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Gastor Almonte: Every Penny Counts

December 20, 2019

In search of a deal, Gastor Almonte ends up with an unmanageable number of condoms.

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In Health and Medicine Tags Gastor Almonte, comedy, sex, sexuality, reproduction, safe sex, Story Collider producer, Season 9

Lily Be: Throwing Up Tamales

December 13, 2019

As a 16-year-old, Lily Be gets an unexpected education on the reproductive system.

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In Health and Medicine Tags Lily Be, Story Collider producer, reproduction, sex, pregnancy, education, Season 9

Emily Winn: After the Accident

December 6, 2019

After a car crash alters Emily Winn's life forever, she must relive the trauma when she testifies in a deposition.

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In Health and Medicine, Neuroscience Tags Emily Winn, brain injury, law, trauma, medicine, Season 9

Reyhaneh Maktoufi: Planet Nine

November 22, 2019

After getting hit by a car, Ph.D. student Reyhaneh Maktoufi must navigate the recovery and paperwork as an immigrant from Iran.

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In Health and Medicine Tags Reyhaneh Maktoufi, immigration, medicine, Iran, law, moving, injury, Season 9, Story Collider producer

Craig Fay: This List of Symptoms

November 8, 2019

Growing up, Craig Fay develops strategies to hide how terrible he is at math.

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In Health and Medicine, Neuroscience Tags Craig Fay, math, learning disabilities, disability, diagnosis, Neuroatypical, Season 9

TC Waisman: "Something Called Asperger’s"

November 8, 2019

As a child, TC Waisman is told that she is on the autism spectrum, but her mother refuses to accept the diagnosis.

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In Health and Medicine, Neuroscience Tags TC Waisman, diagnosis, neuroatypical, autism, mothers, parents, asperger syndrome, Season 9

Kristine Lycke: A Naughty Gene

October 11, 2019

As Kristine Lycke enters kindergarten, her mother starts treatment for a mysterious illness.

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In Health and Medicine Tags Kristine Lycke, Memorial Sloan Kettering, cancer, breast cancer, Season 9, childhood, family, mother, motherhood

Vicky Forster: Side Effects

October 4, 2019

After surviving leukemia in her childhood and becoming a cancer research scientist, Vicky Forster finds herself working alongside the same doctor who saved her life.

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In Health and Medicine Tags Vicky Forster, cancer, childhood, research, leukemia, cancer research, Season 9

Erin Barker: Just Those Four Things, Version 2

September 24, 2019

When Erin Barker is diagnosed with two chronic illnesses, she has to say goodbye to four of her favorite things.

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In Health and Medicine Tags Erin Barker, women's health, chronic illness, chronic pain, sex, identity, love, Season 9

Jenn M: House Baby?

September 13, 2019

At 22 years old, Jenn Montooth is accepted to graduate school just as she discovers she's pregnant.

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In Health and Medicine Tags women's health, abortion, reproduction, pregnancy

Sara Sweet: Hope Is Certainly Not Enough

August 30, 2019

Struggling to conceive, Sara Sweet makes her third attempt at intrauterine insemination just before her family's Christmas gathering.

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In Health and Medicine Tags Sara Sweet, pregnancy, Season 9, family, infertility

Chris Wade: It Takes a Village

August 30, 2019

After finally getting together in their forties, Chris Wade and his wife are determined to have a baby -- even if it means following some unconventional advice.

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In Health and Medicine Tags Chris Wade, infertility, marriage, family, superstition, pregnancy, Season 9

Bhuvanesh Singh: It's Okay

August 23, 2019

When surgeon Bhuvanesh Singh sees his patient back in the hospital months after what he thought was a successful surgery, he grapples with feelings of failure.

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In Health and Medicine Tags Bhuvanesh Singh, Season 9, cancer, oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering, surgeon, hospital, surgery

Tracy Dixon-Salazar: I Stayed in School

August 21, 2019

After doctors are unable to prevent her daughter's daily seizures, Tracy Dixon-Salazar decides to take matters into her own hands.

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In Neuroscience, Health and Medicine, Genetics Tags Tracy Dixon-Salazar, neuroscience, motherhood, genetics, rare disease, Season 9

Luke Rosen: New and Incredibly Unthinkable Normal

August 21, 2019

Luke Rosen signs his daughter up for a research study to find out what's causing her seizures and ends up having to fight to find the answers.

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In Neuroscience, Genetics, Health and Medicine Tags Luke Rosen, fatherhood, rare disease, Season 9, neuroscience, research

Steve Scott: Everything Will Be Fine

August 9, 2019

As the scientist in the family, Steve Scott takes on a new role when his dad must undergo heart surgery.

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In Health and Medicine Tags Steve Scott, Story Collider producer, heart, fathers, aging, family, Season 9

Lindsay Acree: Is it Going to be This Week?

August 2, 2019

When pharmacy professor Lindsay Acree volunteers at a local needle exchange, her beliefs about addiction are challenged.

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In Health and Medicine, Social Sciences Tags Lindsay Acree, pharmacy, addiction, drug addiction, West Virginia, Appalachia, Season 9

Laura Crocco: Controlling My Voice

July 26, 2019

Weeks before an important performance, opera singer Laura Crocco notices there's something wrong with her voice.

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In Health and Medicine Tags Laura Crocco, voice, speech, music, art, Season 9

Dana Strout: A Little Incontinence

July 19, 2019

While recovering from prostate cancer surgery, Dana Strout finds a creative solution to his incontinence.

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In Health and Medicine Tags Dana Strout, Season 9, cancer, surgery, recovery, prostate cancer

Adrien Behn: My Best Friend

July 19, 2019

Lonely after her move to New York City, Adrien Behn finds a friend in her copper IUD.

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In Health and Medicine Tags Adrien Behn, birth control, women's health, sex, safe sex, relationships, Season 9
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