A young man has strange growths; toddler rapidly gains weight.

A baby is born with a series of defects; deadly sore throat.

Diana, a once thin and active woman, is now a prisoner to her body and trades the comfort of her apartment for a weight loss journey under the strict authority of her niece.

Amber is 23, over 600-lbs, and relies on her family and boyfriend for even simple needs; her fear of dying young is so overwhelming that she decides to relocate 2,000 miles in hopes that weight loss surgery will give her life back.

Susan, 37-year-old woman, has never lived on her own because of her weight, is finally seeking help to get out on her own.

When Annjeanette was nine, a campaign was established to send her to fat camp; she hated that her weight had become a source of public shame and she has struggled to overcome her food addiction; now, she must change her habits to save her life.

When Angela's family is unable to accompany her on her weight-loss journey to Texas she is unsure what to do; at the last minute, she reaches out to an old flame, Eric, who still has love for her and is willing to make the trip.

Mother of four LaShanta has been bed-bound for two years, and she relies on her kids to keep her cleaned and fed; her last chance to break the cycle of food addiction is to join Dr. Now's program, but it will take a village to get her out the door.

Cillas' food addiction is getting in the way of his ability to be there for his fiancée, Jessica, and her three daughters; if he doesn't lose weight soon, he knows he'll lose either his girls or his life.

Mercedes, who has severe lymphedema, must overcome trauma to lose weight.

Nathan is shedding pounds and heading back to work as a teacher following his weight-loss surgery; however, his wife Amber can't seem to do the same as she struggles to qualify for a second surgery to update one she had years ago.

Weight loss leads to exciting things when Julian and his wife Irma adopt a baby, but fatherhood might distract Julian from his goals; Cindy needs to change her attitude to lose some weight.

Nathan is shedding pounds and heading back to work as a teacher following his weight-loss surgery; however, his wife Amber can't seem to do the same as she struggles to qualify for a second surgery to update one she had years ago.

Weight loss leads to exciting things when Julian and his wife Irma adopt a baby, but fatherhood might distract Julian from his goals; Cindy needs to change her attitude to lose some weight.

Mercedes, who has severe lymphedema, must overcome trauma to lose weight.

James becomes bedridden, unable to stand and can barely move his legs; Holly and Mark prepare for skin removal surgery.

Pauline is 51-years-old and nearly 700 pounds; her addiction to food has taken over the life of her son and primary caretaker.

At 24-years-old, Bettie Jo is on her way to reaching 700 pounds and relies on her husband for her basic needs.

At over 600 pounds, Angie is trying to get to Houston to see Dr. Nowzaradan, in hope of getting weight loss surgery to save her life; family conflict and disagreements may stop her from being able to do what she needs before she even gets the chance.

Vianey and Allen are locked in a co-dependent relationship based on a shared love of food; as they head to Houston, they will soon find out if their relationship can handle the strain of growing healthy together.

John and Lonnie are two brothers from opposite ends of the spectrum; estranged for years, the brothers are now brought together by a common need to lose weight while they still can.

Lindsey has a white picket fence, a loving husband and a great job, but her food addiction threatens to ruin everything; as she embarks on a weight loss journey to save her life, her husband may provide more harm than support.

Dolly has pain all over, and the skin apron pulling on her abdomen is miserable, but her mom and others wait on her hand and foot.

Lisa wouldn't have made it this far without the help of her chief enabler, her boyfriend Randy; when Randy falls ill, Lisa finds out if she has the will and determination to turn her life around.

Growing up in foster care, David suffered from a lack of attention and didn't develop a sense of self-worth; now he's relying on his favorite foster mom to support him as he finds the motivation to change and save his own life.

Lisa wouldn't have made it this far without the help of her chief enabler, her boyfriend Randy; when Randy falls ill, Lisa finds out if she has the will and determination to turn her life around.

Growing up in foster care, David suffered from a lack of attention and didn't develop a sense of self-worth; now he's relying on his favorite foster mom to support him as he finds the motivation to change and save his own life.

Dolly has pain all over, and the skin apron pulling on her abdomen is miserable, but her mom and others wait on her hand and foot.

A patient fights for his life after a four-story fall; a 12-year-old boy is hit by a car and injures his foot.

A heart attack victim is brought back to life; a mother and her newborn survive a horrific crash; a 65-year-old man falls two floors down an elevator shaft.

A newborn with a potentially life-threatening infection; the victim of a gang-related attack; a patient who has survived a bullet passing through all of his vital organs.

A drug dealer stages an alligator attack; a desperate man uses a corpse to stand in for him.

An innocent man goes underground after refusing to commit a crime; a man who seems to have it all stages a plane crash to escape his life.

A husband and wife try to hide from drug dealers and the law; a man has a cold-blooded plan to cash in on his life insurance.

A woman is impaled on an iron spike; a man spears his friend on a fishing trip; an elderly gardener's shears are lodged in his eye.

A man is impaled on a fence post; a farmer has an object lodged in his brain; a woman is skewered on a hooked pole when she feeds the birds.

A woman gets a Christmas tree imbedded in her neck; a boy out fishing almost chokes on a barb; a man is filled with enough air to fill 1000 balloons; learn how they survived.

A man gets a wire embedded in his heart; three year old swallows magnets; woman has pencil in her brain; man has a five centimeter splinter removed from eye.

A car crash victim with internal bleeding; a potential stroke victim; a sawmill worker with a piece of wood piercing his nose.

A man who lost a kidney to cancer, damaged his heart with heroin and is HIV-positive; man with cardiac failure; car crash victims.

The level one trauma center at Fresno's University Medical Center treats car crash victims and infant with respiratory problems.

Doctors treat a series of gunshot victims and a woman with vision and mobility problems at Wishard Hospital in Indianapolis.

A man has a tumor twice the size of his head; a man with a leg that weighs more than 200 pounds seeks a diagnosis; an extremely tall teenage girl seeks help for her condition.

A man with branch like growths covering his hands and feet seeks treatment; a woman's muscles are slowly turning to bone; two brothers with tumors covering their bodies undergo surgery.

A teenage girl sleeps for weeks at a time, a boy with a brain-crushing skull defies the odds and a unique couple faces a big challenge.

A boy with an extra arm growing out of his back; a woman whose knees bend backwards; a tumor in a woman's eye could soon threaten her life.

A man has a tumor twice the size of his head; a man with a leg that weighs more than 200 pounds seeks a diagnosis; an extremely tall teenage girl seeks help for her condition.

A man with branch like growths covering his hands and feet seeks treatment; a woman's muscles are slowly turning to bone; two brothers with tumors covering their bodies undergo surgery.

A teenage girl sleeps for weeks at a time, a boy with a brain-crushing skull defies the odds and a unique couple faces a big challenge.

A boy with an extra arm growing out of his back; a woman whose knees bend backwards; a tumor in a woman's eye could soon threaten her life.

The level one trauma center at Fresno's University Medical Center treats car crash victims and infant with respiratory problems.

Doctors treat a series of gunshot victims and a woman with vision and mobility problems at Wishard Hospital in Indianapolis.

Kristina tries to help a 19-year-old meth addict who has turned to prostitution to support her drug habit.

A 21-year-old OxyContin addict comes from a family with a devastating history of addiction problems.

After falling in love in a drug recovery program, a couple fall back into their old habits.

Susan aches for a mother-daughter relationship, and searches for both her biological mother and the daughter she placed for adoption as a teen; Tammy is still haunted for never getting to say goodbye to the son she birthed over 30 years ago.

A woman's world was shaken when she discovered she was adopted at 25, and goes onto learn more dramatic revelations; a mother is in a race against time to find her son who she placed for adoption 46 years ago.

A woman searches for her beloved sister who she tried to adopt herself years ago; after a life of longing, a couple is desperate to find the son they placed for adoption fifty years ago when they were teens.

A woman searches for her brother, hoping to fulfill a promise she made to her late mother, and discovers a 40-year-old secret about her parents' past; a woman consumed by a lifelong search for her mom finds hope with a new DNA connection.

A 19-year-old discovers she is pregnant in the middle of the night.

Kaitlyn is home alone in the tub when she suddenly feels her baby's head crowning; Myrna suffers a seizure and collapses into a coma.

Fifteen months after her son's birth, Emily fears her appendix has burst and her mother rushes her to the emergency room.

Dana is having debilitating stomach pains at work; the paramedics arrive just in time to deliver a baby.

A 20-year old woman suffers abdominal pain while at work; while waiting it out she realizes she is delivering a baby.

After a negative pregnancy test, Monique delivers a baby in her bathroom.

A flight attendant has mysterious pains in her stomach; she is stunned to learn she is in labor.

After staying home from class, Katlyn makes a trip to the bathroom, which brings her to her knees in pain, and she realizes that she is in labor.

Nicole has a c-section and Mariah refuses to help; Kim goes through a painful labor and delivery; Lemhele and Shaniyah go back to therapy.

Nicole makes a controversial announcement; Kim deals with her grandmother; Shaniyah gets induced.

Kim's boyfriend is released from rehab; Nicole and AJ get married; Shaniyah and Lemhele struggle with two new babies in the house; Lorna has a difficult birth.

After Thomas Hicks sold over 200 babies illegally in the 1950s and 1960s, Jane Blasio works to reunite the stolen babies with biological families while trying to unearth secrets about Hicks himself.

Jane discovers a suspicious pattern of babies with extremely low birth weights coming out of the clinic; Chris finds out that Dr. Hicks may have hidden birth records in his mausoleum; Diane hopes to meet her biological father.

Jane and Lisa meet the first Hicks baby, Stephen Dilbeck; Chris and Sallie open the mausoleum in search of birth records rumored to be inside as they work on getting approval of an exhumation.

Stephen Dilbeck gets some shocking information about his birth family from Jane and Lisa; Chris and Sallie work on getting approval of an exhumation that will answer questions for hundreds of Hicks babies.

After Thomas Hicks sold over 200 babies illegally in the 1950s and 1960s, Jane Blasio works to reunite the stolen babies with biological families while trying to unearth secrets about Hicks himself.

Jane discovers a suspicious pattern of babies with extremely low birth weights coming out of the clinic; Chris finds out that Dr. Hicks may have hidden birth records in his mausoleum; Diane hopes to meet her biological father.

Jane and Lisa meet the first Hicks baby, Stephen Dilbeck; Chris and Sallie open the mausoleum in search of birth records rumored to be inside as they work on getting approval of an exhumation.

Stephen Dilbeck gets some shocking information about his birth family from Jane and Lisa; Chris and Sallie work on getting approval of an exhumation that will answer questions for hundreds of Hicks babies.

Nicole makes a controversial announcement; Kim deals with her grandmother; Shaniyah gets induced.

Kim's boyfriend is released from rehab; Nicole and AJ get married; Shaniyah and Lemhele struggle with two new babies in the house; Lorna has a difficult birth.

Weighing over 700-lbs, Nicole is on the verge of leaving her two young children motherless; trying to survive a family of addicts, she commits to Dr. Nowzaradan's diet program, but crisis threatens to derail all her hopes for weight-loss.

An 800-pound man who lost his job and is mostly housebound looks to find the strength to face his past and save his own life.

A woman struggles to make a positive change to be part of her partner and son's lives and turn her life around.

Bethany has two daughters who live in fear of losing their mom to her food addiction; once an addiction counselor, Bethany has gotten so big that she can no longer work; now she risks losing her life if Dr Now can't help her curb her own addiction.

JT is almost 900lbs with a 100-lb lymphedema mass on his leg and a food addiction that is bound to kill him if he doesn't change; his girlfriend takes him to Houston, but when his behavior drives her away, JT is left with only Dr. Now to help.

Gina and wife Beth live with Gina's mother, but she and Gina's sister blame Beth for Gina's spiraling weight problem; it will take all Gina's will to leave home for Houston to get Dr Now's help, to save her life and her marriage.

When Travis gets too big to walk down the aisle, he promises to give his wife a proper wedding; he gains more weight, leaving Dr Now as Travis' only hope to lose weight and get the life he and his wife dreamed of having together.

Joyce needs home health care and hasn't left the house in three years; getting to Dr. Now in Houston is just the first step and when he prescribes therapy where Joyce must revisit an unhappy past with her mom; it might be more than she can handle.

Thederick has lost enough weight to get the giant lymphedema mass removed from his leg, in one of Dr. Now's biggest removals ever.

After getting his surgery canceled and living in his van by the beach, surgery may be the break David has been waiting for his whole life; Syreeta suffers a devastating personal tragedy that only strengthens her desire to become a mother.

Thederick has lost enough weight to get the giant lymphedema mass removed from his leg, in one of Dr. Now's biggest removals ever.

After getting his surgery canceled and living in his van by the beach, surgery may be the break David has been waiting for his whole life; Syreeta suffers a devastating personal tragedy that only strengthens her desire to become a mother.

Joyce needs home health care and hasn't left the house in three years; getting to Dr. Now in Houston is just the first step and when he prescribes therapy where Joyce must revisit an unhappy past with her mom; it might be more than she can handle.

Louis is a veteran who is covered in scaly, dry skin that makes him feel like an alligator; Irais's kids are bullied because of the embarrassing growth on her head; Johnny has been living with a stubborn lump on his back for too long.

Patrick's nose is covered by huge bumps, and he can barely breathe; Aziza and Lauren are friends who bonded over their matching wrist lumps; Joe has a mound in the middle of his forehead that looks like a third eye.

April is covered in bumps that disfigure her arms; Genner flies all the way from the Philippines to have Dr. Lee help with his bumpy nose; Chris suffers from psoriasis that nearly covers his body and a bump on his head.

Matt has a skin condition that causes tumors to grow all over his body; Yamileth hasn't pursued her dreams because of the lump on her neck; Pat is covered with dark spots from her neck to her abdomen; Jennifer has a unicorn bump on her forehead.

Amber has hundreds of tumors on her face; Antonio has a mound on his spine and is afraid it might be impossible to remove; sisters Cheri and Janice both suffer from possibly matching lumps; Tatiana has an embarrassing bump on her butt cheek.

Lisa has a horn growing out of the back of her head and fears that it could be cancer; Victor has a bulbous lump on his chest; Chuck has a Popeye-shaped bump on his arm; Christian and Jonathan are teenage brothers with matching lumps.

Taylore is a beautiful young woman who has unsightly elf-like bumps on her ears; Jose never goes out because of the baseball-sized lump on his head; Ken is covered in painful bumps that make it difficult to do everyday things.

Josh has a large knot on his head resulting from a car crash from 18 years ago; Brittney is covered in mysterious bumps; TJ has a hard, curious lump protruding from his side; Luis has a bump on his shoulder and his daughters fear it's dangerous.

Barbara's back lump became more noticeable after she lost 131 pounds; Bob has two painful bumps on his back; Hilda's depression is a result of the multitude of bumps on her eyelids; Art has one big bump on his head that he covers up with hats.

Leonard has an alarming bump hanging off of his arm that looks like it's breaking through the skin; Brandon has several lumps on his head that make him fearful for his life; Jess gets a noticeable lump on her butt after falling down the stairs.

Dr. Sandra Lee treats Heather, who has a huge growth on her leg and fears removing it could leave a keloid scar; Paul has a giant hump on his back.

Rhonda has bumps all over her head, including a horned growth that has her deeply concerned; Fred has a mysterious condition on his hands and has not been able to get answers from any doctors; Kevin has a huge lump protruding from his hip.

Jen has substantial growths on her ears that cause her depression, pain and vertigo; Juliet is under emotional distress because of the bumps all over her neck and chest; Gerald has a mysterious, kiwi-size lump on his middle finger.

Gerald is back to see Dr. Lee and a hand specialist about a huge, intrusive bump on his middle finger; Vinnie has a large, embarrassing birthmark on his neck; Leta has a lump on the back of her thigh that she has been hiding from her fiancée.

Tony has large growths on his nose that impair his breathing; Kevin has a bump in his jawline that is a lady deterrent; Marie has an unsightly lump on her forehead that makes her a hermit; Tommy's leg bump makes it difficult for him to work.

Gerard has nearly a hundred lumps varying in size all over his body; Gina has bloody lesions all over; Eric has a large bump on his head that he calls his on and off button.

Traci's confidence has been destroyed after years of bullying from the bumps on her face; Ravon has a unique dangling growth on his leg; David has a large lump.

David is back to see Dr. Lee after she spots a suspicious growth under his eye; Nicole is depressed because of the bumps all over her neck; Steve has a noticeable lump on his forehead; Allen has a growth on his biceps but is terrified of doctors.

Tony has large growths on his nose that impair his breathing; Kevin has a bump in his jawline that is a lady deterrent; Marie has an unsightly lump on her forehead that makes her a hermit; Tommy's leg bump makes it difficult for him to work.

Gerard has nearly a hundred lumps varying in size all over his body; Gina has bloody lesions all over; Eric has a large bump on his head that he calls his on and off button.

Traci's confidence has been destroyed after years of bullying from the bumps on her face; Ravon has a unique dangling growth on his leg; David has a large lump.

David is back to see Dr. Lee after she spots a suspicious growth under his eye; Nicole is depressed because of the bumps all over her neck; Steve has a noticeable lump on his forehead; Allen has a growth on his biceps but is terrified of doctors.

Jen has substantial growths on her ears that cause her depression, pain and vertigo; Juliet is under emotional distress because of the bumps all over her neck and chest; Gerald has a mysterious, kiwi-size lump on his middle finger.

Gerald is back to see Dr. Lee and a hand specialist about a huge, intrusive bump on his middle finger; Vinnie has a large, embarrassing birthmark on his neck; Leta has a lump on the back of her thigh that she has been hiding from her fiancée.

A doctor treats three gunshot victims who claim be innocent bystanders; a doctor must perform emergency brain surgery on his first day; a bride-to-be suddenly slips into a diabetic coma.

A Halloween zombie with a problem below the belt mystifies doctors; two unconscious men are involved in an accident, a doctor makes a mistake that amazingly explains a patient's condition.

A woman's face-lift goes terribly wrong; a hospital chaplain's sudden personality change; a pregnant woman's life-threatening symptoms need urgent treatment.

A student's head is impaled by a trophy deer's antlers; a semi-conscious car crash victim; a woman with an allergic reaction.

A man injured in a medieval role playing battle has a sword impaled in his head; a critically ill patient is so afraid of germs he won't allow doctors to treat him; two patients with the same life-threatening symptoms.

Brian once weighed over 600 pounds and now has lots of sagging skin; Tanya lost nearly 200 pounds and her excess skin drapes over her new frame.

Ariel is 23 and has already lost 260 pounds, but finds the excess skin less feminine than being obese; spirited Chantae is desperate to enjoy life again after losing 222 pounds.

Julie's globs of excess skin cause her to recoil from the touch of her children; Andrew shed 300-lbs. by spending every spare moment in the gym, but is now engulfed in empty skin that's killing his dream of body-building.

Megan lost weight after being bullied in high school but is still constantly tormented when she sees her dramatic loose skin in the mirror; Ashley lost 220-lbs. but her excess skin that leaves her in pain.

Constant respiratory infections and an inability to grow; mysterious spasms and back pain overcome a man's life.

Harry is born healthy but his body starts transforming; Sadie is on the brink of starvation.

A girl is born with shocking deformities; a college student suffers from fluid around his heart and lungs.

A 25-year-old woman becomes paralyzed from the chest down; an unknown condition steals a woman's eyesight.

Weak muscles make walking and using hands difficult; bump on the finger could be the first sign of a deadly infection.

A woman is stuck in bed after a night at a cheap hotel; a woman cools down during a Fourth of July photo shoot; a couple initiate their tree house, and something gets cut off.

An addiction to hot sauce causes an inferno; hickeys from a secret lover may be the cause of a medical crisis; getting lucky at a bowling alley leads to the ER.

A man's chastity belt injury; a sneaky vacation treat becomes a deadly headache; a couple's romp while decorating for their wedding reception leaves them questioning their future.

A man cannot believe he is getting busy with his girlfriend in his sleep; a steamy first date cooking class; a retirement hobby gets a man in trouble.

A woman is stuck in bed after a night at a cheap hotel; a woman cools down during a Fourth of July photo shoot; a couple initiate their tree house, and something gets cut off.

An addiction to hot sauce causes an inferno; hickeys from a secret lover may be the cause of a medical crisis; getting lucky at a bowling alley leads to the ER.

A man's chastity belt injury; a sneaky vacation treat becomes a deadly headache; a couple's romp while decorating for their wedding reception leaves them questioning their future.

A man cannot believe he is getting busy with his girlfriend in his sleep; a steamy first date cooking class; a retirement hobby gets a man in trouble.

A 25-year-old woman becomes paralyzed from the chest down; an unknown condition steals a woman's eyesight.

Weak muscles make walking and using hands difficult; bump on the finger could be the first sign of a deadly infection.

Kirsten is close to losing all her mobility, and while she's trying to control of her obesity, she's also in danger of losing her troubled son.

Despite having lost 378 pounds, Angel's crippling knee pain and history of extreme obesity threatens everything for which she's worked; Charity finds the strength to return to a normal life after post surgery complications.

Olivia suffers an unexpected loss; James strives to reach his goal of skin surgery and have a fulfilling relationship.

After a lifelong struggle with obesity, the three Perrio siblings travel to Houston in a last-chance journey to lose weight.

Tamy faces a tough choice when her husband wants her back, but only if she moves away from Houston and Dr. Now's program; Karina's weight loss begins to slow, but she finds happiness dating a guy Dr. Now is surprised to see in his clinic again.

Erica's success on her weight-loss journey is derailed by heartbreak; Benji must reach his goal weight without the support of his brother.

Alicia's relationship with her boyfriend, Tim, comes under the microscope; Pauline must beg her way back onto the program after quitting.

As an Italian American, Geno was raised with lots of love, family and food; now, he's still living with his mom and eating himself to death, and it's time to make a change; Geno's cousin, Nico, joins the cause; they pledge to lose weight together.

Latonya found the man she wants to marry; the only problem is that, at almost 700 pounds, she can't walk down the aisle; Latonya doesn't want to give up the food that she's used to, but she may do it for love.

Wess gets off to a great start in Dr. Now's program, but when the cravings continue after surgery, Dr. Now sends him to therapy to confront his demons; Wess must ask himself whether he is ready to live his truth as a gay man in small-town Texas.

Latonya found the man she wants to marry; the only problem is that, at almost 700 pounds, she can't walk down the aisle; Latonya doesn't want to give up the food that she's used to, but she may do it for love.

Wess gets off to a great start in Dr. Now's program, but when the cravings continue after surgery, Dr. Now sends him to therapy to confront his demons; Wess must ask himself whether he is ready to live his truth as a gay man in small-town Texas.

As an Italian American, Geno was raised with lots of love, family and food; now, he's still living with his mom and eating himself to death, and it's time to make a change; Geno's cousin, Nico, joins the cause; they pledge to lose weight together.

Michael's massive body has left him dependent upon his family, and he must learn to control his anger issues around food, lose weight and address the root of his issues or risk losing everything.

An overweight woman struggles with flesh-eating bacteria and butterfly shaped fat deposits; unexpected news threatens her weight loss journey.

Laura has used food to cope with her emotions; she is confined to a wheelchair and relies on an oxygen tank to breathe and her husband and mother to survive.

Shantel's brother Carlton lives downstairs but she hardly ever sees him because at 600 lbs each, neither can do the stairs safely; to break free from a death spiral of codependent eating they need Dr. Now's help to reforge their sibling relationship.

Seana is 23 and nearly 700 lbs, living at her mom's house, depressed and anxious, her weight-gain threatening to take her last breath; Dr. Now can give her the tools she needs to live, but until she chooses life, no one can save Seana but herself.

At 600 pounds, Ashley has to move home so her mom can help her care for herself and her newborn daughter; Ashley must overcome a lifetime's worth of unfortunate circumstances and get Dr. Now's help in Houston.

Tommy wants to lose weight so he can marry his fiancee and have the life he always dreamed of with her, but to break the cycle of pathological eating that left him nearly bed-bound, he'll have to face a piece of his past he has always kept secret.

Dominic's life is falling apart due to his food addiction; over 600 pounds and living in a van with his brother, he decides to leave California for Texas, where only Dr. Now can help him learn to face life's challenges without using food to cope.

Siblings Carlton and Shantel have always been close, but with their eating habits enabling each other, they need to make a change; Shantel is sad to grow apart from her little brother, but it might be the one thing they both need the most.

Ontreon hopes that surgery can make him a better husband to his wife Musa, but he struggles to move past the grief that's blocked him for years; Wess is doing great post-surgery, but his next goal is crucial to his success.

Siblings Carlton and Shantel have always been close, but with their eating habits enabling each other, they need to make a change; Shantel is sad to grow apart from her little brother, but it might be the one thing they both need the most.

Ontreon hopes that surgery can make him a better husband to his wife Musa, but he struggles to move past the grief that's blocked him for years; Wess is doing great post-surgery, but his next goal is crucial to his success.

Dominic's life is falling apart due to his food addiction; over 600 pounds and living in a van with his brother, he decides to leave California for Texas, where only Dr. Now can help him learn to face life's challenges without using food to cope.

Deadly parasites attack a 9-year-old hockey player, a computer programmer and a marathon runner.

A mass of decaying worms is discovered in a dance instructor's colon; a vacationer suffers headaches and a seizure; parasites get under a scientist's skin.

Parents of a 44-pound baby seek to understand why their son can't stop eating; a man travels to get his giant neck tumor removed; a young girl lives trapped inside her body; a woman with a severe chemical allergy can't go outside.

A man who had a full-face transplant faces another life-threatening challenge; a boy with a talent for singing is prematurely aging; in a Peruvian village, boys and men go blind by the age of 50.

A man undergoes surgery to remove his record-breaking face tumor; a young girl lives with huge hands; a mathematician born with severely deformed legs and a spine walks on all fours.

A woman hopes the tooth transplanted in her eye will stop her from going blind; conjoined twins share a single body; a boy with gigantism in his legs turns to doctors for a cure; a mother has surgery to remove the massive fatty tumors in her neck.

A teen sleeps for 10 days.

A tumor hides another malady; a marathon runner experiences chronic fatigue.

A woman undergoes a risky craniotomy; a man searches for answers.

A teenager is rushed to the hospital after taking aspirin to help alleviate altitude sickness; a woman has pain in her arm that mysteriously spreads.

Two rockers join the mile-high club and cause an emergency landing; a woman's new look; a recent college grad helps his elderly neighbor.

A man becomes paralyzed after sex; a couple's birth plan leads to shocking symptoms; a man gives his girlfriend a special gift.

A woman discovers that some moves from her pole dancing class should not be tried at home; a man is being treated for a painful injury when his wife and mistress show up; one man is left speechless after a night of tantric magic.