Dr. Lisa Sanders crowdsources diagnoses for mysterious and rare medical conditions in a documentary series based on her New York Times Magazine column.
Advertisement space available
Reach thousands of daily viewers · size 1200 x 200
Episode 1
Detective Work
The once-athletic Angel, 23, suffers from episodes of muscle pain so severe she often can't move. As she begins a nursing career, she needs answers.
Episode 2
Second Opinions
The parents of bright and charming, Sadie, 7, seek alternatives to the devastating brain procedure doctors propose to treat her frequent seizures.
Episode 3
The Wisdom of the Crowd
Day by day, Willie, 46, loses pieces of himself. He has memory loss, seizures, mood sings, a brain lesion -- but no diagnosis. Can the crowd help?
Episode 4
Looking for a Village
Six-year-old Kamiyah suddenly and briefly go limp dozens -- sometimes hundreds -- of times a day. Now the search is on to find others like her.
Episode 5
A Question of Trust
Lashay, 17, can't hold anything down that she eats or drinks. But negative interactions with previous doctors leave her family leery of the crowd's advice.
Episode 6
Déjà Vu
Matt, 20, experiences fainting spells that stop his heart, each one preceded by a sense of déjà vu. But is the issue with his heart -- or his head?
Episode 7
Paralyzed
Two very different people are desperate for a diagnosis to their unexplained paralysis: textbook "good patient" Joe, 61, and more skeptical Ann, 44.
Lisa Sanders
Self - Physician, Yale University
Reach thousands of daily viewers · size 970 x 90
2020 · ★ 7.0
2020 · ★ 7.1
2017 · ★ 8.2
2026 · ★ 8.2
2026 · ★ 8.7
2021 · ★ 7.2
2019 · ★ 6.7
2018 · ★ 7.1
2026 · ★ 7.4
2023 · ★ 7.9
2020 · ★ 6.8
2026 · ★ 7.5
2026 · ★ 6.8
2022 · ★ 6.7
2018 · ★ 6.5
2023 · ★ 7.5
2025 · ★ 7.9
2025 · ★ 7.1
2022 · ★ 6.5