Powerful Medicine

A man pulled from an explosion undergoes forty surgeries to treat burns on 80 percent of his body. A girl rescued from a burning car receives donor skin grafts to heal injuries all over her body. Scientists are working on a process to help burn victims regrow their own skin to quickly cover burns and other wounds. That's powerful medicine. Explore the power of medicine through the true stories of people who lived through serious accidents and severe skin burns. Find out how doctors use the latest medical breakthroughs to aid their patients' recovery and prepare them for the journey back to health. You'll also learn tips on burn prevention, as well as facts about the skin's many unique abilities.

• A woman with with a faulty heart muscle receives an electrical device that keeps her blood pumping. Months later, her heart is strong enough to pump on its own. • A man with a heart too weak to beat properly undergoes a heart transplant. • Doctors invent a thumb-sized pump that brings the reality of an artificial heart one step closer. That's powerful medicine! Explore the power of medicine through the true stories of people who survived life-threatening heart problems. Find out how doctors use the latest medical breakthroughs to save patients with weak or damaged hearts. You'll also learn tips for heart health, as well as fascinating facts about the heart's different sections and how they aid the body.

• A triathlon athlete has part of her skull removed to relieve the pressure on her injured brain after a car accident. • A soldier, wounded by a mortar explosion in Iraq, works with doctors to retrain his brain so he can speak and walk again. • Doctors have discovered that administering extra doses of two chemicals naturally produced by the body can help prevent additional neuron damage in the brain following an injury. That's powerful medicine! Explore the power of medicine through the true stories of people who survived life-threatening brain injuries. Find out how doctors and researches use the latest medical breakthroughs to save patients who have traumatic brain injuries and help them return to normal life. You'll learn ways to protect your brain, as well as fascinating facts about the brain and how it controls the entire body.

• An injured motocross star has pins, screws, and a metal rod inserted into broken bones in his legs and feet to help them heal. • A softball pitcher has her face rebuilt after being hit with a ball. • A cancer patient receives a hip joint graft when his own joint gives out. That's powerful medicine! Explore the power of medicine through the true stories of people who recovered from bone-shattering accidents and illnesses. Find out how doctors use the latest medical breakthroughs to set broken and shattered bones and replace bone tissue that has died. You'll also learn tips to keep your bones healthy and fascinating facts about the bones in your body.

• A father who was blind has an eye tissue transplant that lets him see for the first time. • A man whose own body attacked parts of his eye receives artificial coreneascorneas and is able to see again.. • A musician with faulty cells in the retinas of his eyes is given gene therapy to correct his failing vision. That's powerful medicine! Explore the power of medicine through the true stories of people who underwent amazing treatments to regain their sight. Find out how doctors use the latest medical breakthroughs to improve the lives of patients who lost the power to see. You'll also find tips on eye safety, as well as vivid descriptions of the eye's many parts and how they work together.

• A young girl receives injections of chemotherapy to kill the cancerous white blood cells in her body. • An eleven-year-old boy undergoes a transplant of stem cells to help his body make new, healthy blood cells. • A new machine gives scientists a way to quickly check for and diagnose leukemia. That's powerful medicine! Explore the power of medicine through the true stories of two young people who survived life-threatening leukemia. Find out how doctors use the latest medical breakthroughs to save patients who have the faulty blood cells that cause leukemia. You'll also discover amazing facts about your blood.