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Strong Medicine

Summary Their worlds couldn't be more different but their commitment and passion brings them together. Strong Medicine is a sometimes intense, sometimes hilarious medical drama that takes us inside the world of street level medicine. Dr. Dana Stowe, a Harvard graduate who devotes her life to finding a cure for cancer, and Dr. Lu Delgado, a sing...

Directed By: Dave Thomas

Written By: Tammy Ader, Rick Alexander, Whoopi Goldberg

  • TV-14
  • Lifetime
  • Jul 6, 2003
  • TV-14
  • Lifetime
  • Jul 6, 2003
Strong Medicine
S4 • Episode 4
Rash Decisions
Air Date: Jul 6, 2003
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Summary Their worlds couldn't be more different but their commitment and passion brings them together. Strong Medicine is a sometimes intense, sometimes hilarious medical drama that takes us inside the world of street level medicine. Dr. Dana Stowe, a Harvard graduate who devotes her life to finding a cure for cancer, and Dr. Lu Delgado, a sing...

Season Episodes

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Episode 1 • Jun 19, 2003
The Hero Heart
Episode 2 • Jun 22, 2003
Emergency Contact
Lu's past comes back to haunt her after her rapist, Dr. Kilner is brought to the emergency room with heart issues.
Episode 3 • Jun 29, 2003
Heartbeats and Deadbeats
Andy and Dr. Morton work together to treat a woman with an enlarged heart; Lu searches for a bone marrow donor for a young girl with leukemia; Nick and Lana search for a woman whose health is at risk.
Episode 4 • Jul 6, 2003
Rash Decisions
Andy treats a TV chef with a suspicious rash; Lu questions her beliefs about the death penalty when she is asked to testify on behalf of Mickey's murderer and is suspicious when her neighbor is found deceased.
Episode 5 • Jul 13, 2003
Breathing Lessons
Lu suspects that a young girl's asthma is caused by the stress of her bickering parents; Andy suspects her nanny of theft which turns out to be orchestrated by her daughter Lizzie who was trying to get her parents back together.
Episode 6 • Jul 20, 2003
Misdiagnosis Murder
Lu fears the worst when an abused pregnant patient of hers disappears; Andy clashes with a chauvinistic doctor whose behavior causes a misdiagnosis in a teenage girl.
Episode 7 • Jul 27, 2003
Vaccinations
A nurse's young daughter suffers from a bad reaction to a smallpox vaccine; Peter helps out a teenage boy who stutters.
Episode 8 • Aug 10, 2003
Temperatures Rising
Episode 9 • Aug 17, 2003
Speculum for a Heavyweight
Lu is concerned about the health of a female boxer who suffered from a serious concussion; as she copes with her impending divorce, Andy faces a serious health crisis.
Episode 10 • Sep 7, 2003
Bad Liver
Andy fights for the rights to an organ from a liver transplant; Lu helps out a woman whose husband has just been released from prison; Nick treats a paramedic who was stuck with a needle from a drug addict.
Episode 11 • Sep 14, 2003
Maternal Mirrors
Lu is held responsible after a patient of Andy's dies under suspicious circumstances; Andy clashes with Jesse after she lies to her about her whereabouts.
Episode 12 • Oct 5, 2003
Jeaneology
Andy and Lu's patients both show signs of being poisoned. It appears their exposure to chemicals may have more to do with where they shop. Lu tries to mediate between an alcoholic and daughter offering a piece of her liver for transplant.
Episode 13 • Oct 12, 2003
Skin
A businessman offers a big donation to the women's health center; Andy's financial issues affect Jesse's upcoming Sweet 16 party.
Episode 14 • Nov 2, 2003
Love and Let Die
Lu helps a terminally ill woman who wants to end her pain; Andy meets Dr. Morton's mother; a young couple looking to start a family discover that they're siblings.
Episode 15 • Nov 9, 2003
Coming Clean
Episode 16 • Dec 7, 2003
Prescriptions
Lu contemplates whether or not she should recommend a clinical trial for an experimental anti-smoking drug to her patients.
Episode 17 • Dec 14, 2003
Seize the Day
Episode 18 • Jan 11, 2004
Ears, Ho's & Threat
Episode 19 • Jan 18, 2004
Weights and Measures
Marc seeks Lu's help with a friend of his who is being physically abused by her boyfriend; Andy treats a married couple struggling with obesity who decide to treat their problem surgically.
Episode 20 • Jan 25, 2004
The Real World Rittenhouse
Episode 21 • Feb 8, 2004 • 1 h
Identity Crisis
Episode 22 • Feb 15, 2004
Quarantine
The emergency room is put under quarantine after a patient of Andy's is suspected of having SARS; Jesse reveals to Andy that she wants to move to California to live with her father; Lana counsels a woman who was sexually assaulted.
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