Strong Medicine

A girl suffering from leukemia needs a kidney transplant but her sister is unwilling to donate her kidney; the selection for the hospital's chief resident is narrowed down.

Three people at a prep school come down with Legionnaires' disease; Lu discovers an HMO is pocketing federal funds.

A boy has a heart attack after being shot with a stun gun at school; Dylan gambles on a patient's treatment for a rare form of MS; a patient comes in after being exposed to ricin.

Lu's wedding day has arrived; Dylan covers for Lu while she is away; Araya is caught shoplifting.

Jonas performs an emergency Caesarean section with the help of Lu's expertise.

Jonas performs an emergency Caesarean section with the help of Lu's expertise.

A patient experiences amazing results from an experimental drug; Araya's estranged grandparents visit.

Lu treats a woman who is eight months pregnant; Kayla pretends a patient is still alive to keep his girlfriend calm.

Lu uses unconventional methods to treat a patient with a rare and deadly disease.

Lu tries to save a woman's fertility after her appendix ruptures; Kayla tries to amends with her estranged twin sister.

Dylan takes action when an insurance company mandates a mastectomy patient be released less than 24 hours after surgery; a cerebral palsy patient sues her mother for negligence.

A girl suffering from leukemia needs a kidney transplant but her sister is unwilling to donate her kidney; the selection for the hospital's chief resident is narrowed down.

Lu helps a patient accused of welfare fraud when her children's DNA doesn't match her own.

Lu helps a patient accused of welfare fraud when her children's DNA doesn't match her own.

Dylan tries to save the life of the governor; Lu is an advocate for a death row patient; Kayla seeks Dylan's help on an emotional case.

Dylan tries to save the life of the governor; Lu is an advocate for a death row patient; Kayla seeks Dylan's help on an emotional case.

Dylan helps save the heart of a Down syndrome patient; Lu helps two teenage girls get out of gang life; Lu is pregnant.

Dylan helps save the heart of a Down syndrome patient; Lu helps two teenage girls get out of gang life; Lu is pregnant.

While honeymooning in Costa Rica, Lu visits a clinic for orphaned children; Kayla believes a mother is abusing her child.

Lu's wedding day has arrived; Dylan covers for Lu while she is away; Araya is caught shoplifting.

Three people at a prep school come down with Legionnaires' disease; Lu discovers an HMO is pocketing federal funds.

Andy questions her skills as a surgeon; Lu treats a pregnant woman who has been exposed to chicken pox.

Lu weighs the risks in prescribing pain medications to a former addict; Andy treats an up-and-coming attorney.

Lu and Andy help a woman with a rash; Lu helps Peter decide whether or not to go forward with an accusation against a top doctor.

A conflict of personal philosophy and medical necessity erupts after Lu prescribes a controversial anti-opiate drug for an addict.

Dr. Lu is at odds with her new colleague; Dr. Campbell operates on a patient needing a kidney transplant.

A top medical specialist approaches Dana to perform a cutting-edge procedure; Lu treats a patient for cervical cancer.

Mary refuses chemotherapy; Dana prepares for her upcoming pregnancy; Lu finds herself in the middle of a family dispute.

A paramedic asks Lu out on a date; a woman suffers from a neurological condition; Dana contemplates her future.

Peter agrees to be Dana's sperm donor; Dana helps a family whose child suffers from a disease; Lu must take action before the outcome becomes fatal for her patient.

The grand jury acquits Lu's rapist.

Lu insists that she is fine after her rape, but no one believes her; Lu's son takes matters into his own hands.

Lu is acquaintance-raped by a prominent and highly-respected surgeon.

In a citywide shortage, Rittenhouse starts an emergency blood drive.

Chaos hits Rittenhouse when all of the nurses go on strike.

A woman is rushed in for surgery when a breast implant ruptures.

Lu returns to her alma mater and finds herself in a battle against meningitis; Dana thinks she may be pregnant when hit with a wave of nausea and dizziness.

Dana helps a mother reconnect with her emotionally troubled son when she discovers they both have lead poisoning; Lu assists a stenographer in her fight for workers' compensation.

Dana treats a pregnant politician with severe eclampsia; Lu diagnoses a patient, who has been lying about her age, with menopause.

Dana treats a figure skater with Olympic dreams for osteoporosis; a pregnant patient who is being sued by her ex-boyfriend seeks treatment.

An Amish woman showing symptoms of mad cow disease enters the clinic; Lu finds out that Lana is suffering from sexual dysfunction.

Dana's ex-fiance comes to her when he finds a lump in his breast; a diabetic is mistaken to be a drunk driver.

Robert's wife tries a new experimental drug for her multiple sclerosis; a young Korean woman has anorexia.

A woman puts her adopted daughter through a bizarre process; a homeless woman contracts tuberculosis.

A woman suffering from Alzheimer's disease needs help when her son, who has Down syndrome, is taken away from her.

Dana refuses to induce labor for a ballplayer's wife; Lu treats a piano prodigy who has an incurable disorder.

Parents of conjoined twins refuse to allow their daughters to be separated; Lu treats a firefighter who has leukemia.

Lu reminisces about her life, including how she met Lana and Peter and came to start the clinic, as she helps her grandmother through a bone marrow transplant.

A nurse is pricked with an HIV-infected needle; Dana must remove a brain tumor from her high-school nemesis.

An overweight woman sues Robert for not hiring her as his secretary; Dana treats a military officer for Gulf War syndrome.

A student who wants to donate her egg to a childless couple is killed, and the situation gets worse when her mother wants to have the egg implanted in herself.

Dana helps a pregnant woman, who fears her baby will die, deliver her second child; Lu treats a hunger strike patient protesting the execution of her son.

Lu pulls an all-nighter caring for a woman whose baby was cut from her womb during an attack, a rape victim and the man who attacked her.

Dana cares for a dying patient who has been disguising herself as a man; Lu prescribes a drug for a woman whose pharmacist won't carry it for fear of robbery.

One of Dana's patients starts to lose her battle with cystic fibrosis; a patient ignores the negative side effects of her child's medication.

One of Dana's patients starts to lose her battle with cystic fibrosis; a patient ignores the negative side effects of her child's medication.

A 25-year-old patient is diagnosed with early menopause; Dana helps a new mother cope with postpartum depression.

Lu is called to the emergency room when a deaf family is brought in following a fire in their apartment building.

A virgin is pregnant; a hospital custodian asks that her Lou Gehrig's disease not be revealed to her family.

Dana suggests the hospital perform a risky in-utero surgery to treat a spinal birth defect on a baby whose parents are fearful of the procedure.

A woman with a debilitating muscle and bone disease is denied disability coverage; a young immigrant girl is injured during a cultural ritual.

A young woman's Parkinson's disease may require a controversial form of treatment; Marc's classmate may be an alcoholic.

Dana's bad news about the results of her clinical trial on breast cancer comes at the same time her mother must undergo a double mastectomy.

A foster mother has an addiction to Ritalin; Dana helps a woman escape spousal abuse by putting her in an ``underground railroad`` for abused women.

A childhood friend of Lu's comes to the clinic with a baby suffering from a rare terminal disease; an airline pilot is diagnosed with a career-ending illness.

Gang members, attempting to shoot Lu's young patient, accidentally hit Dana's patient, a city councilwoman.

Dana suspects spousal abuse when she treats Robert's unconscious wife; Lu confronts a woman who is paying addicts to get sterilized.

A high-school basketball player has steroids in her blood; Dana must make a life-or-death decision for a Jane Doe; Dana begins a secretive relationship with an intern.

A former beauty queen trying to keep her looks goes to Dana for the surgery; Lu looks for a former junkie who has failed to show up for work fearing that she's back on drugs.

A mother takes her AIDS-afflicted son off medication; a lesbian investigates artificial insemination.

An infertile couple abandons a surrogate whose fetus may have brain damage; Lu must decide whether or not to report another doctor's insurance scam.

Two women, with very different theories on the practice of medicine, are forced to run a women's medical clinic together.

While honeymooning in Costa Rica, Lu visits a clinic for orphaned children; Kayla believes a mother is abusing her child.

Lu treats a woman who is eight months pregnant; Kayla pretends a patient is still alive to keep his girlfriend calm.

Lu tries to save a woman's fertility after her appendix ruptures; Kayla tries to amends with her estranged twin sister.

Dylan takes action when an insurance company mandates a mastectomy patient be released less than 24 hours after surgery; a cerebral palsy patient sues her mother for negligence.

Lu uses unconventional methods to treat a patient with a rare and deadly disease.

A patient experiences amazing results from an experimental drug; Araya's estranged grandparents visit.