dr. bernard, you talked about longitudinally following older americans. and so forth. as you're building this database and looking at that database and now adding in folks from around the world, as well as in that database, what kind of patterns are -- has it been around long enough and what types of patterns potentially are emerging? >> thank you for asking that question. what we're seeing is in the united states, at least, that the incidence of alzheimer's disease may be decreasing in certain segments of the population. whether that's because of better education, better blood pressure control, better nutrition, we don't know. but we're seeing other sorts of things, like we're being able to determine that if you make it to age 70, without cognitive impairment, that you still have as a man almost one out of four chance of developing alzheimer's. as a woman, one out of three chance of developing alzheimer's disease. and we're seeing when we compare across countries that there seems to be a socioeconomic status relationship. the higher the socioeconomic status, the longe

many of dr bernards patients were living up to five years with their new hearts. on that first heart transplant operation is still generating groundbreaking ideas today as tanya page now reports. crotty scale hospital is home to a museum dedicated to the world's first heart transplant it happened in this room under the steady hand of dr christiane barnard who died in two thousand and one the surgery has barely changed in fifty years what has of course dramatically changed is the postoperative immunosuppression post-operative care and that led to a phenomenal survival rate we have today seventy eighty percent of transplant patients living after ten years in one thousand nine hundred sixty seven the first transplant triggered a debate on whether it was ethical all not letters written at the time show a mixed response to the surgery one doctor in a former yugoslavia describes it as the most important event in the history of the human spirit a man in turkey wants to send everyone on the surgical team a new pair of shoes congratulations but some were negative as well o

the transplant technique had first been used on a dog in the u.s. a decade earlier before dr bernard was the first to conduct a human to human transplant but during the operation the heart from a twenty five year old woman was given to a fifty three year old man this might it success that patient louis walsh can ski died of pneumonia eighteen days later his new heart function normally until his death but the anti-rejection drugs we can to his immune system will this lead to the development of better transplant drugs dr bernard went on to perform more procedures by the late one nine hundred seventy s. many of his patients were living up to five years with a new heart's. first heart transplant operation is still generating groundbreaking ideas today as twenty page reports. craw to scale hospital is home to a museum dedicated to the world's first heart transplant it happened in this room under the steady hand of dr christiane who died in two thousand and one the surgery has barely changed in fifty years what has of course dramatically changed is the postoperative immunosuppression post-

dr. bernard, you talked about following older americans and so forth. as you're building this database, and looking at that database, now adding in folks from around the world as well as in that database, what kind of patterns are -- has it been around long enough, and what types of patterns are emerging? >> thank you for asking that question what we're seeing, in the united states at least that the alzheimer's disease may be decreasing, whether that's because of better education, better blood pressure control, better nutrition, we don't know. we are able to determine if you make it to age 70 without cognitive impairment, that you still have almost 1 out of 4 chance of developing alzheimer's. and we're seeing when we compare across countries, there seems to be socioeconomic status relationship. the higher the socioeconomic status the longer one puts off developing dementia. >> do you see a pattern with level of educational attainment. >> it appears that the -- there is such a correlation that the rate of the development of the disease, the rate at which

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already been trialed on a dog in the u.s. a decade before but dr bernard was the first human to human transplant the operation gave a heart from a twenty five year old woman to a fifty three year old man despite his success the patient louis washed lansky died of pneumonia eighteen days later the anti rejection drugs had weakened his immune system but his new heart function normally until his death that led to the development of better transplant drugs by the late one nine hundred seventy s. many of dr pronounced patients were living up to five years with their new hearts. well that first heart transplant operation is still generating groundbreaking ideas today as tanya page reports. crotty scale hospital is home to a museum dedicated to the world's first heart transplant it happened in this room under the steady hand of dr christiane barnard who died in two thousand and one the surgery has barely changed in fifty years what has of course dramatically changed is the postoperative immunosuppression post-operative care and that led to from norman survival right you have today seventy ei

dr. bernard harris jr. elementary school.last year she was part of the first group of students to receive their free eye exam and pair of glasses through the program. >> when i didn't have glasses i couldn't see the board, so that's when i came and sit in the front. >> brangham: her grandmother, deboris jackson, says vision for baltimore is a huge help for their family. >> her mother works. and that's time she ain't have to take off from work for her to see about her getting her glasses or whatever. i'm her backup so what she can't do i do. that is so very considerate because i don't drive. when she's in school and she can't see the blackboard, she might hear but she can't see without her glasses. >> brangham: maryland law requires students get vision screenings in pre-k and first grade but not again until eighth grade. that's a big gap for kids whose eyesight may get worse during elementary school. and while some health insurance plans cover one pair of glasses per year, if something happens to those glasses, parents will ha

many of dr bernards patients were living up to five years with their new hearts and that first heart transplant operation is still generating groundbreaking ideas today as tanya page now reports. craw to scale hospital is home to a museum dedicated to the world's first heart transplant it happened in this room under the steady hand of dr christiane barnard who died in two thousand and one the surgery has barely changed in fifty years what has of course dramatically changed is the postoperative immunosuppression post-operative care and that led to a phenomenal survival rate you have today seventy eighty percent of transplant patients living after ten years in one thousand nine hundred sixty seven the first transplant triggered a debate on whether it was ethical all not letters written at the time show a mixed response to the surgery one doctor in the former yugoslavia describes it as the most important event in the history of the human spirit a man in turkey wants to send everyone on the surgical team a new pair of shoes congratulations but some were negative as well one man in a stra

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bernard and irene schwartz. the cheryl and philip milstein family. sue and edgar wachenheim, iii. dr. p. roy vagelos and diana t. vagelos. the j.p.b. foundation. the anderson family fund. rosalind p. walter, in memory of abby m. o'neill. barbara hope zuckerberg. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening, and thank you for joining us. republicans in congress are on track to pass one of the biggest overhauls to the tax code in more than 30 years this coming week. on the brink of his first major legislative victory, president trump predicted today the tax bill would benefit the middle class and spur economic growth. >> we're really going to start to rock. we need this as our final push, and you're going to see s

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dr. narula, thanks very much. now to some of our other stories n 're following in tonight's evening newsfeed. cardinal bernard, the disgraced archbishop of boston, n ed today in rome. he was 86. law resigned in 2002 after it was revealed he and his predecessors had shifted child molesting priests from parish to parish without notifying parents or police. law will be buried in rome. pope francis will preside at the noneral mass. for a critical seat in a girginia house of delegates was declared a tie today. it will now come down to picking name out of a bowl. republicans currently have a 50- 49 majority in virginia's house. the thomas fire northwest of los angeles is now the second largest wildfire in california history. it has burned more than 272,000 acres and destroyed more than 700 homes. last week it killed a firefighter. h.e fire will likely not be fully contained until next month. there is much more ahead on tonight's "cbs evening news." (explosion) >> glor: some homeowners are using new technologies to catch porch pirates pilfering your packages. >> what are you trying to steal? ♪ i don't want a lot for

bernard, do those individuals in >> everything rises and falls on leadership. so, the moral, spiritual conditions of the leadership does affect the society at large. absolutely. that's the story. >> drcarson? >> absolutely. and interestingly enough, if you go back and study the history of our country, and you look at the founding fathers, they relied very heavily upon the bible. in formulating our constitution. and, judeo-christian values have played a strong part in the foundation of this nation. >> so doctor, how do you feel the leadership that's in power today impacts the things that are happening? it it's a larger issue that's been gathering the storm for some time. what does it say about the moral character in the struggle of our country? >> thank you. i would say let's go to the pinnacle of leadership and that would be of course the bible the bible -- the founding of our nation as dr. carson just mentioned, it influences our culture. in fact, we have the whole floor on the history of the bible and one section is called bible in america. and it tracks the influence of the bible in our culture as we have it today. you cannot imagine how many biblical texts and monuments in the c