Most Americans have never donated plasma — but for some, it’s the difference between life and death. Then, a stranger’s final act became her new beginning. The human side of organ donation, told by someone living it.

From fine air pollution to an outbreak of sexually transmitted ringworm, our health experts unpack the month’s biggest medical headlines.

Caregivers turn their experience into art. An author illuminates the realities many child caretakers face, and a filmmaker revisits his past through the lens of his family’s decade-long caregiving journey.

The U.S. spends more on health care than any nation, so why do so many American patients feel lost in the system? Then, could ALS finally become a treatable disease?

Immigrant physicians are the backbone of the U.S. health system. What happens if that pipeline weakens? Then, a retired oncologist traces his path from a small village in Bangladesh to the front lines of American medicine.

How simple, early conversations about boundaries, secrets and trust can help prevent childhood sexual abuse. Then, a rare brain disorder sparks a parent-led global research movement.

Medical experts discuss the month’s biggest health headlines — from heart disease risk in women to a new genetics study sure to affect how mental health is treated in the future.

Medicine redesigned. Can a new kind of medical training fix health care? Then, from reactive medicine to proactive health, how disease prevention transforms lives.

Give your heart the love it deserves — what sleep habits and stress levels reveal about your heart’s health. Then, after living with heart failure and surviving two heart transplants, a songwriter uses music to inspire hope in others.

On this week’s program, how prescription drugs can be used as a window into much larger questions about medicine, culture and uncertainty. Then, from daily pills to long-acting injections, a doctor explains why HIV prevention isn’t one-size-fits-all.