dr. sanjay gupta, cnn, reporting. >> thank you. >>> coming up, another week, another round of violence across this country. usually the conversation, the debate turns toward gun control. not this time. we're exposing america's mental health crisis. the problem no one seems to want to talk about. full hour special report with doctors, celebrities, families, who are on the edge. stay right here.

dr. sanjay gupta earlier.inic here at the tacloban airport which is the point everybody converges on. according to patients there, it's the only hospital left in this area still willing to see patients. they're overdevel they're overdevelop. ed. you would think they would be swell supplied. but there are only two flights out every day. it is a desperate situation for people in tacloban, in the surrounding areas. you go into some of these neighborhoods, and there are people as you said, just wandering around, searching for their dead children. i met a woman who lost six children. she found the bodies of three of them. she covered them up as best she could, but she's still looking for three of other her children. and everybody you talk to seems has lost somebody. >> it's day five since this typhoon hit and everyone seems to be trying to help. there's an international presence there, but aid getting to folks seems to be very, very slow. and lives are on the line right now. what's the biggest problem in getting th

dr. sanjay gupta. sanjay, sorry about the technical difficulties. >> it happens. >> what makes these new guidelines so monumental? >> well, as you mentioned, this is a huge shift, sort of in the way we think about cholesterol and probably heart disease overall. obviously a continued focus on trying to prevent these problems in the first place, but also this idea that look, we have a better idea of how heart disease develops and should more people be on statin medications. it's interesting, a lot of people know their numbers, so to speak. they know what constitutes bad cholesterol. you want your total cholesterol below 200, your hdl, your good cholesterol, above 60, ldl below 100. now, i throw those numbers at you because a lot of people know these numbers but as you pointed out, they're not that relevant anymore in this new sort of paradigm. instead, they're looking at specific risk factors and saying you take a statin if you have diabetes, period. that's it. if you have evidence of heart disease, doesn

dr. sanjay gupta, cnn, reporting. >>> that's just awesome. i would like that for my kids, too. ryone, for watching. "around the world" with suzanne malveaux starts right now. >>> a big win for republicans in a blue state, new jersey governor chris christie wins re-election. >> do you think of yourself as a conservative? do you think of yourself as a moderate? >> i'm a conservative. and you know, i've governed as a conservative in this state and i think that's what's led to some people disagreeing with me. >> is he conservative enough to win over republicans in 2016? >>> then pope francis, shaking things up once again, this time asking catholics what they think about gay marriage and divorce. the vatican survey on the modern family, coming up. >>> plus, moments to live in, an extreme kayaker gets stuck under a waterfall and a daring rescue was caught on camera you're watching "around the world," the voters have spoken in key races around the knt and we're watching closely, ha does it mean for 2016 and the presidential race? the big winners are new jersey governor chris christie,

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dr. sanjay gupta. what do you make that they're saying about the calculator? been saying it for a while now, the calculator has been in the works for a few years now. basically, what happened in the last several days they greatly expanded a group of people who should be recommended the statin drugs. so if you have diabetes, type 1 or 2, you would be recommended a statin drug, if you have heart disease of any kind, you would be recommended a statin. if your bad cholesterol is above 190, you would be recommended the statin, 10 years of having heart disease, at 7%, that is the one drawing the confusion. what people are focused on. if you put the numbers in on a risk calculator, for a 60-year-old man who has basically normal numbers, cholesterol below 200, for example, he would meet the criteria, he would be recommended the statin drug, even though he has relative normal numbers. i'm 44 now, pretty good numbers, my risk is low, around 1%. but if i do everything right over the next 20 years, my cholesterol stays fine, my blood pressure stays fine, i don't smoke or

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dr. sanjay gupta is just walking on to the set. >> it's sad for trevor bain.na 500 history. and ms is a debilitating disease. he's had problems before. in 2011 he was admit the to the mayo clinic. they thought that was all stemming from an insect bite while racing at the texas motor speedway. of course, now we're learning more. they thought it was an inflammatory condition but now they're announcing it is ms. >> he's determined to continue racing, right? >> yes. we have a quote from him. he said, i've never been more driven to compete. my goals are the same as they've been since i started racing. i want to compete at the highest level. and i want to win races and championships. i am the best -- i'm in the best shape i've ever been in and i feel good. so he's in good spirits. >> and of course he's a fighter. dr. sanjay gupta is here. explain to us first, ms is a neurological disease? >> yes. there's a coating around -- think of them like wires. if you lose a coating around a wire, it doesn't conduct as well. it's the same with ms. that coating deteriorates in c

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dr. sanjay gupta. >>> hey there. i'm in london on assignment. and there's a pharmaceutical company here that is trying to turn secretly grown marijuana, weed, into a medicine. >>> also, new guidelines are out on drugs to lower your cholesterol. a lot more people will be prescribed them, up to 70 million people. but for many, there's a better alternative. >>> and a device like this. can it really tell if you just got hit hard enough to have a concussion? >>> but first, as you may know, i travel the world in search of new, sometimes alternative therapies to treat people. the answer is not always pharmaceutical medicines. as i found this year, marijuana can sometimes help when nothing else does. but legally it is so difficult to obtain in many places around the world, including right here in the uk. but you're about to meet jamie, who has done something not previously thought possible, and could offer a glimpse of the future of medical marijuana. >> are we number 29 or 22? >> in just a few moments, 33-year-old jamie will get the medicine he says he

dr. sanjay gupta takes a closer look at that report. >> fred, it's this hot new treatment for older men.ds for testosterone replacement therapy, touted as a way to turn back a man's body clock. there was a study published this week in the journal of the american medical association and found the men taking testosterone therapy had a 29% greater risk of death, heart attack and stroke than those not on the hormone replacement. the way they did the study, researchers looked at more than 8700 men treated through the va hospital who had low testosterone levels and were undergoing a coronary angio graham, a heart vessel angiogram. that looks for blockage or narrowing in the coronary arteries. they found men using testosterone replacement were more likely to suffer from a heart attack or stroke about three years after they received the angiograms. that is compared to men not on the hormone testosterone therapy. when you look at a study like this, the doctors need to point out this study in particular men probably had some flaws. most of these men were probably at high risk for a heart problem a

dr. sanjay gupta. >>> a nuclear disaster turns part of japan into a danger zone.e still live there. they describe the fear they go through every day next. >>> what would you do if your hometown was suddenly contaminated by nuclear radiation. final living near the fukushima nuclear plant in japan have had to grapple with that question. as. >> reporter: march 2011, japan's 9.0 earthquake, unleashing a tsunami with waves 13 stories high, swallowing entire towns hole. 15,000 dead, a second disaster was just brewing. >> the powerful earthquake that has hit japan. >> reporter: i was in tokyo when the earthquake struck. my team and i drove north towards the tsunami zone and past the fukushima daiichi plant. we would wchbs the hydrogen explosions and later learn it was the visible sign of a triple meltdown, the disaster rained invisible and dangerous radiation across fuk fuk's neighborhoods. towns turned into empty shells. 160,000 people fled, children and pregnant women urged to leave first, considered most vulnerable. i was pregnant and moved miles north where i continu

dr. sanjay gupta is at the cnn center with much more on this.s means something very big for about a quarter of americans over the age of 40. why are the guidelines such a big deal? >> i mean, you're talking about one of the most popular cardiac heart medications out there. they think these guidelines could potentially double the number of people taking these medications. let me just give you an example of what we're talking about. these statins or cholesterol-lowering drugs, for a long time, doctors gave them for somewhat specific reasons with, lower the total cholesterol below 200, lower the bad cholesterol below 100. they want to loosen the guidelines and they say for all these different things, if you had diabetes you'd be recommended a statin or evidence of heart disease, you'd be recommended a statin. there would be people who had bad cholesterol for congenital reasons. the point is if you do the math on all this, it increases the number of people. >> make the guidelines more understandable but one thing that seems confuse at least to me, t

dr. sanjay gupta, asked andy scholes to take a look. >> we have been covering this issue for a long time.ions in sports. i do this from a neurosurgery perspective. it doesn't seem to affect the fans' love for the game. there was polling data that s w view the nfl any less favorably. as a sports reporter, what have you sensed? has this affected how you report? >> it seems like no matter what, the nfl is untouchable when it comes to these scandals. this is two of the worst years ever for pr for the nfl, including the concussions, bounty gate, the lockout, and the aaron hernandez trial, yet the numbers are higher than ever when it comes to tv ratings. 19 of the top 20 watched shows have been nfl games. it goes to show it seems like we're trained, no matter what happens outside the game of football or even inside the game of football, we're still going to want to watch the game. >> i know you don't report on middle school and high school, obviously, but there seems to be more of a concern there. 80% of people polled say they worry more about kids at that level. is this just a question of thes

dr. sanjay gupta. >> what you're looking at is pretty shocking. a heroin addict overdosing.en using drugs since she was 11. today, she's 29. adam and louise were both with her that night in august. they both volunteer with the program in greensboro, north care car, that provides clean needles and other assistance to addicts. >> she seemed to be pretty unresponsive. we were noticing a blue of the lips, a lack of oxygen. her breathing had become quite shallow. >> once someone is not breathing and not responding to stimulus, you give them breath, and at that time, i usually administer a shot. >> watch what happens next. >> we gave her about 60 units of narcan. >> also known as noloxan, can reverse an overdose from heroin and other drugs, like oxycodone. another sternal rub, another shot of narcan. >> giving her the rest. >> and finally, liz begins to come to. >> liz? are you okay? you went out. we gave you mouth-to-mouth resuzitation. some narcan. you overdosed. can you sit up? all right, come on. >> when someone takes heroin, the drug locks on to receptors in the brain. it slo

dr. sanjay gupta, cnn, reporting. >>> they are back.et ready for monty python's greatest hits. >> we just thought it would be fun to try and do one and see if we were still funny. and that is our intention, just so far. >> so, yeah, you get to be the judge. and our resident brit, richard quest, is about to join me life to talk about the big reunion. let's say mr. quest is apparently not a fan. this should be interesting. is this the bacon and cheese diet? this is the creamy chicken corn chowder. i mean, look at it. so indulgent. did i tell you i am on the... [ both ] chicken pot pie diet! me too! [ male announcer ] so indulgent, you'll never believe they're light. 100-calorie progresso light soups. and better is so easy withrning you cabenefiber.o something better for yourself. fiber that's taste-free, grit-free and dissolves completely. so you can feel free to add it to anything. and feel better about doing it. better it with benefiber. i use my citi thankyou card to get 2x the points at the coffee shop.at the office, which will help m

dr. sanjay gupta with a possible fix for migraines. is it a game changer in the field? could it work for you. >>> your "new day" starts right now. >> announcer: this is "new day" with chris cuomo, kate bolduan and michaela pereira. >> good morning. welcome to "new day." it is friday, november 22nd, 6:00 in the east. today marks the 50th anniversary of president john f. kennedy's assassination. as america honors the legacy, the environment in washington is anything but nostalgic. senate democrats dropping the nuclear bomb, voting to rewrite the rules in order to keep republicans from blocking presidential nominees with filibusters. chief congressional correspondent dana bash is live in washington watching this situation for us. good morning, dana. >> good morning, chris. for years just the threat of this major senate rules change, the nuclear option, had been enough to force the parties to compromise because the alternative was thought to be mutually assured destruction. democrats have launched and republicans are all but threatening to retaliate. john mccain is a republ

dr. sanjay gupta's special report "weed" begins right now. ♪ >>> people are lighting up all over the countryjuana moved out of the back alleys and into the open. >> i have a cannibas t,

dr. sanjay gupta's special report "weed" begins right now. ♪ >>> people are lighting up all over the countrythey call it the green rush. marijuana moved out of the back alleys and into the open. >> i have a cannibas truck, y'all. >> in some states, legal to grow, sell and smoke and could be legalized in a city near you. so easy to get. and many think, so harmless. but when the smoke clears, is marijuana bad for you? or could pot actually be good for you? >> marijuana, better than all of the pills for you in terms of treating. >> yes. >> i traveled world for answers. what does marijuana do to you. what does it do to your kid? a special investigation "weed." >> our journey begins here in this small town, home nestled in the mountains with a family never allowed tv cameras in before and you will soon learn why. >> so pretty out here. >> yes. >> they live in colorado. one of two states where it's legal to smoke pot medically, and recreationally. but here, it is also taboo to residents like paige and her husband, matt. >> i'm sure it was introduced, by someone, try it. >> no way. not in a million

dr. sanjay gupta. "new day sunday" continues right now with christi paul and victor blackwell. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> he targeted specifically tsa officers. his intent was very, very clear in his note. >> his target was clear, and now so is the pact the lax shooter took to carry out the mission, and what he did to make sure his victim was dead. >>> another bad day for president obama's health care act, but this time it has nothing to do with the website. what a court ruled that could derail a key provision of obama care. >>> in that case, i will leave and in a few minutes oprah will be here. >> saturday night live takes on critics only as snl can. how they spooked the lack of black actresses in their own cast. >>> hey, don't let the clock confuse you this morning. >> right. >> it's 8:00 and we're so glad to have you here. our camera is clearly confused this morning. >> that extra hour of sleep did not help the camera, i guess. >> i'm christi paul glad to have you company. >> i'm vict

dr. sanjay gupta finds out the dangers of the trans fats. what they can do to your heart that has the fda so worried. >>> first up, the tragedy that's unfolding right now in the philippines from a massive storm that could end up being the strongest to ever hit land. the red cross estimates as many as 1,200 people have been killed by supertyphoon haiyan. 1,000 of the deaths are in one coastal town, the city of tacloban. homes, buildings there are levelled from the storm's ferocious 195-mile-an-hour wi s winds. trees are blocking the roads and communication lines, of course, are down. torrential rains plus the storm surge have put entire towns under water. extraordinary images. and many of the people who died are believed to have drowned. neighbors helped neighbors evacuate to safety when they could, as the floodwaters rose even higher, as you see right there, in some instances. here are some of the incredible images of ordinary citizens carrying out courageous rescues trying to help out one another. as high as the death toll is now, it could

dr. sanjay gupta has her story in today's human factor. >> red, 18, go. >> right there, good job. more than three decades now, don horton' life has been mostly football. >> vision one, vision two. three. also a high school coach, all very rewarding experiences. >> in 2006, don became one of the 60,000 americans diagnosed every year with parkinson's disease. perhaps the worst day came in 2009. that's when don found himself unable to button his own shirt. russell wilson, who is now a quarterback with the seattle seahawks helped don with his buttons, so their team could get back on the road. >> it's a humbling experience to be helped. you can see it there, you've done it before, and seemed so easy for everybody else to do. >> there were so many challenges he was going throughout that i couldn't help with, but this was one change i thought i could do. >> calling on her own experience as a children's clothing designer, don's wife mara got to work, creating a line of magnetic clothing, free of buttons and zippers, that would help her husband and others regain their independence. >> so i

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dr. sanjay gupta. >> reporter: it's an ingredient in a lot of our favorite foods, microwave popcorn, cookieore. transfats. they increase shelf life and they add flavor to processed foods. but the fda is now saying they are not safe and wants to ban them. it's a move they say would save thousands of lives. >> we think it's time to address and really phase out the remaining uses of trans fat in the diet so that we can reduce the incidence of heart disease and deaths resulting from heart attack. >> reporter: you see trans fats lower good cholesterol and they raise bad cholesterol. what we're trying to avoid is this -- ldl or bad cholesterol building up as plaque in the blood vessel walls. because that plaque buildup is what can cause heart attacks. the cdc says ditching trans fats would prevent up to 20,000 heart attacks a year and as many as 7,000 more deaths from heart disease. new york city banned trans fats from restaurants in 2007. and many companies and popular chains around the country have already phased them out. the grocery manufacturers association says that it looks forward to work

dr. sanjay gupta is outfront. me start off with, people have already sort of characterized statins a statin aday keeps the doctor away. sort of a tuck everlasting of drugs. but what is the significance of the new recommendation when it comes to the heart? >> first of all this is a tectonic shift as some doctors have put anytime terms of the way doctors will approach heart disease, the number of people likely to be taking the statistic inmedications. i think the big difference is there was some general guidelines in terms of cholesterol numbers. if it was over a certain amount you could be more likely to be prescribed a statin drug. but now they have very specific guidelines. sometimes it's just one risk factor that sort of triggers a potential recommendation. if you're a diabetic, for example, you could be recommended a taint drug. if you have any evidence of heart disease you could be recommended a statin drug. bad cholesterol over there at the bottom because of congenital causes, statin drug. if your ten-year ri

dr. sanjay gupta, cnn. >> that's not the report we expected. thank you. >>> typhoon haiyan made land fall in northestern vietnam about an hour ago. emergency officials evacuated about a hundred thousand people. the storm is 75 miles an sure and is expected to bring 8 to 12 inches of rain fall possibly causing flooding and landslides there. eight agencies helping mobilize victims of that typhoon. to find out how can you help, go to cnn.com/impact. >>> governor chris christie. he is celebrating his gubernatorial win or planning a race for the white house? >>> then later, a new twist in new york city's legal fight over its controversial stop and frisk policy. the city asked the judge to step in. that is just ahead. i got this. [thinking] is it that time? the son picks up the check? [thinking] i'm still working. he's retired. i hope he's saving. i hope he saved enough. who matters most to you says the most about you. at massmutual we're owned by our policyowners, and they matter most to us. whether you're just starting your 401(k) or you are ready

dr. sanjay gupta is outfront.anjay, let me start off with, people have already sort of characterized statins a statin aday keeps the doctor away. sort of a tuck everlasting of drugs. but what is the significance of the new recommendation when it comes to the heart? >> first of all this is a tectonic shift as some doctors have put anytime terms of the way doctors will approach heart disease, the number of people likely to be taking the statistic inmedications. i think the big difference is there was some general guidelines in terms of cholesterol numbers. if it was over a certain amount you could be more likely to be prescribed a statin drug. but now they have very specific guidelines. sometimes it's just one risk factor that sort of triggers a potential recommendation. if you're a diabetic, for example, you could be recommended a taint drug. if you have any evidence of heart disease you could be recommended a statin drug. bad cholesterol over there at the bottom because of congenital causes, statin drug. if your t

dr. sanjay gupta in 2011. >> i like the stuff i eat.its, the beans, the stuff i eat now, i like. >> but the vegan lifestyle isn't as new to the clinton/gore ticket as you might think. >> chelsea clinton became a vegan or very close, she will tell you she didn't but i was there with her and she was actually a vegan by the time she reached her senior year of high school. she came down and worked in our kitchens at the white house the summer of her senior year for a couple weeks. >> it is a far cry from the fast food and short shorts that were such an indelible presence on her father's campaign in 1992. actually, maybe it makes the short shorts thing a little better now. but we digress. in this week of gleeful national gluttony, it is important to note that our high level leadership has, for the most part, adopted high level nutrition. >> they say diplomacy is a matter of carrots and sticks and since mrs. obama got to the white house, so is dinner. >> food at the white house didn't delineate along political lines but along gender lines. >>

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dr. sanjay gupta. >>> hey there. i'm in london on assignment., weed, into a medicine. >>> also, new guidelines are out on drugs to lower your cholesterol. a lot more people will be prescribed them, up to 70 million people. but for many, there's a better alternative. >>> and a device like this. can it really tell if you just got hit hard enough to have a concussion? >>> but first, as you may know, i travel the world in search of

dr. sanjay gupta has more. >> reporter: good morning.hey came back and used to have frequent migraines and they said they went away. they tossed around the word cure or something close to it. >> i just want to have a life. i operate on half a life. >> reporter: corenne says she has 15 good days a month. the other 15, she deals with crushing migraine pain. >> it feels like a boa restri restrictor around my head. i tried oxygen tanks. i tried acupuncture. every migraine medication. every seizure medication. anti-depressant. everything. >> reporter: well, almost everything. >> what are we doing for you today? >> surgery. >> what kind of surgery? >> migraine surgery. >> reporter: migraine surgery. controversy treatment for a brain-based problem. >> i'll make a couple of marks. >> reporter: her plastic surgeon says tight muscles and connective tissues are choking her nerves, especially in the neck. that may mark the point of migraines. he plans to make incisions and plans to move muscle. frown lines around the eyes, basical basically, relief

dr. sanjay gupta is at the cnn center with more. >> it's a big deal.for a long time that transfats are problematic. they really increase your risk of significant diseases including heart disease. even in the industry they've recognized this but the fda has been largely silent on this issue up until now. it's an ingredient in a lot of our favorite foods, microwave popcorn, cookies, cakes, frozen pizza, and much more. transfats. they increase shelf life and add flavor to processed foods but the fda is now saying they are not safe and wants to ban them. it's a move they say would save thousands of lives. >> we think it's time to address and phase out the remaining uses of transfat in the diet so that we can reduce the incidents of heart disease and deaths resulting from heart attack. >> reporter: you see transfats lower good cholesterol. and they raise bad cholesterol. what we're trying to avoid is this, ldl, or bad cholesterol building up as plaque in the blood vessel walls, because that plaque buildup is what can cause heart attacks. the cdc says ditchi

dr. sanjay gupta has more. >> brianna, i would tell you, i think this has been a long time coming.d in 208, but the background on this is for decades the health care system has pretty openly i think discriminated against the mental health field. we so that in so many ways. mental health, substance abuse illnesses. insurance often wouldn't cover treatment, and it was often looked at as a taboo, compared to physical ilnecessary. as opposed to somebody who came in with chest pain, who would obviously get treatment right away. but today hhs that's going to change, because the new law -- this is specifics now, the new law requires health insurance companies to cover mental health and substance abuse just as it would physical illnesses like diabet diabetes. what does that mean? it means you can't limit how many visits to a therapist, for example, co-pays, out-of-pocket expenses. they have to provide the behavioral health coverage and make it on par, parity with physical health coverage. if you think about it broadly now, in the medical community, they're often thought of as in two separa

dr. sanjay gupta is here to tell us what's coming up in the next half hour. >> rosa, we got a lot on "sgou healthy and also this medical mystery. a teenager who suffers a concussion, he was never musically inclined and now he can play 13 different instruments. what exactly happened in his brain? we'll explain at the bottom of the hour. >> we are looking forward to that. >>> now, black friday, it's more like black and blue friday. >> punch video on my phone. >> do you know what if you were watching a five fingered -- keep your phone out of my face here. keep your phone out of my face. [ bleep ] >> flaring tempers led to altercations across the country as millions of shoppers battled to snag deep discounts and even parking spaces. two shoppers got into it at a mall in philadelphia, one of them used a stun gun before they were pulled apart. our alexander field joins us from new york, and alexandra, my goodness, a stun gun, really? oh, my goodness, when did shopping become a bloody sport? goodness. >> reporter: yeah, rosa, just when you think you've seen the worst of the worst, shoppers show

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dr. sanjay gupta is joining us now. reported from areas that have suffered from catastrophic situations that are very similar to this. haiti, japan, even katrina, new orleans. what sort of health problems will the people of the philippines be facing? >> well, you know, as you're hearing there, it is tough to watch and but the basics apply here, clean water and it's a big challenge, obviously, move this water supply into an area that is wide hit and food, water being the most important. decisions that get made. you want to get water there as quickly as possible but is it a question, also, of creating larger footprints in the area so you can desailunate water and make it available for people overall in the days and weeks to come. so, those are the big ones. infectious disease outbreak is always a concern, but, you know, having covered a lot of these stories probably not as big of a concern as people think they're going to be. usually they can be pretty well controlled but the basics so important right now. >> the basics h

dr. sanjay gupta, and from cnn sports and bleacher report, dr. andy sholl sflt.ming up through pop warner leagues and into high school programs, we know that there is concern about our youth and playing football. let's show one of the results. 80% of those polled says concussions are a serious issue for high school football. that is an have a ordinary amount. will we see the way the game is played change at all? >> i think so. a few years ago, hardly anyone was talking about this issue and now just about everybody knows something about this issue. some know more than others. there are people who are legitimately concerned and have expressed those concerns. you showed the numbers 80% versus 17%. when you look at the nfl versus middle school and high school, i think we have numbers on that, as well, whether people view the nfl less favorably because of the handling of the concussion crisis, 36% of people say yes, that they actually view the nfl less favorably. so there have been some actions by the nfl certainly to address this. and i think people have heard that p

dr. sanjay gupta introduces us to a man who turned his diagnosis into an opportunity with the line of clothingrter: for more than three decades now, don horton's life has been mostly football. >> one, two three. very rewarding experience. >> reporter: then in 2006, don bab became one of the 60,000 americans diagnosed every year with parkinson's disease. perhaps the worst day came in 2009. that's when don found himself unable to button his own shirt. russell wilson, now a quarterback with the seattle seahawks, helped don with their buttons so their team could get back on the road. >> it's a humbling experience. you can see it there. you've done it before. seems so easy for everybody else to do. >> so many challenges he was going through that i couldn't help with but this was one change i thought i could do. >> reporter: calling on her own experience as a children's clothing designer, don's wife, moira, got to work, creating a line of clothing free of buttons and zippers that would help don and others regain their independence. >> it's as simple as lining it up. >> the e-mails she got were incre