Each year, thousands of cirrhotic patients are affected by hepatic encephalopathy (HE). It impacts their family and friends. Despite the seriousness of the condition, many patients are not receiving the treatment and support they need. Director Cynthia Wade tells these stories that might otherwise not be heard. WRESTLING THE MONSTER: LIVING WITH HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY follows 4 patients suffering from HE. A matriarch and military veteran in California now finds herself housebound. In New Jersey, a beloved wife and mother saved by a transplant still struggles with lasting effects. A father in rural Oklahoma flounders with a condition he can't comprehend. And a formerly high-functioning mother in Florida finds herself isolated and a shell of who she once was. What will HE destroy next for these patients?
A former Crack-Addict searches the streets of New York and Hong Kong to search for an addict willing to give up the drugs and give their life another chance.
Stars of the Marvel Universe -- including Tom Hiddleston, Paul Bettany, Cobie Smulders, Clark Gregg, Ming-Na Wen, Mark Hamill -- assemble to celebrate the life and luminous legacy of the legendary comic creator.
Anderson Cooper and Kelly Ripa co-host the 15th annual celebration honoring the year's Top 10 CNN Heroes, Young Wonders, special guests and the viewer's choice for CNN Hero of the Year.
Marlene Cummins breaks a forty-year silence to tell the story of her abuse in the Australian Black protest movement, to overcome her demons of today.
An intimate snapshot of the people involved in North Dakota's historic Bakken oil boom, telling a story of rural industrialization, distress, and the efforts to protect the region's environment.
