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Amazing Medical Stories - Season 3

Series: Amazing Medical Stories
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Episodes
6
Rating
TVMA
Year
2004
Language
English
Publisher
Syndicado

About

Amazing Medical Stories follows the lives of people with rare and surprising medical afflictions and documents the remarkable medical treatments that are used to cure them.

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Episodes

1 to 3 of 6

1. Defying The Odds

50m

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A birthmark-turned-tumor costs Ricardo his nose, but doctors plan to install a prosthetic replacement; an electrocution survivor gains a bionic arm.

2. Second Chances

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Woman suffering chronic thromboembolic disease; twin offers to donate skin grafts for her 6-year-old sister's burn wounds.

3. Lives In The Balance

50m

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Jeff Cross, 28, is living on borrowed time because of a rare genetic illness that prevents the liver from breaking down a crucial protein.

4. The Cutting Edge

50m

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Skin grafts and an unconventional body-pouch save the life of a firefighter; regaining the use of one's legs.

5. Rebuilding Lives

50m

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Multiple surgeries for gunshot wounds; autoimmune disease; birth defects challenge development of a young man's legs.

6. New Solutions

50m

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A new procedure helps a man with Tourette's syndrome.

Extended Details

  • Closed CaptionsEnglish

Artists

Eric Schotzdirector
Eric Schotzwriter
Wally Wingertwriter
Liz Massieproducer
Wally Wingertactor