As a doctor, I am sure some people would wonder why I even watch this show. We all know that medically it usually is far-fetched and not necessarily accurate. But I watch because my patients watch. My family watches it. It is not suprising that alot of people watch programs like this and for them this is how medicine is. My patients have impressions of medical issues based on programs like this. Tonight this episode did have a plus. It showed a premature infant in the NICU responding to a human touch with improving vital signs. I thought this was actually a good story line. It is well documented that newborns do better when they have human contact rather than just machines. Twin babies do better in the same crib then separate when there is illness. I think we all need to remember the healing potential of the human touch.