Strong Medicine

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

Chaos hits Rittenhouse when all the nurses go on strike.

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

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

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

The grand jury acquits Lu's rapist.