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Presents an introduction to actor Michael J. Fox, focusing on how he uses his celebrity to raise awareness and money to fund research to find a cure for Parkinson's disease, a movement disorder Fox was diagnosed with at the age of thirty.

Presents parts one and two of Tony Kushner's Pulitzer Prize-winning stage drama "Angels in America," which follows the thread of AIDS through the lives of several gay men.

The author, an alumnus of Brandeis University, tells of his meetings with a former professor suffering from Lou Gehrig's disease and of the lessons he learned about life and death from his college mentor.

After suffering a heart attack, an African-American theater actor named Leo Proudhammer recounts his passionate and conflicted life, shaped by childhood loss, love affairs with a white woman and a younger black man, and constant racial tension in the society through which he moves.

Taking online correspondence courses while she battles cancer, fifteen-year-old Kaleigh Wyse collaborates with several new cyber-friends on an astrology-themed science project and finds that electronic relationships can be deceiving.

The dynamics of the Schwartz family are drastically changed when Bernard, father of the sarcastic Chris and devout Cathy, wakes up from a coma--accidentally induced by the ingestion of two classes of antidepressants--physically and mentally impaired, and at the mercy of his children.

Teenager Blake Taylor chronicles his experiences with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder since the age of three, discussing his challenges and providing guidance for others.

A memoir, presented in graphic novel form, in which the author illustrates her ongoing struggle with an eating disorder she has named Ed.

Tennis champion, Arthur Ashe, tells of his life, career, and battles with heart disease and AIDS.

Chronicles the experiences of Jason McElwain, a young man with autism who served as his high school basketball team's manager and shocked everyone with his shooting skills during a game in which the coach allowed him to play.