Episode 5 | Aired February 11, 2019
Run time: 25:03
Episode 5 features the following stories: the sleeping condition hypersomnia and a young man from Iceland who is looking for a cure; former NFL player Kerry Goode who was diagnosed with ALS; and scientists at Emory who have discovered a gene that accounts for resilience and a sense of well-being.
Episode Segments
Hypersomnia
Episode 5 | Segment 1 | Aired February 11, 2019
Run time: 9:54
Hypersomnia is a condition where people sleep their lives away, sometimes 20 plus hours a day. This segment follows a young man from Iceland seeking treatment by using a drug cocktail that will allow him to function.
ALS
Episode 5 | Segment 2 | Aired February 11, 2019
Run time: 9:57
Kerry Goode hails from an iconic football family in Alabama. He played for the University of Alabama before coaching in the NFL. Goode now has ALS, and has been seeking trials and drugs that may give him hope.
Resilience Gene
Episode 5 | Segment 3 | Aired February 11, 2019
Run time: 4:02
Scientists at Emory have discovered a gene that accounts for resilience and a sense of well-being. This story profiles two women in a study of 2,000 people from the Grady Trauma Project, which studies people with PTSD.