(part 1 of 2) February is Heart Health Month and today Allie Martin continues his focus on atrial fibrillation (A-fib).
And ransomeware attacks are on the rise!
We'll take a look.
And as we celebrate Black History Month, we take a look at the importance of barbershops in the African-American community.
15 years after doctors detected her heart problem, a tupelo woman is thriving and helping to raise awareness.
We'll share her story.
And, young and business savvy.
Meet some teen entrepreneurs.
Plus, remembering a history-making pioneer at nasa.
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Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the united states, killing more than 600 thousand people every year.
February is heart month, a time to talk about heart disease and treatments.
In part two of his series, allie martin talks with a local woman who was diagnosed with atrial fibrillation, or afib.
Like many people, libby oswalt had heard about "afib but she didn't pay a lot of attention to the disease, until she was diagnosed with it in 2005.
" i knew, i can fee it, it's like your heart is sitting there, kind of vibrating kind of like."
About ten percent of adults over the age of 65 will be diagnosed with atrial fibrillation, also known as afib.
"normally, ou heartbeat, is top and bottom of heart together, when you have a fib, top part starts beating erratically, bottom beats irregular with that."
Afib is not life- threatening on its own, but it can lead to other health issues.
It is the leading cause of stroke for older adults.
After her diagnosis, oswalt underwent a minimally invasive procedure known as catheter ablation.
"procedure take an hour and a half or two hours, done through groin we put long tubes called catheters, go inside heart, causing fibrfibrillation, one of the common steps is ablation, deliver heat to and carterizing irritable spots to keep heart from doing atrial fibrillation often.
" since her procedure in 2007, oswalt has led a normal life.
She is more aware of the signs of heart disease and encourages others to know symptoms of afib, and other heart ailments.
"it's reall important, take care of yourself and have a checkup at least once a year."
In tupelo, am wcbi news.
February is also the month for the american heart association's "g red for women: campaign, to encourage women to know signs and symptoms of heart disease.
A california man has a second chance at life after surviving an typically fatal heart condition called 'sudden death syndrome'.
His life was saved by three strangers, who jumped in to help.
Chris martinez was there as the victim met his rescuers for the very first time.
"we're hugging i out, we're hugging it out&" 4 years after nearly losing his life - ed jean-louis is at last meeting the women who saved him... "i'm happy to mee you both and be able to thank you both ed was a 27-year- old grad student at ucla - playing basketball on this rec center court - when he suddenly felt ill.
"i rember sayin 'i feel lightheaded' right before losing consciousness."
Doctors say ed was a victim of 'sudden death syndrome' - a condition that causes an abrupt and unexpected cardiac arrest in people who are otherwise healthy.
Most cases occur when the electric system of the heart is not working properly.
"we were trained we knew what to do, we were prepared&" emily duncan and christine frye were working at the rec center when ed collapsed - and were among 3 employees who rushed in to help.
They grabbed this difibrillator, just outside the basketball court.
"we put it on hi and it said to begin cpr, and so that's when we started the cpr process."
Their quick action helped save ed's life.
But he's the exception.
'sudden death syndrom' kills more than 200 thousand americans every year - and is the leading cause of death in young athletes.
Ed's cardiologist - dr. olujimi ajijola - says had the good samaritans not acted quickly, the outcome would have likely been different.
"all of thos things were essentially stars that aligned that allowed ed to survive and do as well as he's done."
Ed now has a small defibrillator implant that helps keep his heart operating properly.
He knows how lucky he is& "try to b grateful, try to be present of kinda every breath, right?"
Thankful too for the strangers who became his guardian angels.
Chris martinez, cbs news, los angeles most cases of sudden death syndrome are caused by a genetic disorder, however it rarely presents symptoms before cardiac arrest occurs.
Every day more than 300 people under the age of 19 in the u-s are treated in an emergency room -- because of being poisoned -- according to the centers for disease control and prevention.
Many times -- it's because a child ingested medicine -- without a parent or grandparent knowing it.
A new study aimed to figure out why that's become a common occurance.
Mandy gaither has more.
The poison prevention packaging act passed in 1970 required a number of household items like cleaning chemicals -- flammable liquids -- and prescriptions to have child resistant packaging.
Accidental medication poisonings in young children fell significantly back then-- but a new study in the journal of pediatrics says -- in the last 20 years -- the use of medications has gone up -- and so have unintended medication exposures in young children.
Researchers analyzed nearly 45- hundred calls to five u-s poison centers in arizona, florida, and georgia, over an eight-month period in 2017.
They found more than half of the prescription medicine exposures in children -- happened because the medication had been previously removed from original packaging.
Most of the time parents and grandparents took pills out to remember to take them or to make it easier to travel, the study shows.
The authors say efforts to reduce child medication poisonings should encourage adults to keep medicine in child resistant packaging and out of reach of children.
For today's health minute, i'm mandy gaither.
The c-d-c says other ways to prevent accidental poisonings in children is to lock up medicines and dispose of prescriptions that are expired or no longer needed.
The agency also says to put the nationwide poison control center number near every phone and program it into your cell phone.
It's a hold up.
How hackers may be holding your criminals are hacking into local governments and businesses, holding data hostage in exchange for money.
As michael george found out the number of these ransomware attacks on the rise.
New orleans is still trying to recover from a ransomware hack in december.
Sot lagrue: "between 11 an 11:30 am, we did confirm that there was an attack."
Hackers locked up computers at city hall, the police department and the courts.
But the big easy is far from alone.
A report from emsisoft finds ransomware attacks were up 41 percent last year.
That included 113 state and muncipal governments, 764 healthcare providers and 89 universities, colleges and school districts criminals also targeted hospitals and small businesses..
Often demanding money to unlock computer networks.
"it takes just on person clicking the wrong link to destroy the data inside your organization."
Dan patterson is a senior producer at cnet.
Mg: "why are the targeting these hospitals, schools, local governments?"
Dan: "cybe criminals go where the money is."
Many institutions and organizations agreed to pay the ransom to free their computer systems. sometimes it's just a few hundred dollars but often it's much more.
The cyber security company coveware says the average payout was more than 84- thousand dollars by the end of last year.
ó and when local businesses get hacked, áyourá personal information may be exposed.
While these attacks are tough to prevent, there are some precautions you can take.
"one of the thing you can do to protect your personal information is to lock down your credit, another thing you can do is to make sure you limit the amount of information that you share outwardly."
Those extra steps can help safeguard your identity and finances as cyber criminals step up ransomware attacks.
Michael george, cbs news, new york.
Emsisoft says global ransomware attacks cost businesses and governments tens of billions of dollars last year.
Forget 30 under 30 or even 20 under 20 lists.
Today's entrepreneurs are getting younger and younger.
Lisa mateo introduces us to two teen business owners to find out how they got their start, the challenges they faced and the lessons they learned along the way.
Script: the camo is the best-selling in shop fashion designer mikayla mcclain runs the k marie project.
The clothing line's "d u boo" series, sol out in its brooklyn debut.
Now she's ready to expand& all at the age of 17.
It was basically for other girls my age, who go through the same thing, who have trouble finding themselves, finding their style.
Mixy, mixy then there's 15- year old cory nieves who created mr. cory's cookies after selling his sweets on the streets of englewood, new jersey, at the age of six.
Since then the business has moved into a commerical kitchen, he's worked with brands like barney's, target and whole foods.
I learned that you never focus on the money, always focus on the customers.
Always smile.
Being your own boss seems to appeal to more and more young people.
According to the consulting firm millennial branding, 72 percent of high school students and 64 percent of college students want to start their own business someday.
I think that's a little bit of a reaction to the financial cris.
Maybe they saw their parents, or heard about their grandparents be out of control about their work lives and their financial lives cbs news business analyst jill schlesinger cautions parents not to influence their child's decision.
If your child shows a desire, you want to encourage it, but you want to stress - like everything else - you have to get an education.
It's an important calling card in the economy.
They come in four colors mikayla and cory both plan to go to college.
Two go- getters with a bright future& ooh!
&who are already enjoying the sweet taste of success.
Lisa mateo, cbs news.
When we come back, a trip to the barber's it it's a special place in african american communities: barber shops and beauty salons.
Patrons usually leave feeling good--inside and out.
In honor of black history month, our quentin smith takes a look at the role these businesses play in the african american community.
Nat there's a lot of cutting up going on at jordan's barber and style shop in columbus.
But not with just the clippers... nat also... with laughter and conversation... nat if you ask the owner, bobby jordan...this is just another day at the shop.
" they used to cal this the black man's country club.
We come in we try and get our haircut and get a good style, but it's also an opportunity for us to talk to each other.
It's an opportunity to tell a young man about what's right, which way he should go, a chance to talk about politics, a chance to just express ourselves that we might not could say otherwise."
This shop has been a staple in columbus for 50 years... but when it comes to barbershops in general....they've been a staple in the community for centuries.
" in the blac community this is a spot everybody can come to and it's one of the centers of the black community."
At one time, the barbershop was one of the few businesses african americans owned.
" one of the onl things that a black person could do on his own was cut their hair, and that's the number one thing.
We used to cut the other people hair, but the only thing we might have to do is borrow your sheep shears to do it, but it's something we could do on our own."
And the same can be said for hair salons.
"i can go as fa back as into slavery days, and there were slaves that had to administer hair services to their slave owners.
By them using the tonics to do our hair they became entrepreneurs once they became free.
This is something they had already started when they were in slavery, and after slavery they just went on and took it to the next level."
For frances stephenson, the salon plays a big part in her life.
"this is my way t connect with the community."
She's the owner of martha's kut and kurl, a beauty shop she inherited from her mother.
" every since i wa a little girl watching my mother do hair, it was always about love and that family bond."
Both the hair salon and barbershop have a lot in common, including being cultural and economic drivers in the african american community.
By way of his clippers, brandon white has held a job in the barbershop for more than two decades.
Now, he uses the shop not only as stability for himself, but to give others a chance at employment.
" the shop i com from, we used to check the kids' report cards, and if they're doing good and they want to work, then we would provide them a job after school."
" for the economy yes it has always been a great moneymaker."
" it means a lot t me.
It's a tradition, my father worked hard and he got it started and got it established, so i'm going to try and do what i can to keep it going.
My son is now in the business, he standing down here working so hopefully we can keep it going."
See, the shops serve as a place of business and fellowship all under one roof, and they take pride in giving back to the community..
From a crisp line up..to a nice hair flip...strangers become friends...and clients become family.
Both establishments are centerpieces in the african american community, and many believe it will continue to remain that way.
"the way we sho love man, the energy we give just the way we interact with people.
We are always trying to do something with the people and the community."
" as long as w love ourselves, we're going to take care of ourselves and we're going to make sure that we look good, so no, i don't think we will ever go out of business."
"i wish the peopl in the community would recognize what it is and try and help us keep this going.
We as a people are losing too many things that we started out with.
We've been around this long, so it's a good example also to show people what's possible."
Fun fact, the first african american woman to become a successful entrepreneur in the hair business is madame cj walker..
Who was also considered to be the wealthiest woman in the world during the time of her death..
In 193 henry morgan opened the first barber school for african americans called tyler barber college... in tyler texas... katherine johnson&.one of nasa greatest minds&.died monday at the age of 101.
It was johnson and handful of other female back mathematicians who worked behind the scenes to help propel america past the soviet union in the race for space.
Elsie preston has the story from new york.
Obama "katherine was pioneer who broke the barriers of race and gender."
It took decades for america to recognize the ground-breaking contributions katherine johnson made to the u.s. space program.
But that began to change in 2015 when president obama awarded her the presidential medal of freedom.
Beginning in the 1950's&.
Johnson was part of a group of female black mathematicians who hand calculated rocket trajectories that allowed john glenn to orbit the earth& and apollo 11 to land on the moon.
The women worked initially in segregated offices&with separate eating and bathroom facilities.
Johnson once said she was too busy with her work to be concerned with racism.
You're the boss, you just have to act like one the oscar nominated film hidden figures brought johnson and her colleagues' story to the big screen in 20-16.
The movie detailed john glenn's insistence that johnson double check the computer's calculations before his historic mission.
A can't get anywhere without the number?
No sir.
Thank goodness for the book and the movie that actually came out.
People got to understand what this woman meant to our country.
She really broke down the barriers.
Nasa later named a research facility after johnson in her hometown of hampton, virginia and a statue stands in her honor at her alma mater west virginia state university.
In a statement nasa's administrator wrote&she was an american hero and her pioneering legacy will never be forgotten.
Elise preston, cbs news, new york johnson worked 33 years for nasa.
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