This award-winning series is both uplifting and energizing. It explores the personal side of health breakthroughs in treatment, prevention, and research told through the real stories of doctors and patients.

Saturdays from 5-5:30 a.m. ET

(10/4) Patient Safety: Protecting Yourself in the Hospital
Hospitals should be places of help and healing, but it doesn't always work out that way. Health care providers and patients need to work together to make the hospital a safer place. In this program, we help people understand what could go wrong in the hospital, how they can reduce the risk of contracting a hospital-acquired infection, and what information they should get before they head home after a hospital stay.

(10/11) Thoracic Aneurysms: Dangerous and Deadly
They've been called 'silent killers': aneurysms that lurk in your body without you having a clue they're there. The problem is if these aneurysms rupture, the result can be life threatening. In this program we take a close look at aneurysms that begin in the chest cavity - called thoracic aneurysms. We highlight the risk factors and symptoms that might lead a person to suspect he has an aneurysm and the treatments that could defuse that "ticking time bomb."

(10/18) Antibiotic Resistance: Stopping the Superbugs
Antibiotics were once seen as super drugs. They rapidly disarmed pneumonia and many other previously fatal bacterial conditions and had relatively few side effects. But the bacteria weren't ready to surrender yet. Strains emerged that were resistant to the world's most potent medicines, and now we're facing a world-wide crisis. In this program we see how the problem developed and what the experts believe we need to do to win the battle.

(10/25) Interstitial Cystitis: Private Pain
Imagine a urinary tract pain far greater than a simple bladder infection, one that may prevent you from wearing certain clothes, even enjoying a normal life. That's interstitial cystitis: a mysterious condition that may at first appear to be a bladder infection that won't go away, but becomes something much more debilitating. In this program we meet patients who have this condition and are managing to live comfortably with it. We also hear from the doctors who give them the hope of a pain-free future.

(11/1) Living with Psoriasis
To many, psoriasis is a simple skin condition that may be unsightly, but isn't really serious. But the truth is psoriasis is often a severe, inflammatory disease that can wreak havoc with a person's health and his or her quality of life. In this program, we meet people who have learned to live well with psoriasis. Also, experts highlight the latest treatments that are making a big difference in how patients cope with this condition.

(11/8) New Weapons to Fight Multiple Sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis is a mysterious condition that can rob a young person of his ability to walk, or her ability to speak or think clearly. But doctors and researchers have new weapons to better see the lesions in the brain that cause MS. And the hope is as they see these lesions more clearly they understand them better and can treat them more efficiently. In this program, we head into the MRI lab to see the latest tools in the fight against MS and meet some of the experts who are on the front lines in the battle against this debilitating condition.

(11/15) Preventing a Stroke
Strokes are the number one cause of disability in America today - and the third leading cause of death behind heart disease and cancer. A major stroke can hit without warning and leave a broken body and a damaged mind in its wake. But there are ways to prevent strokes in those who are at risk. In this program we take a look at anti-coagulation and its role in preventing strokes and other devastating conditions. We see how doctors highlight who might be at risk for a stroke and how certain treatments can prevent blood clots from forming that might otherwise make their way to the brain.

(11/22) The Future of Hepatitis C
Hepatitis C has long been characterized as a wasting incurable disease. But this serious, chronic inflammation of the liver no longer carries that fearsome reputation. Today, many people live well with Hepatitis C because of new medicines that keep the virus suppressed and allow the liver to function normally for decades. In this program we highlight the progress made in treating hepatitis C over the past several years and look ahead to even more success against the virus in the future.