Health Watch: Venus Williams Diagnosed With Sjogren’s Syndrome, Local Women Raise Money & Awareness

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Tennis Star Venus Williams drops out of the U.S. Open and announced she’s battling a debilitating disease.

Venus has Sjogren’s Syndrome. It’s an autoimmune disease that strikes as many as one in 70 Americans, mostly women. Many cases go undiagnosed for years. But some local women are trying to change that and raise awareness.

Sipping water over and over again. It’s something most of these local women with the Philadelphia Chapter of the Sjogren’s Syndrome Foundation do, every day. They’re battling Sjogren’s syndrome, the same thing tennis star Venus Williams has.

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