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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

Devine Joyce: Grieving for Someone I Didn't Even Know

December 28, 2018

While working as a research assistant on a traumatic brain injury study, Devine Joyce struggles with feelings of depression, but an experience with a patient changes her outlook.

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In Neuroscience Tags Devine Joyce, grief, brain injury, hospital, brain, psychology, Season 8

Beth Stillman: 3 AM in the ER

May 19, 2017

Late one night in the ER, doctor Bess Stillman treats a patient with an interesting dilemma.

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In Health and Medicine Tags Bess Stillman, doctor, emergency room, new york city, medicine, hospital

Layne Jackson-Hubbard: Still Myself

October 14, 2016

Layne Jackson-Hubbard wakes up in a hospital room with a head wound and no memory of how she got there.

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In Neuroscience Tags Layne Jackson-Hubbard, brain injury, hospital, memory, neuroscience, medicine, CU Boulder

David Russell: In the Name of Love

June 3, 2016

In high school, David Russell joins a hospital apprentice program in order to get close to his crush.

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In Science Education Tags David Russell, school, adolescense, love, hospital

David Putrino: Medical Records

February 19, 2016

While working at a hospital, David Putrino finds a surprise in his own medical records.

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In Health and Medicine Tags David Putrino, Season 6, physical therapy, neuroscience, hospital

Sara Peters and Peter Aguero: Praying for a seizure

July 16, 2013

Sara Peters has epilepsy, but no drugs seem to help. So she agrees to be hooked up to a machine at the hospital for days, in hopes of inducing the one thing she and her husband, Peter Aguero, dread the most: a seizure.

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Tags Sara Peters, Peter Aguero, season 3, epilepsy, pair stories, chronic illness, hospital

Sara Peters: Waiting for a seizure

September 9, 2012

With her epilepsy medication failing, Sara Peters checks into a hospital with one goal: make the scariest thing in her life happen again.

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Tags Sara Peters, season 3, epilepsy, health, chronic illness, hospital

Tim Manley: A superhero goes to the hospital

September 2, 2012

As a six-year old, Tim Manley has to go to the hospital with a mysterious illness. Fortunately, he has his superpowers and his trusty sidekick -- his mom.

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Tags Tim Manley, season 3, childhood, health, hospital

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