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Emergency room doctors deal with mayhem on a daily basis at the University of California at Davis Medical Center.

Many trauma patients who end up at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn., are victims of attacks by family members.

Doctors from King Drew Medical Center in South Central Los Angeles represent a number of races and creeds.

Doctors and nurses treat patients at Charity Hospital in New Orleans, a city that leads the nation in homicide, cancer, asthma and obesity.

When faced with treating a man whose cheek is about to pop due to a 4lb tumor, Dr. Panossian worries it could become a deadly situation; a woman whose lower lip won't stop growing turns to Dr. Rovelo for help.

Dr. Roostaeian wants to help a young woman living with the largest birthmark he's ever seen, however, surgery could be life-threatening; after being hit by a drunk driver, Dr. Rovelo's patient hasn't been able to close his mouth.

Dr. Panossian and Dr. Rovelo join forces to remove a tumor that has wrapped around a man's head; a woman hopes Dr. Rovelo can remove her mouthy birthmark.

Dr. Roostaeian and Dr. Panossian encounter one of the challenging cases of their career when they meet a young man with two faces; Dr. Rovelo treats one of the first monkeypox cases in Los Angeles.

Brittany lands in the ER after losing a sex toy in her rectum; Buddy sees Dr. Carothers when he gets a bug in his ear; a pre-teen is brought in to see Dr. Mellick after getting impaled by a massive splinter; Zion has an earring stuck in his ear.

A pregnant Kayla is rushed to the ER for abdominal pain, but Dr. Crawford finds something; an entire bike brake is embedded in Jasmine's thigh; Mary has a fingernail stuck in her ear; Destiny's mouth smells like decaying flesh.

Doctor Crawford needs to remove a barbed nail embedded deeply in the forearm of a patient; Doctor Mellick must meticulously extract an unexpected item from an eye.

Ronen's mysterious lump above his knee is one of the largest Dr. Lee has ever seen; Amber suffers from a debilitating skin disease that no one understands; Sandy has a neck lump she calls Tommy; Kristy's eyelid cyst is ruining her life.

Brittany lands in the ER after losing a sex toy in her rectum; Buddy sees Dr. Carothers when he gets a bug in his ear; a pre-teen is brought in to see Dr. Mellick after getting impaled by a massive splinter; Zion has an earring stuck in his ear.

A pregnant Kayla is rushed to the ER for abdominal pain, but Dr. Crawford finds something; an entire bike brake is embedded in Jasmine's thigh; Mary has a fingernail stuck in her ear; Destiny's mouth smells like decaying flesh.

Doctor Crawford needs to remove a barbed nail embedded deeply in the forearm of a patient; Doctor Mellick must meticulously extract an unexpected item from an eye.

Ronen's mysterious lump above his knee is one of the largest Dr. Lee has ever seen; Amber suffers from a debilitating skin disease that no one understands; Sandy has a neck lump she calls Tommy; Kristy's eyelid cyst is ruining her life.

Dr. Panossian and Dr. Rovelo join forces to remove a tumor that has wrapped around a man's head; a woman hopes Dr. Rovelo can remove her mouthy birthmark.

Dr. Roostaeian and Dr. Panossian encounter one of the challenging cases of their career when they meet a young man with two faces; Dr. Rovelo treats one of the first monkeypox cases in Los Angeles.

Twins Kandi and Brandi have a combined weight of over 1,100 pounds and fear losing each other to obesity, so they decide to make a change together.

June copes with the tragic death of her son by eating, and must confront the emotional issues driving her food compulsion after gastric bypass surgery.

At 650 pounds, Gideon's weight prohibits him from working, making him completely dependent on his exhausted wife.

After a year on a weight loss program, Steven remains completely non-compliant and Justin focuses on a new career instead of his diet, but time is quickly running out for surgery.

After meeting and falling in love at a bariatric rehab center, Lee and Rena are battling health and anger issues while taking a desperate, second attempt to save their relationship and their lives.

A woman whose extreme obesity has left her nearly immobile must overcome both her physical and emotional pain if she is ever to live a normal life again.

Alicia, all smiles and laughter on the outside, secretly fears that her food addiction will kill her before she can marry her long-time love or watch her nieces grow up.

Liz, completely bed-bound, has severe lymphedema that makes it impossible to walk; utterly isolated, Liz has no friends, battles depression and lives with a mother too ill to take care of her.

Shakyia was always chubby, but now she does not leave the house and makes no effort; her older sister rallies her to Houston to meet Dr. Now and lose weight, but she is in for a shock when her mother decides that caring for her is just too much.

Krystal begins overeating to shield herself with a protective layer of obesity after suffering years of abuse; once a means of protection, her pathological eating now threatens to destroy her life if she doesn't get help.

Shakyia was always chubby, but now she does not leave the house and makes no effort; her older sister rallies her to Houston to meet Dr. Now and lose weight, but she is in for a shock when her mother decides that caring for her is just too much.

Krystal begins overeating to shield herself with a protective layer of obesity after suffering years of abuse; once a means of protection, her pathological eating now threatens to destroy her life if she doesn't get help.

Liz, completely bed-bound, has severe lymphedema that makes it impossible to walk; utterly isolated, Liz has no friends, battles depression and lives with a mother too ill to take care of her.

A shootout leaves a police officer clinging to life; a cowboy and cupid help a she-devil in distress; a zip-line guide falls 80 feet to the canyon floor.

Doctors retrieve a stolen Rolex from a very private spot; a pick-up turns deadly when a cabbie is shot multiple times; a dirt-bike accident in the desert leaves a 52-year-old thrill-seeker clinging to life.

A brutal assault could end a star athlete's career, a 28-year-old man is hit in the head by a flying baseball bat; and a Vegas chef falls asleep with a loaded gun.

Medical staff treats a patient who was hit by a train while crossing the tracks.

Medical staff treats patient injured in a car wreck involving multiple vehicles.

Stories of parasites that reside inside their traveling hosts; an Iraq war veteran pulls a foot-long worm from his body.

A man tries hookworms to cure his allergies; a bloodsucker gets into a writer's nose.

Thousands of silent monsters are discovered living in a mother's intestine tissue, but she's never left the country; Three stories of parasitic infection with one thing in common, they all originate in America.

A factory worker begins to go blind; a local restaurant starts an outbreak involving a parasite.

A teenager's hair begins to fall out.

A toddler has unexplained bleeding; a college student has intense cramps.

A toddler cannot walk or stand.

A teenager fails to hit puberty; a collapsed lung.

A teen's leg grows so large it affects his mobility.

Sharon's smelly feet make her and her husband's lives a misery; however, strange smells, verrucae and hooked toes are all in a day's work for Marion.

Podiatrist Marion treats Elaine who suffered childhood teasing due to her webbed feet; she hopes surgery can put an end to 65 years of misery.

Podiatrist Marion suggests toe surgery for a mother and daughter with similar issues; a gruesome treatment makes actor Jim anxious.

Podiatrist Marion solves the mystery of Jonathan's twisted toes, gets marathon runner Robert's feet fit for his next race and helps a drag queen back into heels.

Sharon's smelly feet make her and her husband's lives a misery; however, strange smells, verrucae and hooked toes are all in a day's work for Marion.