Awareness

The Balancing Act welcomes back Ilana Jacqueline to discuss her brave journey as she continues battling a rare disease.

In a special edition of The Balancing Act, Olga Villaverde and Julie Moran sit down with some special youths and adults taking a stand against bullying.

Olga Villaverde and Julie Moran sit down with two exceptional youths taking a stand against bullying, buoyed by an organization called Be Strong.

Where will your passion take you? On the Balancing Act, we hear from award-winning photographer, Lew Lautin about The Who Are We project, as he talks about and rasies awareness of the growing crisis of homelessness and hunger. Also on the show, watch Celebrity mixologist and Jägermeister brand ambassador, Willy Shine create the perfect DIY […]

“Heavy menstrual bleeding” may be a relative term to your OB-GYN but to you, it’s a devastating reality that literally keeps you from living a normal life. Fear of outward bleeding restricts you from regular activities like work, errands and exercise. Worse, you often bleed heavily for two to three WEEKS. Your doctor isn’t giving […]

Ladies, yes, you are intelligent creatures. But “Are You Dense”? Even though public awareness of Breast Cancer has never been greater, a surprising 47-percent of women don’t know the answer to this question – in fact, they’ve never asked, or been asked. But the statistics on Breast Density are staggering: 40-percent of American women have […]

30 million people in the United States are living with rare diseases…many of them children…and they can go undiagnosed for years.   Advances in human genome mapping is helping families get treatment faster, and Global Genes is an organization that connects families who are trying to cope. Join President and Founder Nicole Boice and Patient […]

Cystinosis is a rare, genetic metabolic disease that causes the amino acid cystine to accumulate in various organs of the body. Cystine crystals accumulate in the kidneys, eyes, liver, muscles, pancreas, brain, and white blood cells.  Without specific treatment, children with cystinosis develop end stage kidney failure at approximately age nine.