Former journalist shares how her epilepsy diagnosis turned her world upside-down
"Making a documentary about my experiences with epileptic seizures seemed like a natural segue--a bridge--to link my TV reporting career and health issues," Stacia Kalinoski says. After losing her job and undergoing brain surgery, Kalinoski has turned the painful yet uplifting story of her epileptic seizures into a powerful documentary, Brainstorm.
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No time to be complacent, survivors face new challenges
"Looking back, it's painful for many of us who lived and lost during the early years of HIV/AIDS," Joyce Mitchell writes. While people infected with HIV are living longer and healthier lives now, there still is no cure. Mitchell celebrates World AIDS Day to remember those who've died from the disease, and educate youth to prevent new HIV infections.
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A community rallies to help a struggling teen
At an elementary school in Chicago, Illinois, hundreds of people recently gathered in honor of Becca Collins, a 15-year-old girl with Batten Disease. It's a fatal nervous system disorder that she's struggled with since birth. Reporter Mari Grigaliunas shares Becca's story and how she has inspired others to "just keep swimming."
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