Strong Medicine

As her boyfriend's fatal gunshot wounds force Lu to make some difficult choices, a bubble baby's survival is jeopardized by problems with an important clinical trial.

As she and Andy square off over the adoption of a teenage girl's baby Lu's chance to have her rapist brought to justice is upended by doctor-patient privilege.

As the friction on an experimental heart procedure turns to attraction for Andy and Dr. Morton, a young patient's need for a bone marrow transplant exposes a mix up at the hospital five years ago.

Andy diagnosis of leprosy endangers a rising chef's restaurants and TV career; Lu's inadvertent comments lead to a police officer being accused of murder.

A seven-year-old girl's fear of going home with her dad leads Lu to suspect child abuse.

Doctor-patient confidentiality is put to the test when Lu must treat a pregnant patient for spousal abuse; an aging male doctor's bias against women threatens a young patient's life.

A hospital aide's smallpox vaccination places her young daughter in danger of dying.

As a deadly heat wave takes it's toll, Andy struggles with how to tell her children that she's dating.

As Lu tries to convince a female boxing champion that continuing to fight could prove fatal, Andy gets some bad news about her own health.

Andy turns one patient's liver transplant into a chance to save someone else too; Lu suspects that that an ex-con's case of syphilis has pushed him to attempt suicide.

An overworked Lu is suspected in the mysterious death of a twenty-year-old student; Andy discovers that Jesse has been sneaking around with an older boy.

As Andy looks for the cause behind the poisoning of a society matron and a working class mom, a woman is reluctant to donate a portion of her healthy liver to save her alcoholic mother's life.

Andy and Lu question taking a porn magnate's two million-dollar donation; an expensive sixteenth birthday party for Jesse is threatened by Les's unexpected demand for alimony.

Lu struggles to honor a terminal cancer patient's wish to commit suicide; a dinner with Dr. Morton's parents reveals how little they know about Andy.

An accident victim emerges from a coma with no memory of the man she's about to marry; Andy uncovers an elderly patient's dangerous drug addiction.

As Lu suspiciously eyes the clinical trial of a drug that could cure nicotine addiction, a complication following heart surgery jeopardizes an advice columnist's future.

Andy helps a teenage girl with cystic fibrosis compete in the state spelling bee, Lu fights for the rights of a schizophrenic mother to determine the best treatment for her epileptic daughter.

Andy sympathizes with a Pakistani princess who is being readied for a marriage arranged by her family; Lu looks to an experimental medication to help a Holocaust survivor suffering from Alzheimer's.

Marc worries about a classmate who is being abused by her boyfriend; Andy counsels an obese couple about their radical weight loss surgery.

As the staff at Rittenhouse is being interviewed for a promotional videotape, Nick faces a difficult decision to get his sister's domestic partner treated for Lupus.

As the hospital starts to undergo a takeover, Andy is told that a patient is wanted for a twenty-five-year-old murder.

A suspected SARS case sparks a quarantine at Rittenhouse.