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MrBallen’s Medical Mysteries

The human body is a miracle. But when it’s not working, it can be the stuff of nightmares. On this n

Episodes

Total: 111

“Look Closely”A teenage boy suddenly falls into critical condition while on vacation with his family

When a woman’s five-year-old son in Niagara Falls, New York, suddenly develops epilepsy, she becomes

A mother in Fresno, California races her young son to the emergency room after he goes limp and his

A semi-pro tennis player nearly drowns in the pool when she suffers sudden, cramping pain in her mid

In the summer of 1999, a mysterious outbreak rages through New York City, paralyzing and even killin

A young woman working on a fishing vessel in Alaska begins experiencing a strange burning sensation

In the summer of 1846, a young doctor is thrilled to join Austria’s prestigious Vienna General Hospi

“Gut Instinct”In the summer of 2021, a doctor celebrates his retirement with a rafting trip in the G

On Christmas Day, 2008, a surfer living in Hawaii wakes up with a splitting headache and itching all

In 2012, a healthy high school volleyball star suddenly has to fight for every breath she takes. Wit

In 2007, a worker at a pork processing plant in Minnesota suffers nerve damage so severe that he can

“Life in Paradise”In 1993, a man living in a retirement community in Tennessee falls ill with what h

In 1944, nearly a dozen men show up at a hospital in New York. All are violently ill and passing out

In 1983, an Italian man finds himself completely unable to sleep, and when he looks in the mirror, h

In September 2007, a meteor strike leaves a massive crater in the high Peruvian desert, drawing curi

Throughout the United States, the summer of 1976 is a celebration of two hundred years as a nation.

In late 2002, a 26-year-old single mother and her children take a DNA test as part of a welfare appl

In September of 1998, people throughout Malaysia start dying of a disease that attacks their brains.

In 1998, a new mother begins experiencing intense full-body aches, unstoppable itching, and crushing

In the spring of 2009, Dr. Benjamin Gilmer takes over a country medical practice in Fletcher, North