Strong Medicine Lifetime (TV network) Schedule March 3, 2006 April 30, 2006

March 3
Friday
1:30 am	Strong Medicine "Family Practice" 	While honeymooning in Cost Rica, Lu converses with a local doctor and visits a clinic for orphaned children with special needs. Jonas arranges to fly the kids to Rittenhouse after seeing the inadequate facilities, but meets with trouble upon his return to the U.S.. Kayla trusts her instincts to determine if a mother is abusing her child Starring: Jenifer Lewis, Rick Schroder, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Tamera Mowry   [CC] [TV-14 L]
March 3
Friday
1:30 am	Strong Medicine "Family Practice" 	
	 	
March 4
Saturday
1:00 am	Strong Medicine "Clinical Risk" 	Lu tries to help her patient's 11 year old son, whose behavior is getting him in trouble at school. When the boy attacks a teacher, he is shot with a taser gun resulting in cardiac arrest. Lu is enraged to find that there are no guidelines or restrictions for use of this weapon on a child. Lu discovers that his behavior is due to mercury poison. Dylan, who has an eye for gambling, takes a risk to treat a patient with a rare type of MS. Kayla contacts homeland security when a patient has been exposed to the deadly chemical ricin. Starring: Jenifer Lewis, Rick Schroder, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Tamera Mowry   [CC] [TV-PG LV]
March 4
Saturday
1:00 am	Strong Medicine "Clinical Risk" 	
	 	
March 5
Sunday
12:00 am	Strong Medicine "Accidents" 	Dana treats an Olympic-bound figure skater for early onset osteoporosis. Lu helps one of her pregnant patients who is being sued by her ex-boyfriend for allegedly getting pregnant on purpose to trap him. Meanwhile, Dana's biological clock is ticking and when Nick tells her that he is not ready to settle down, they decide to give their relationship a break. Starring: Janine Turner, Jenifer Lewis, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot, Oksana Baiul   [CC] [TV-PG DL]
March 5
Sunday
12:00 am	Strong Medicine "Accidents" 	
	 	
March 5
Sunday
1:00 am	Strong Medicine "Hot Flash" 	Dana fears that mad cow disease has come to Pennsylvania when a young Amish woman comes in showing symptoms of the deadly disease. Lu runs a battery of tests on Lana when her libido seems to be at an all-time low, only to discover that Lana is suffering from a sexual dysfunction that could have been caused from her years as a prostitute, a life she left behind long ago. Starring: Janine Turner, Jenifer Lewis, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot   [CC] [TV-PG DL]
March 5
Sunday
1:00 am	Strong Medicine "Hot Flash" 	
	 	
March 10
Friday
1:30 am	Strong Medicine "Differentials" 	Dylan fights to save the heart of a patient with Downs Syndrome. Lu helps 2 teenage patients get out of gang life after a harrowing initiation. Lu tells the staff she is pregnant. Starring: Jenifer Lewis, Rick Schroder, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Tamera Mowry   [CC] [TV-14 DL]
March 10
Friday
1:30 am	Strong Medicine "Differentials" 	
	 	
March 11
Saturday
1:00 am	Strong Medicine "Chief Complaints" 	Lu's patient, Davina, is devastated when her two children are afflicted with bilateral kidney failure after being exposed to e-coli. She's a match for both, but must choose as she cannot remove both of her own kidneys. When Davina, a trained firefighter, rescues several children from a collapsing building, the mother of one of the rescued kids donates a kidney so that both of Davina's kids can live. Dylan comes to the aide of his mentor and former biology professor from San Diego. The professor is not only fighting for her job as president of the university after remarks she made about women being inherently not suited to pursuits in science but is also fighting an unknown and debilitating neurological disorder. Needless to say, Lu and Dylan are at opposite ends of this argument. Lu does however defend her right to keep her job and encourages her to fight for it. Inspired by Lu, the university president does retain her position and offers Lu an honorary doctorate. Starring: Jenifer Lewis, Rick Schroder, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Tamera Mowry   [CC] [TV-PG DL]
March 11
Saturday
1:00 am	Strong Medicine "Chief Complaints" 	
	 	
March 12
Sunday
12:00 am	Strong Medicine "Bloodwork" 	Dana helps a mother reconnect with her emotionally troubled teenage son when she discovers that they both have lead poisoning. Lu helps a stenographer fight for worker's compensation when she is diagnosed with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, an affliction that was passed down to her genetically. With the help of a genetic counselor, Lu explores the other genetic markers her patient is carrying, and discovers that she is also a carrier for Huntington's Disease. Starring: Janine Turner, Jenifer Lewis, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot   [CC] [TV-14 DLV]
March 12
Sunday
12:00 am	Strong Medicine "Bloodwork" 	
	 	
March 12
Sunday
1:00 am	Strong Medicine "Black 'n' Flu" 	Lu returns to her city college alma mater and unexpectedly finds herself on the front lines in a battle against meningitis. Dana starts to wonder if she is pregnant when she is hit with a wave of nausea and dizziness, but when it turns out that she has just come down with the flu, she has mixed feelings. Starring: Janine Turner, Jenifer Lewis, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot   [CC] [TV-PG DLSV]
March 12
Sunday
1:00 am	Strong Medicine "Black 'n' Flu" 	
	 	
March 19
Sunday
12:00 am	Strong Medicine "Precautions" 	Dana reflects on her image as a female doctor when a patient of hers asks for new breast implants, after she is rushed in for surgery for the rupture of an old implant. When Lu delivers the baby of an unknown woman who is rushed to the clinic in labor, she discovers that the baby has a rare metabolic disorder that must be treated immediately, but the mother checks out of the hospital with her baby before Lu can tell her. Lu notifies the police to track them down, and learns that the mother is a violent criminal on the run. Starring: Janine Turner, Jenifer Lewis, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot   [CC] [TV-PG DLV]
March 19
Sunday
12:00 am	Strong Medicine "Precautions" 	
	 	
March 19
Sunday
1:00 am	Strong Medicine "Shock" 	Chaos hits Rittenhouse when all of the nurses go on strike. Robert cancels all elective surgeries, causing the hospital to be open to emergencies only. This affects a patient of Lu's who has suffered serious physical abuse from her husband, and it also affects a patient of Dana's, who is a new mother to an infant in desperate need of an experimental treatment that could heal her heart and save her life. Starring: Janine Turner, Jenifer Lewis, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot   [CC] [TV-PG DL]
March 19
Sunday
1:00 am	Strong Medicine "Shock" 	
	 	
March 24
Friday
1:30 am	Strong Medicine "Agony and Ecstasy" 	Lu's patient seeks her help when she's accused of welfare fraud because her children's DNA does not match her own. Lu testifies that she personally delivered the children but a genetic retest does not support this. When the women's third child is born in the presence of a court appointed witness, the child is immediately tested and his DNA does match. A light goes off for Lu, as she herself is undergoing her own prenatal testing, when she realizes that the answer doesn't lie in the children, but in the mother. Starring: Jenifer Lewis, Rick Schroder, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Tamera Mowry   [CC] [TV-PG DL]
March 24
Friday
1:30 am	Strong Medicine "Agony and Ecstasy" 	
	 	
March 26
Sunday
12:00 am	Strong Medicine "Type and Cross" 	Rittenhouse starts an emergency blood drive because of a citywide shortage. Dana treats a patient with hepatitis, and when her husband tries to donate blood, Dana finds out he is a carrier and gave it to his wife when he previously donated blood for her C-section. Lu treats a family for Lyme disease, contracted from dogs used for illegal fighting. Starring: Janine Turner, Jenifer Lewis, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot   [CC] [TV-PG L]
March 26
Sunday
12:00 am	Strong Medicine "Type and Cross" 	
	 	
March 26
Sunday
1:00 am	Strong Medicine "Positive" 	With her 39th birthday around the corner, Dana's biological clock continues to tick as she considers approaching a close friend to be a potential sperm donor. While struggling with her own maternal feelings, Dana must deal with the ethical dilemma of helping Lu's patient get pregnant after learning the woman's husband is HIV positive. Meanwhile, Lu treats a teenage patient who suffers from pelvic inflammatory disease. When complications arise from her daughter's illness, the distraught mother blames Lu and takes vengeful action. Loretta Devine guest stars. Starring: Janine Turner, Jenifer Lewis, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot, Loretta Devine   [CC] [TV-PG DLV]
March 26
Sunday
1:00 am	Strong Medicine "Positive" 	
	 	
March 31
Friday
1:30 am	Strong Medicine "Chief Complaints" 	Lu's patient suffers from leukemia and needs a kidney. However, her younger sister, who has spent her entire life being a donor, begs Lu to stop the surgery--even though her older sister may die. Once the sisters? parents find out about the halted surgery, Lu finds herself caught in the middle. Meanwhile, the selection for the hospital's chief resident is narrowed down to Kayla and George, a third-generation white male resident. Both are very competitive and rumblings of Affirmative Action rear its ugly head. Starring: Jenifer Lewis, Rick Schroder, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Tamera Mowry   [CC] [TV-14 NONE]
March 31
Friday
1:30 am	Strong Medicine "Chief Complaints" 	
	 	
April 2
Sunday
12:00 am	Strong Medicine "Outcomes" 	While struggling with her own fertility issues, Dana helps a family whose child suffers from Fanconi Anemia disease. And, after some careful detective work, Lu discovers that her patient suffers from Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy and realizes she must take action before the outcome becomes fatal. Starring: Janine Turner, Jenifer Lewis, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot, Arye Gross   [CC] [TV-PG DLV]
April 2
Sunday
12:00 am	Strong Medicine "Outcomes" 	
	 	
April 2
Sunday
1:00 am	Strong Medicine "Stages" 	Lu must deal with the emotional aftermath of rape when a local paramedic asks her out on a date. Meanwhile, Lu treats a woman suffering from a neurological condition known as Myasthenia Gravis. Dana continues to contemplate her future as a mother and decides to use the in vitro fertilization process. Dana realizes her patient, a local minister, suffers from Pseudotumor Cerebri, a disease which eventually leaves the patient blind. Joanna Kerns directs. Starring: Janine Turner, Jenifer Lewis, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot, Joanna Kerns   [CC] [TV-PG DL]
April 2
Sunday
1:00 am	Strong Medicine "Stages" 	
	 	
April 7
Friday
1:30 am	Strong Medicine "Promising Treatment" 	Dylan circumvents an out-of-state insurance company when they mandate his mastectomy patient be released less than 24 hours after surgery. Lu's cerebral palsy patient decides to sue her mother for negligence after she continued to smoke during her pregnancy. Dylan seeks Lu's help when he notices Araya's hormones flaring up over a boy. Starring: Jenifer Lewis, Rick Schroder, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Tamera Mowry   [CC] [TV-14 NONE]
April 7
Friday
1:30 am	Strong Medicine "Promising Treatment" 	
	 	
April 9
Sunday
12:00 am	Strong Medicine "Heartbeat" 	Dana is caught in an ethical dilema when Mary, a 17-year-old patient with ovarian cancer, refuses treatment. When Mary's parents lovingly insist that all medical measures be taken to prolong their daughter's life, Mary takes drastic measures in order to legally decide her fate. After completing her first in-vitro fertilization, Dana eagerly prepares for her upcoming pregnancy. Meanwhile, Lu finds herself in the middle of a messy family dispute when her initial diagnosis of a patient suggests abuse. Lacey Chabert guest stars. Starring: Janine Turner, Jenifer Lewis, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot, Lacey Chabert   [CC] [TV-PG DL]
April 9
Sunday
12:00 am	Strong Medicine "Heartbeat" 	
	 	
April 9
Sunday
1:00 am	Strong Medicine "Compassionate Release" 	Dana becomes nervous when she is approached by top medical specialists who ask her to perform a cutting-edge procedure. In order to save the pregnant patient's baby, Dana must operate on the fetus, in utero. While helping this family, Dana must come to terms with her own maternal desires. Lu encounters prison politics when she treats a patient for cervical cancer. Back at the Rittenhouse Hospital, Lu also counsels a young, healthy patient who suffers from hypochondria. Starring: Janine Turner, Jenifer Lewis, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot   [CC] [TV-PG DL]
April 9
Sunday
1:00 am	Strong Medicine "Compassionate Release" 	
	 	
April 14
Friday
1:30 am	Strong Medicine "Rhythm of the Heart" 	Lu works frantically to save two patients in the burn unit. Although they have never seen each other, they offer each other hope and support through the curtain separating them. Kayla and Peter go head-to-head after a 16-year-old boy dies in the ER from heart failure. The two come together to work with the family to establish a fund for the teen's deadly, but detectable, condition. Starring: Jenifer Lewis, Rick Schroder, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Tamera Mowry   [CC] [TV-PG DL]
April 14
Friday
1:30 am	Strong Medicine "Rhythm of the Heart" 	
	 	
April 16
Sunday
12:00 am	Strong Medicine "Discharged" 	Dana takes steps to win custody of the HIV infected baby that she has become so attached to in her care, but at the custody hearing, learns that the baby she wants so badly has a five-year-old sister. Dana makes an instant, life-altering decision that stuns her colleagues at Rittenhouse. While Lu tries to help Dana understand the potential emotional and physical demands that she may soon be facing, Lu also treats a homeless woman for epilepsy. Dana finds herself unexpectedly in another courtroom case when her transsexual patient becomes the center of a courtroom debate over motherhood. Deana Carter guest stars. Starring: Janine Turner, Jenifer Lewis, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot   [CC] [TV-PG LV]
April 16
Sunday
12:00 am	Strong Medicine "Discharged" 	
	 	
April 16
Sunday
1:00 am	Strong Medicine "Admissions" 	Lu is in for a rude awakening when she suspects she'll have input about who her new partner will be at the Clinic. The hospital Chief of Staff, Dr. Robert Jackson, sends Lu in a frenzy when he tells her that he's already been actively pursuing his #1 candidate, a general surgeon and army doctor recently back from duty in Afghanistan, Dr. Andy Campbell. Andy and Lu find themselves instantly at odds, especially when Andy is under the impression that she is ranked to oversee Lu. Robert tries to heal the battle wounds between them, but before Andy can even return home to pack up and move her husband and kids to Philadelphia, she's called in to operate on a patient needing a kidney transplant. Another woman is brought in to see Lu, sick from having an illegal operation to remove her kidney to be sold on the black market. Lu suspects the woman's kidney was transplanted in Andy's patient and a question of ethics creates further tension between the new partners. Patricia Richardson joins cast. Starring: Janine Turner, Jenifer Lewis, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot, Patricia Richardson   [CC] [TV-PG L]
April 16
Sunday
1:00 am	Strong Medicine "Admissions" 	
	 	
April 21
Friday
1:30 am	Strong Medicine "Unorthodox Treatment" 	Lu tackles a rare and deadly disease that does not respond to conventional treatment. Lu circumvents the insurance system for a far less conventional but much more effective medication. Dylan uses his faith to try and convince his patient to fight for her life. Starring: Jenifer Lewis, Rick Schroder, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Tamera Mowry   [CC] [TV-PG L]
April 21
Friday
1:30 am	Strong Medicine "Unorthodox Treatment" 	
	 	
April 23
Sunday
12:00 am	Strong Medicine "Rape Kit" 	Lu is acquaintance-raped by a prominent and highly-respected surgeon at the hospital who, in response to the allegations, claims that he had consensual, albeit rough, sex with Lu. Dana helps Lu after the rape but still has doubts about the legitimacy of Lu's claim. In the meantime, Dana treats a pregnant woman who's been seriously injured in a car accident. Events lead Dana to believe it was not an accident, but attempted suicide. Starring: Janine Turner, Jenifer Lewis, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot, Gregory Harrison   [CC] [TV-14 L]
April 23
Sunday
12:00 am	Strong Medicine "Rape Kit" 	
	 	
April 23
Sunday
1:00 am	Strong Medicine "Trauma" 	Lu experiences intense anger when her rapist is acquitted by the Grand Jury. Acting out in a violent rage, she winds up losing her position at the hospital. When Dana becomes overwhelmed trying to cover Lu's duties at the clinic, and deciding whether to continue an in vitro fertilization of a patient who needs a lung transplant, Robert decides to try and hire Lu back. Starring: Janine Turner, Jenifer Lewis, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot, Mel Harris, Gregory Harrison   [CC] [TV-14 DL]
April 23
Sunday
1:00 am	Strong Medicine "Trauma" 	
	 	
April 28
Friday
1:30 am	Strong Medicine "We Wish You a Merry Cryst-Meth"	With Dylan on vacation with Araya, Lu juggles his heavy caseload and a hectic clinic while the Christmas holidays quickly approach. Lu also searches for someone to take care of three kids abandoned by their meth-addicted mother. Meanwhile, the hospital's Bad Santa dampens Christmas spirits all around the hospital. Starring: Jenifer Lewis, Rick Schroder, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Tamera Mowry   [CC] [TV-14 NONE]
April 28
Friday
1:30 am	Strong Medicine "We Wish You a Merry Cryst-Meth"	
	 	
April 29
Saturday
1:00 am	Strong Medicine "Contraindications" 	After discovering that a woman's heart-breaking third miscarriage is the result of her mother having taken D.E.S. while pregnant with her, Andy comes up with an unorthodox solution to bring this estranged family together. A fiery conflict of personal philosophy and medical necessity erupts when Lu prescribes a controversial "anti-opiate" drug for an addict, against Andy's wishes. Andy believes that the drug, which helps addicts who overdose stay alive until they can get to the emergency room, should only be used in the emergency room and not as a crutch to enable addicts. Starring: Jenifer Lewis, Patricia Richardson, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot   [CC] [TV-PG L]
April 29
Saturday
1:00 am	Strong Medicine "Contraindications" 	
	 	
April 30
Sunday
12:00 am	Strong Medicine "Family History" 	Andy sympathizes with a mother who cannot bring herself to take her young, brain-damaged daughter off of life support. When further research shows that the child didn't choke on her food as the mother claimed, Andy must face the possibility of Shaken Baby Syndrome. Andy also helps Robert get information about a new and unlicensed drug to help treat his wife's Multiple Sclerosis. Meanwhile, Lu is shocked to find out that one of her new patients, Elena, claims to be her sister. After Elena is diagnosed in the late stages of lung cancer, Lu decides to get to know her "sister" better. In her first quarter at college, Lana receives a pledging invitation letter from the Pi-Delts and decides to give it a try. Starring: Jenifer Lewis, Patricia Richardson, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot   [CC] [TV-PG DL]
April 30
Sunday
12:00 am	Strong Medicine "Family History" 	
	 	
April 30
Sunday
1:00 am	Strong Medicine "House Calls" 	Andy gets an urgent call from NASA and learns that her old army friend, an astronaut in orbit upon the Space Station, has detected a lump in her breast. Realizing the severity of the situation, Andy takes drastic action to treat her friend while in space. Meanwhile, a former cancer patient of Lu's, now pregnant, returns to the clinic when she suspects something might be wrong with her baby. After running a few tests, Lu realizes her patient is half right -- the baby is okay, but the woman's cancer has recurred. Also, Lu suspects another patient's labored breathing may be more than just a cold. Starring: Jenifer Lewis, Patricia Richardson, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot, Janine Turner   [CC] [TV-PG L]
April 30
Sunday
1:00 am