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Life or Death

Life or Death

Extraordinary but true medical stories and mysteries of the human body.
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6 episodes will be broadcast over the next two weeks

    Brain Attack
    Nightmare in New York
    Battling to Breathe
    Torn Apart
    Mystery Bug
    Hidden Killer
  • Brain Attack

    A brain ailment strikes a 22-year-old woman.
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  • Nightmare in New York

    After a night of celebration in New York City an out-of-town couple soon finds that they are dangerously ill; further investigation into the cause returns shocking results.
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  • Battling to Breathe

    Eight-year-old Joshua Wooten is rushed to the ER after his mother finds him collapsed on the bedroom floor. When it is found that Joshua is struggling to breathe and his health continues to decline, doctors are left baffled at what is the cause.
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  • Torn Apart

    A 23-year-old man collapses with blood oozing from his nose and ears.
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  • Mystery Bug

    When a mother takes her sick son to the ER, nothing can prepare her for the scene that greets her as she finds that the entire town is sick; the Public Health Commission rushes to find what is causing a deadly E. coli outbreak.
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  • Hidden Killer

    A church congregation in New Sweden, Maine becomes dangerously ill after a Sunday service. Doctors must rush to find an answer on what is causing 12 people to become ill and another to die.
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Season 16 of 6 Episodes

  • When a mother takes her sick son to the ER, nothing can prepare her for the scene that greets her as she finds that the entire town is sick; the Public Health Commission rushes to find what is causing a deadly E. coli outbreak.

  • A church congregation in New Sweden, Maine becomes dangerously ill after a Sunday service. Doctors must rush to find an answer on what is causing 12 people to become ill and another to die.

  • A brain ailment strikes a 22-year-old woman.

  • After a night of celebration in New York City an out-of-town couple soon finds that they are dangerously ill; further investigation into the cause returns shocking results.

  • Eight-year-old Joshua Wooten is rushed to the ER after his mother finds him collapsed on the bedroom floor. When it is found that Joshua is struggling to breathe and his health continues to decline, doctors are left baffled at what is the cause.

  • A 23-year-old man collapses with blood oozing from his nose and ears.
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