Midmorning With Aundrea - November 5\, 2018

It could be a breakthrough for people who are paralyzed.

We'll look at the new treatment.

And, kids and gun safety.

We hear from the american academy of pediatrics.

Plus, gayle king sits down with classical singer an-dray-a bocelli midmorning starts right now.

If you have ever had a migraine, you know the pain can stop you in your tracks.

For patients with migraines, it's often a waiting game ..

Suffering through debilitating pain while the medication kicks in.

Now researchers in massachusetts are testing a new patch that could help patients get relief faster..

With less side effects.

Drmallika marshall has more.

Glen brown has been battling migraines since he was a teenager..

A really bad throbbing headache , lot of times behind my eyes, / sometimes they are moderate, sometimes severe / between work house stuff and the kids , life is busy so if you have a migraine you are out of commission with three or 4 attacks a month, the 49 year old relies on oral migraine medications, which can take time to work.

But then his doctor told him about an experimental patch that could provide relief& quicker.

A medication taken in tablet form doesn't really get absorbed well enough or rapidly enough to provide effective headache relief.

Nats doctor egilius spierings shows us how the patch from zosano pharma works.

The system uses tiny needles coated with medication to deliver a migraine drug right into the bloodstream.

Once the patch is applied to the skin, these microneedles will penetrate the skin, generally not even deep enough to hit the nerve, so it's not a painful procedure.

But deep enough to bring the medication into the circulation glen has been using the patch for six months.

He says it's providing relief in just 20 to 45 minutes and he doesn't feel as sluggish.

Makes a huge difference because than you can get back to your day whatever you are doing so far, researchers say patients are tolerating the patch system well and no serious side effects have been reported.

Dr. mallika marshall, cbs news, watertown, ma.

Currently around 250 patients are enrolled in the study testing the new patch system.

Scientists in switzerland say they've developed a spinal implant that enables paralyzed people to walk again.

Tina kraus has the story from london.

Nats....3, 4, 5 david mzee was paralyzed for seven years until one of switzerland's leading neurosurgeons gave him a spinal implant that changed his life.

Nats... here he is training with it a year ago.

When the device is turned off...he can't move..when it's on -- he continues to walk.

This little device that is an impulse generator is giving impulses to the electrode that is located on the spinal cord.

Nats up david..'stim on'... david can control the stimulation remotely through his watch.

When it's on....he's able to walk more than half a mile.

I think you have to try and do the impossible to make the possible possible - and i think we're doing that and it feels good.

Nerves in the spinal cord send signals from the brain to the legs.

In someone who is paralyzed - there is usually a small signal but its too weak to create movement.

The implant boosts the signal activating muscles in the legs.

The scientist who developed the technique says the implant even seems to help repair damaged nerves.

Nerve fibers are growing again.

They are reconnecting the brain to the spinal cord.

Doctors are working to make the stimulation more comfortable for patients like david so they can keep the device active all the time.

While this research shows paralysis can be reversed to some degree ..the question remains: by how much.

Tina kraus, cbs news.

The new research was published today in the journal nature.

It happens more often than you might think.

There is a fairly common digestive condition where the small intestine becomes inflamed and unable to absorb nutrients.

It can make you miserable.

The villain in this story is gluten.

But researchers in australia think they may just have an answer.

Rachel cary has that story.

Pizza, pasta and a bakery full of pastry.

That's a food-dream for some.

But for coeliacs like angelique and jane it's a gut- churning nightmare.

Name: angelique in words: you know after you go home after eating out and you get that stomach pain..

And you know it wasn't fully gluten free coeliac disease affects around 1 in 70 australians.

But 80% of suffers don't know they have it.

The body reacts to gluten - a protein in many grains including wheat, rye and barley, causing small bowel damage.

At the moment - the only cure is a gluten free diet.

Name: jane in words: it can be quite isolating in a way, you never know if you're going to be able to eat when you go out with your friends name: dr jason tye-din in words: we know the gluten free diet is their only treatment, it's life long, it's strict and it's complex so dr jason tye-din and his team are looking for alternatives.

Launching phase 2 of a world- wide vaccine trial - to fight the effects of coeliac disease in melbourne today.

Name: dr jason tye-din in words: so the goal is if we can target this abnormal immune response and retrain the immune system it will no longer see gluten as a foreign invader that causes inflamation name: rachel cary - ptc in words: now researchers just need coeliacs to be a part of the trial.

Results could be known as early as next year.

And if successful coeliacs could be one step closer to indulging again trials of the vaccine will also be held perth, adelaide and brisbane.

For cbsn, i'm rachel cary in melbourne.

M a incr a gym in sacramento california is harnessing the power of its member's workouts to help power their building, using innovative green technology.

Chris martinez shows us how it works.

"press go o your bike so we can calculate how many watts we can generate in a class&" at sacramento eco-fitness, gym members aren't just energizing their bodies& they're energizing the building.

Workouts here - helping power everything, from equipment to lights to fans.

"months an months of trial and error&we had to go through reprogramming... " gym owner jose avina helped wire the system - that connects specially designed equipment to the building itself.

It starts with machines like this treadmill - which users have to put in motion to turn on& "so the faste they go, the faster the machine will turn on, and they need to maintain a certain tempo to keep the machine going."

Inside every piece of equipment is a micro-inverter - similar to what's used in wind turbines& it harnesses kinetic energy generated during a workout and converts it to a/c power.

"that energ that's being produced immediately goes straight into our battery."

The energy stored there is redirected to every electrical outlet in the building.

For gym members, racking up watts has become a part of daily workouts.

Monitors show how much they generate - and a monthly competition tracks who created the most power.

"it's more of challenge to myself&it's pushing it how hard you can go, how much energy you can produce."

A new take on people power - helping create healthier members and a healthier planet.

Chris martinez, cbs news, sacramento california.

The equipment isn't the only green energy tools the gym uses, they also have solar panels on the roof.

The owner says, thanks to both sources of energy, the electric bill is typically less than 5 dollars a month.

And chris martinez will be back a little later to look at gun safety in your iwhtit'or when it's time for a new driver's first set of wheels, many young people and their parents opt for something cute and inexpensive.

In other words, a small car.

In terms of safety, that's a mistake.

The insurance institute of highway safety recently conducted crash tests, showing what happens to small cars and minicars when they collide with larger used vehicles.

The iihs says a n older, larger used vehicle is often a safer choice than a newer small vehicle that costs the same.

All of their recommended models for used cars for teens are midsize cars or larger.

Both the kia sorento and the toyota avalon are among the iihs best choices for teens.

Statistics show more than one third of children in the u-s live in a home that also has a gun.

Now two new studies from the american academy of pediatrics are highlighting the need for gun safety and storage to help keep kids safe.

Chris martinez explains.

New research from the american academy of pediatrics suggests strong state gun laws are helping keep kids safe.

A study examined the number of children injured or killed by firearms ánationwideá and found& states with the most lenient gun regulations had twice as many pediatric firearm deaths than states with the strictest gun laws.

The study also found states with 'child access prevention laws' - like lock and storage requirements - had four times fewer firearm suicides among children.

"if you're goin to be a gun owner, we have to do it responsibly, and one of those things is preventing children from accessing guns."

"the a-a-p say proper gun safety and storage is especially urgent - in light of áanother new study - that found most kids can't spot the difference between a toy gun and the real thing."

Researchers found more than half of children surveyed could not tell the two apart - when shown side- by-side photos of a real and fake firearm.

"so that means i they were to find a gun randomly, they're not going to know if that's a toy or a real gun without touching it& and that's the last thing we want a child to do."

A-a-p research also revealed more than half of kids in gun- owning homes know where the weapon is kept.

All the more reason - experts say - to ensure the gun is safely locked and stored.

Chris martinez, cbs news, los angeles.

The a-p study also found fewer than half of the firearm owners surveyed stored their gun locked, unloaded and in a different location from ammunition.

When we come back, a look at why some women fall for the wrong guys - and big a h nortcaro a north carolina woman is in jail for allegedly plotting to kill her mother for insurance money, áafterá she fell victim to a so- called catfishing scam.

That's when stolen identities are used to lure people into fake relationships.

This can lead to bullying, cyberstalking, theft, and even worse consequences.

Victims in the u-s- and canada say they lost nearly a billion dollars over the last three years.

Meg oliver is following this story.

The online romance started in january when 65-year-old roxanne reed fell for someone she met on facebook, who called themselves 'scott humpal,' reed claims the scammer started asking for money to pay medical bills.

Even though they never met in person, she sent the stranger more than 50- thousand dollars over 7 months.

We were able to get ahold of some text messages that obviously led to the charges we are looking at today.

But when family members finally reported the scam, investigators allege that reed- now out of money- had been plotting to kill her eighty-eight year old mother.

She"s now bee charged with several counts of fraud and conspiracy to commit murder with the áfake "scott humpal mo: were you ever in a relationship with roxanne reed?

Sh: never.

The áreal scott humpal lives over 12- hundred miles away in corpus christi, texas.

Seven years ago, humpal's wife died in a plane crash.

Soon after, he started receiving suspicious messages on facebook.

13:39:59:15 "i just seemed odd because i didn't know them.

So i'd send a message back and say do i know you?

And they'd say yes i've been conversing with you on christian mingle or match dot com or something for months."

Humpal discovered scammers had created multiple profiles under his name.

Mo: how many women have fallen for fake humpals in catfishing scams?

Sh: hundreds adam levin is the founder of cyberscout and an expert in identy theft.

He says humpal checked off all the right boxes for a catfisher- a handsome, well- to-do widower.

Meg oliver 01:10:48;11 "ho would you describe these catfishing fraudsters?

Adam levin:01:10:54;03 "they'r emotional terrorists."

Meg oliver:01:10:55;20 "emotiona terrorists?"

Adam levin:01:10:56;29 "they don't car who they destroy, how they destroy them, whatever.

All they want is they want money."

We reached out to several social media sites.

Facebook said it advises users "...not t accept suspicious requests..."

Whil match.com http://match.com said it asks users "&to neve send money or share financial information.."

Levin says that while catfishing has become more sophisticated, the red flags are always there.

Well the red flag here is the grammar- it's just horrendous...the spelling is not great at all..

But for catfishing vicitms like seventy-three- year-old beverley franzke- those red flags are often missed.

Meg: why did you join match.com http://match.com http://match.com beverley: i wanted someone to talk to.

The retired nursing assistant lives in golden valley, arizona.

She fell for a man claiming to be a 61 year old serviceman, who told her he was stationed in afghanistan beverly "h looked like a nerd."

Meg "he looke like a nerd to you?

Meg "someon you could trust?

Beverly "yes the catfisher sent beverley a copy of his fake passport.

He only signed his first name and was wearing a hat& .

Even still, beverley believed him.

"he was rea polite and said he had a son and that his wife had died five years ago" beverley sent the stranger more than 30- thousand dollars.

The scammer asked for money to pay his sick child's medical bills.

She drained her inheritance and borrowed ten thousand from friends.

Meg 12:15:41:29 "why did yo send him money?

This is a person you never met in person?

Beverly "i don' know i'm just i'm a caregiver i've always taken care of people and it was one promise after another i'll pay you back when i get home blah, blah, blah."

12:18:58:22 meg "are yo embarrassed that this happened?

Beverly no meg how do you feel?

Beverly disgusted&and mad and hurt.

I'm not embarrassed no.

Because nobody should be embarrassed for trying to help somebody."

Help somebody."

Ajusthead just ahead, classical singer andrea bocelli on his favorite duet partner.

Mid l siersi classical singer an-dray-a bocelli has sold more than 90 million albums worldwide.

The tenor and cross-over artist is also known for his collaborations.

Recently he opened up about sharing the stage with his son matteo, who appears on his father's new album called "si.

It is expected to be bocelli's áfirstá album to debut at number one.

Here is gayle king.

"life is like walk no?"

"like a walk?

"our goal is t go on."

"yes one step i front of the other."

The next step in the career of classical music tenor andrea bocelli is his first album of new music in 14 years, which includes a duet with his youngest son matteo.

The first-- cut off the album is fall on me, the first time i heard it it-- it made me want to cry, because i could feel the-- don't cry.

I could feel the emotion of the song.

Be-- be happy.

I'm very happy-- i'm very happy.

No-- and the song is beautiful because-- because it's a very honest and inspired song.

It means a lot to me, 'cause it-- it talks about the beautiful relation that i have with my father.

And about the relation that many-- many sons has with their parents.

Have.

And it's-- yeah.

Have with their parents-- have-- yeah, he corrects me you see.

Until two years ago, i didn't know that matteo sang.

What do you mean you didn't know?

No, i -- because he stayed at the piano, he knows music just for this.

// and one time his mother came to me and said, "hav you heard matteo sing?"

And i said "no.

And she said "listen to hi because he's very nice."

When did you know your dad was andrea bocelli, that your dad was not like other dads in the neighborhood?

It's a good question // when i was a kid, me and my brother were used to, like, asking why everyone was like stopping him.

In the street?

Yeah, in the street.

I'm fascinated by your life, because you have never-- you-- you know, you got hit at an early age with a football that took away your sight.

But that never seemed to stop you, your mom said you would always do the most dangerous things.

// including, people say, andrea bocelli rides horses.

// you don't worry about him, matteo?

Always, yeah, anytime he-- he rides the horse.

But he's-- that's his passion, and he can't change it, so-- and you-- you can't-- no, good.

Tell the truth-- // i am good rider-- rider.

Hey, you know, when you hear people's voices, do you get a sense of what you think they look like?

I've often wondered that.

If it's a girl, i do my best, you know, to imagine everything.

If it's a man, i don't care.

I like what you said-- i was reading about love, when you first saw veronica when you first met her, you said it was love at first sight.

And you said that's really how it goes, love at first sight.

Yes, i think that love is-- suddenly or never.

// because love comes from chemistry.

I always thought you had to build to love sometimes.

But you say it's then or never.

That's interesting.

And-- i think that people speak about love a lot.

Rivers and rivers of words, but-- if in bed, everything is okay, if-- everything's okay also outside.

Andrea, that's not true.

I think so.

But-- the-- but i-- i hear you.

It's my opinion.

I don't want to convince anybody.

Matteo, you feel the same way about love?

Love at first sight?

Don't-- don't look at me.

He knew you were looking at him.

Do you feel-- no, i just say-- i just say that we have different points of view.

Because you're young.

Because you are 20.

Wait for it.

One thing matteo won't have to wait for - is his music career to take off.

"you got you first success when you were in your mid thirties.

You know some of these kids become famous at 14, 18.

It's true.

Do you think it's better that you were& i think& &it's better for the soul, because success is very dangerous.

Matteo, what's your dream, as you sit here?

My dream is to have the success of my father we'll be right we'll be right back to wrap things up.