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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

Phillip Comella: We Are Not Paying You to Poop

December 7, 2018

After years of suffering, Phillip Comella discovers the cause of his “excessive bathroom breaks” while working on his thesis in biomedical science.

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In Health and Medicine Tags Phillip Comella, stomach, chronic illness, Season 8, medicine, research

Emma Yarbrough: Tall for a Reason

November 2, 2018

Growing up tall and suffering from psoriasis, Emma Yarbrough struggles with feeling conspicuous — but then she discovers there’s more to her unusual height than she’d thought.

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In Health and Medicine Tags Season 8, Emma Yarbrough, Story Collider producer, appearance, chronic illness, medicine, genetics

John Trumbo: The M&M Man

November 2, 2018

Born without a right pectoral muscle due to Poland syndrome, John Trumbo has always felt defective, but then he discovers a possible solution.

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In Health and Medicine Tags Season 8, John Trumbo, chronic illness, appearance, masculinity, medicine, genetics

Africa Stewart: The Bulla Strucka

September 7, 2018

While working in the South Sudan, OB-GYN Africa Stewart must wait for an elder's permission before treating a pregnant woman gored by a bull.

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In Health and Medicine Tags Africa Stewart, Doctors Without Borders, medicine, South Sudan, gynecology, women's health

Tracey Segarra: My Mother, the Condom Destroyer

August 29, 2018

When Tracey Segarra tells her mother she had an abortion, she's shocked by the response.

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In Health and Medicine Tags Tracey Segarra, abortion, parents, mother, medicine, women's health

Molly Gaebe: The Doula Swap

August 28, 2018

Abortion doula Molly Gaebe is surprised to find herself in the same position as her patients.

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In Ecology, Health and Medicine Tags Molly Gaebe, abortion, women's health, medicine

Rasha Khoury: The Invisible Side of War

August 28, 2018

Working with Doctors Without Borders in a war-torn country, OB-GYN Rasha Khoury tries to save a pregnant woman in critical condition.

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In Health and Medicine Tags Rasha Khoury, gynecology, Doctors Without Borders, doctor, medicine, women's health, abortion, war

Nisse Greenberg: My Father's Advocate

June 15, 2018

Storyteller Nisse Greenberg travels home to care for his father after a brain injury.

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In Health and Medicine Tags Nisse Greenberg, Story Collider producer, fathers, family, parents, brain injury, medicine

Anna Freeman: The World Hasn't Forgetten

April 6, 2018

Nurse Anna Freeman is frustrated by the limits of technology when she attempts to advise a Syrian hospital over a shaky Skype connection.

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In Health and Medicine Tags Anna Freeman, Doctors Without Borders, nursing, humanitarian work, Syria, medicine, communication

Leah Shaffer: The First Rule of Worm Club

March 2, 2018

Science writer Leah Shaffer discovers an interesting way to manage her chronic illness -- hookworms.

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In Biology, Health and Medicine Tags Leah Shaffer, hookworms, chronic illness, parasites, medicine, journalism

Mo Culberson: A Standardized Patient

February 2, 2018

Actor and rape survivor Mo Culberson helps train doctors to treat other rape survivors.

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In Health and Medicine Tags Mo Culberson, sexual assault, medicine, medical school

Maia Pujara: Gut Check

December 8, 2017

A sudden illness casts doubt on whether Maia Pujara will be able to finish her neuroscience PhD.

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In Health and Medicine Tags Maia Pujara, guts, medicine, celiac disease, gastrointestinal, graduate school

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

Tracey Segarra: My Baby's Heart

September 22, 2017

Tracey Segarra must choose a surgeon when her baby is born with a dangerous heart problem.

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In Health and Medicine Tags Tracey Segarra, motherhood, medicine, surgery

Veronica Ades: Motherhood

September 8, 2017

OB-GYN Veronica Ades tries to save a pregnant woman’s life in South Sudan, while struggling with her own feelings about motherhood.

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In Health and Medicine Tags Doctors Without Borders, Veronica Ades, South Sudan, doctor, medicine, gynecology, pregnancy, motherhood

Ken Haller: My People in the Time of Plague

August 4, 2017

As a pediatrician in the 1980s, Ken Haller comes across a disturbing X-ray.

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In Health and Medicine Tags medicine, epidemic, AIDS, doctor, relationships, LGBT in STEM, Ken Haller

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

Wes Hazard: Everything Is Wrong

November 11, 2016

Standup comedian Wes Hazard's dangerous chronic illness rears its head while he's on stage one night.

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In Health and Medicine Tags Wes Hazard, comedy, chronic illness, crohn's disease, medicine, stomach
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