Vital Signs
Every episode, the Vital Signs podcast presents a true medical mystery, as written by the doctor involved. It's real life or death.
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Vital Signs: And Down She Goes
When a woman collapses in the waiting room, a doctor ...
When a woman collapses in the waiting room, a doctor acts swiftly to diagnose and treat a potentially fatal condition.
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Vital Signs: Confusion That Comes and Goes
An old Vital Signs helps solve the mystery of a ...
An old Vital Signs helps solve the mystery of a man who slipped into and out of strange altered states.
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Vital Signs: Simple Sickness Gone Awry
A woman with mild congestive heart failure takes a drastic ...
A woman with mild congestive heart failure takes a drastic turn for the worse. Why is her heart suddenly flagging?
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Vital Signs: Brain Got Your Tongue?
A 6-year-old girl cannot speak outside ?her home. Is she ...
A 6-year-old girl cannot speak outside ?her home. Is she simply shy, or is some bigger problem keeping her from talking?
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Vital Signs: Those Who Know Us Best
A whiff of bad breath tells a woman something is ...
A whiff of bad breath tells a woman something is seriously wrong with her husband.
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Vital Signs: Treating Disease in the Big Easy
A patient?s abdominal pain challenges doctors in post-Katrina New Orleans.
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Vital Signs: The Race to Treat a Seizing Child
A toddler's neurological outburst leads to a clinical guessing game.
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Vital Signs: Unusual Urine
A housewife's unusual bathroom trips lead her doctor to diagnose ...
A housewife's unusual bathroom trips lead her doctor to diagnose a rare disease.
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Vital Signs: A Perfect Storm of Health Risk
In some situations, rare and lethal illnesses become downright probable.
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Vital Signs: Don't Get Your Ovaries in a Knot
There are some things a male doctor will never understand.
