Back in the 1960s, a committee of seven Seattle residents met regularly to decide which patients with chronic kidney disease... more

In this episode we head into the future to learn about a controversial technology that could change the face of... more

Cheryl Yoder’s son Jase, was born with an incurable rare disease called spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), which meant he was... more

For years Brandy Ellis had tried everything to treat depression but nothing worked. Then one day she heard about something... more

When Laurie Strongin’s son Henry was born with the rare, often fatal disease of Fanconi anemia, doctors told her that... more

Jen Dingle yearned to get pregnant and have children, but there was one problem: she was born without a uterus.... more

It can take years to get to the top of the waiting list for a donated kidney in the U.S.... more

One day, when she was only 39, bar manager Jamie Imhof collapsed. While she lay in a coma, doctors told... more

When a 13 year-old girl from Oakland named Jahi McMath was pronounced brain dead after a surgical complication in 2013,... more

While Andrea Rubin lay unconscious and severely burned after a car fire, her father told doctors to do everything they... more