'Sharing Miracles' Television Program to Feature Professional Basketball Legend Alonzo Mourning

According to the Washington Business Journal, Basketball great Alonzo Mourning will be featured on February's episode of Sharing Miracles. Mourning was one of the top professional basketball players of his era, a seven-time NBA All-Star and two-time Defensive Player of the Year, when he was diagnosed with focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, a rare and life-threatening genetic kidney disease.

In this month's episode, he discusses his surprise upon receiving his diagnosis: "I was shocked when they told me. I was looked at as the picture of health. As a professional athlete, I was always praised because I kept myself in great condition. I had always relied on my strength because I was an under-sized center. I never imagined I would get sick."

New hope for treating mental illness

The Cherokee Chronicle Times reports on a newly released report that shows a record 301 medicines are currently being developed in the U.S. to help ease the devastating impact that mental illnesses have on patients, their families and society.

Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) says the new medicines being developed hold the promise of providing patients and doctors with more and better treatment options.

In addition to developing new medicines, American pharmaceutical research companies say they've made strides in helping uninsured and underinsured patients gain access to the medicines they need through the Partnership for Prescription Assistance (PPA)