.
WHEN YOU COOK IT IT BECOMES GELATIN.
SO WHEN WE MAKE OUR FIBERS OUT OF GELATIN, THE MUSCLE CELLS
RECOGNIZE THAT IT'S GELATIN, SO THEY STICK TO IT, AND THEY GROW
WITHIN IT.
>> YIELDING MEAT THAT ISN'T JUST MADE OF CHICKEN CELLS BUT
ACTUALLY LOOKS AND FEELS LIKE CHICKEN, WITH ONE HUGE CAVEAT.
NO BIRD WAS KILLED TO CREATE IT.
McQUEEN SAYS WITH A LITTLE BIT OF REFINEMENT, THE METHOD COULD
YIELD A LOT OF FOOD.
AND THAT, PARKER SAYS, IS WHERE THINGS GET REALLY WILD.
>> IMAGINE THAT YOU MAKE A FILET MIGNON AND RATHER THAN USING
MEAT FAT YOU BUILD IT WITH FISH FAT, WHICH HAS HEALTHIER FATS.
>> SO WOULD CONSUMERS BUY IT AND EAT IT?
SINCE THE STUDY WAS PUBLISHED HERE'S HEARD FROM MULTIPLE
WOULD-BE INVESTORS AND MAKES A GENTLE POINT FOR THE SQUEAMISH.
>> THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT COMPLAIN ABOUT LAB MEAT ARE USUALLY THE
FOLKS THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN TO A MEAT PROCESSING PLANT.
>> A PLACE THAT THIS TECHNOLOGY COULD REINVENT.