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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

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

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

Barbara Abernathy: Coming Home

June 7, 2019

Barbara Abernathy has always felt at home in the ocean, but when she undergoes a bone marrow transplant, her doctor tells her she can't go into the water for a year.

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In Health and Medicine Tags Barbara Abernathy, ocean, cancer, bone marrow transplant, Season 9

Sheena Cruickshank: Hermit Crab Rescue Mission

February 22, 2019

Growing up, Sheena Cruickshank's teenage older brother inspires her love of science, but then one summer he returns from university with a lump on his arm.

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In Science Communication Tags Sheena Cruickshank, siblings, cancer, science communication, family

Jacey Powers: A New Beginning

August 28, 2018

Actress and playwright Jacey Powers faces a difficult decision when she’s diagnosed with breast cancer just as she discovers she's pregnant.

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In Health and Medicine Tags Jacey Powers, women's health, abortion, cancer

Melanie McConnell: Vitamin C for Cancer

February 2, 2018

Biochemist Melanie McConnell encounters unexpected resistance when she tests an experimental cancer treatment.

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In Biology, Chemistry, Health and Medicine Tags Melanie McConnell, cancer, research, lab work, cancer research

Gail Thomas: Patient Number 13

December 1, 2017

Actor Gail Thomas is invited to take part in a study testing mushrooms as treatment for depression in cancer survivors.

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In Health and Medicine, Psychology Tags Gail Thomas, cancer, drugs, mental health, depression, study participant, Psilocybin

Benjamin Rubenstein: Finding My Words

October 20, 2017

Benjamin Rubenstein survived cancer, but now there are new challenges to contend with.

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In Health and Medicine, Psychology, Neuroscience Tags cancer, Benjamin Rubenstein, medicine, neuroscience, speech, memory

Marcelo Ardón Sayao: Hope When Hope Was Hard to Find

August 18, 2017

Ecologist Marcelo Ardón Sayao turns to both science and religion when his wife is diagnosed with cancer.

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In Health and Medicine Tags Marcelo Ardón Sayao, religion, faith, cancer, NC State

Thom Young-Bayer: The Rough Draft

March 3, 2017

Ecologist Thom Young-Bayer makes the unthinkable decision to leave science after his life changes course.

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In Health and Medicine, Ecology Tags Thom Young-Bayer, cancer, ecology, twins, family, Young-Bayer

Emily Caudill: Fading Notes

August 29, 2014

Musician Emily Caudill's life-saving chemotherapy treatment causes her to lose her hearing.

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Tags Emily Caudill, cancer, chemotherapy, music, disability, season 4

Annalise Kaylor: A Room Full Of Odds

July 10, 2014

A cancer diagnosis is only the start of the collapse for Annalise Kaylor, but she finds support in an unexpected community.

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Tags Annalise Kaylor, season 4, cancer, chemotherapy

Sara Seager: A New Search For Life

April 30, 2014

In the midst of her search for life on other planets, astrophysicist Sara Seager's own world is shattered when her husband is told he has stage three cancer.

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Tags Sara Seager, season 4, astrophysics, space, cancer, family, marriage, grief

Abby Pond: A quiet moment

December 2, 2012

When her dad is diagnosed with cancer, Abby Pond is sent on a journey home, across the world, and into a new science.

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Tags Abby Pond, season 2, cancer, grief, parents

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