Drug abuse and addiction is a chronic, compulsive, relapsing disorder that almost always requires formal treatment. Drug overdoses have become the leading cause of death of Americans under age 50. In 2016, 62,000 Americans died from overdoses. By comparison, the…
In today’s world, there’s often a stigma that the world of sports is closed to people with disabilities, but that is not the case. There are many organizations that support athletes with disabilities, such as USA Volleyball. During this brand…
Bullying happens far too often. Oftentimes when someone, often a child, is perceived as different or weak, they can too often become a target for bullies. While most bullying occurs in school and in the community when children gather, cyberbullying…
If you loved watching the inspirational and resourceful two-time Telly Award winning show, Family Comes First this past season, you’ll be glad to know you can now watch your favorite episodes at your leisure. Vincent J. Russo and Victoria Roberts…
Over the past nine seasons of Family Comes First™, we have been blessed to meet amazing individuals and families with extraordinary stories. Often on our show, we like to follow up with a former guest to update our viewers as to where they are now.
On this brand new episode of Family Comes First™, “Operation Babylift,” we reacquaint you with Lana Noone. Lana was on our show back in 2009, during the second season of Family Comes First™. Lana and her late husband, Byron, were pioneers for international adoption on Long Island, New York in the 70s.
Sadly, each day, 22 men, women, and children die waiting to receive a life-saving organ transplant. Fortunately, over 650,000 lives have been saved since 1988 with the help of donors—many of them not biologically related to the recipient.
On this brand new episode of Family Comes First™, “Saving Lives,” we meet with Cindy Somma, who decided to give the gift of life to a relative and ended up saving the life of another.
Join us on Monday, September 19th at 1:30 pm on Telecare (Cablevision channels 29 and 137, Time Warner channels 106 (Manhattan), 471 (Queens) or Verizon FiOS TV channel 296) as Cindy shares with us her journey when choosing to donate her kidney—and how she unexpectedly ended up saving the life of a stranger.