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Fear of contagion, isolated patients, a surge of overwhelming and unpreventable deaths, and the frontline healthcare workers who shouldered the responsibility of seeing us through a deadly epidemic: as we continue to confront the global pandemic caused by COVID-19, Taking Turns reminds us that weve been through this before. Only a few decades ago, the world faced another terrifying and deadly health crisis: HIV/AIDS. Nurse MK Czerwiec began working...
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For centuries, people misunderstood how the heart works. As our knowledge grew, heart surgery remained a dangerous medical procedure. Even after organ transplants become common, surgeons struggled to transplant hearts and keep patients alive. But small groups of pioneering doctors attempted this difficult surgery, changing the lives of patients. This graphic history traces their leap forward and the medical world's newest advancements in heart-health...
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Barricaded in the ER, the situation looks bleak for J.B., Anne and Neil - until the Tennessee National Guard come to the rescue! They manage to blast through the zombie horde hungering for hospital patients, but J.B. will need his friends in the hills to put an end to this Appalachian Apocalypse!
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If you thought Obamacare was confusing, wait until you see the Smurfs tackle the medical profession! When one Smurf steps up as doctor he starts a fever-for more doctors! Soon, a hospital is built in the Smurf Village and it rapidly fills up with all sorts of wacky cases. But how much help are these new doctors actually giving their patients? As usual, only Papa Smurf can provide the remedy for the latest Smurfs craze. It's another classic...
8) Farmhouse #5
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A Digital First. Helen continues her advances towards Sam and Jerome warns him to keep his distance. Later, Sam walks in on Helen and Vivian. Helen makes Vivian leave so she and Sam can be alone. Meanwhile Dr. Crawford inspects the patients progress in Farmhouse and he's pleased with the results so far. Naomi has some news for Sam and it's not good. To get some perspective Sam has dinner over his old high school friend Mike's house. That night Sam...
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Kamo's understanding of the world has completely fallen apart. Are the spirits he and Crimson defeat actually coma patients? Seeking answers from Shokola, he is devastated when he learns the truth. Meanwhile, the twin ghosts Logisto and Intuitiva are making a plan to take Kamo out for good. As the most powerful spirits in the world assemble and ready for battle, this might be one fight that Kamo and Crimson cannot win
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Paris is the city of love? Not anymore... not since Jaime Sommers, the Bionic Woman, came to town hot on the trail of the Mission, a collection of insanely high-priced surgeons who've been murdering OSI's bionic prototypes in order to provide new life for billionaire patients. But while the Bionic Woman is hunting the Mission, their #1 hunter is after her! Can Jaime pick up the pieces of her past while protecting her life in the present, or will the...
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Bacterial infections are a constant threat to human health. Antibiotics stop a bacterial infection from multiplying. They help treat pneumonia, strep throat, and many other infections. But before antibiotics, treatments for these diseases were limited or misguided. In 1929, the accidental discovery of the first antibiotic, a bacteria-killing liquid called penicillin, kicked off a medical revolution. The use of this new treatment has saved countless...
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One young warrior, Maria, prepares herself--again--to battle through a dangerous land in order to reach the bell on the mountain, ring it, and rid her kingdom of beasts. The brave girl faces Serpent Sea, Fear Forest, and Monster Mountain with courage--and help from a few friends. Will she reach the bell this time? At the end of the day's disappointing quest, Maria returns to her hospital bed feeling beat. But her team reminds her of exactly who she...
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Journey back to The Unknown as Wirt and Greg take refuge in a mysterious woodland hospital known as Benevolent Sisters in Charity Infirmary & Asylum. However, with a no animals allowed policy, their best friend Beatrice is forced to stay outside! Even so, the hospital seems too good to be true, with friendly nurses who seem to have nothing to do but pamper them! But when they discover that there are no other patients in the hospital, the nurses...
14) Omni #3
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What would you do if you could think faster than the speed of light? ONGOING SERIES. Gifted doctor Cecelia Cobbina was once held in the highest regard by peers and patients alike. But that was before an incident in Africa changed her life forever. Now with the ability to process thoughts at the speed of light, she faces the unimaginable burden of literally having an answer for everything. As the truth of her origin slowly comes into focus Cecelia...
15) Omni #6
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What would you do if you could think faster than the speed of light? ONGOING SERIES. Gifted doctor Cecelia Cobbina was once held in the highest regard by peers and patients alike. But that was before an incident in Africa changed her life forever. Now with the ability to process thoughts at the speed of light, she faces the unimaginable burden of literally having an answer for everything. As the truth of her origin slowly comes into focus Cecelia...
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The Nightmare Brigade is a dream team led by Professor Angus. With his two young sidekicks, 14 year-olds Esteban and Tristan, they have one goal: help people get rid of their worst nightmares. With unique skills, the team members can literally infiltrate their patients nightmare to seek its root and destroy the cause. Things are shaken up a bit, however, when they meet the young Sarah. The Brigade has a feeling they have seen her before Then, an insomniac...
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According to Professor Angus, Estaban was found one day outside of the Sleep Lab one day as a young boy. He was lost and abandoned. Angus and his son Tristan quickly welcomed him into their family and into their field of work, exploring nightmares and allowing patients a good and safe nights sleep. But, Esteban has been having his own nightmares of late where he wakes up in his old house, reunited with his parents as if they were never separated....
18) Omni #7
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What would you do if you could think faster than the speed of light? ONGOING SERIES. Gifted doctor Cecelia Cobbina was once held in the highest regard by peers and patients alike. But that was before an incident in Africa changed her life forever. Now with the ability to process thoughts at the speed of light, she faces the unimaginable burden of literally having an answer for everything. As the truth of her origin slowly comes into focus Cecelia...
19) Omni #10
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What would you do if you could think faster than the speed of light? ONGOING SERIES. Gifted doctor Cecelia Cobbina was once held in the highest regard by peers and patients alike. But that was before an incident in Africa changed her life forever. Now with the ability to process thoughts at the speed of light, she faces the unimaginable burden of literally having an answer for everything. As the truth of her origin slowly comes into focus Cecelia...
20) Omni #9
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What would you do if you could think faster than the speed of light? ONGOING SERIES. Gifted doctor Cecelia Cobbina was once held in the highest regard by peers and patients alike. But that was before an incident in Africa changed her life forever. Now with the ability to process thoughts at the speed of light, she faces the unimaginable burden of literally having an answer for everything. As the truth of her origin slowly comes into focus Cecelia...