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Vital Signs Podcast

Every week, the Vital Signs podcast presents a true medical mystery. It's real life or death.

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Vital Signs: Plumbing Problems

A patient's low blood pressure tips his doctors off to a potentially fatal condition. 10.26.2009

Vital Signs: The Boy Who Stopped Talking

A toddler's behavior gives away his condition. 09.29.2009

Vital Signs: No Time to Waste

Big problems in the brain can have farflung causes 08.28.2009

Vital Signs: Why Is He Limping?

The injury seemed recent, but its origins were not. 07.23.2009

Why Is Her Vision Hazy?

The warning signs become more ominous as a patient's symptoms come and go. 06.18.2009

Vital Signs: The Bane of Many a Doctor

Some troubles in the belly could be practically anything. 05.14.2009

Vital Signs: Pressure Upstairs

Changes in an infant's skull provide a clue to a life-threatening condition. 03.19.2009

Vital Signs: Why Is a Young, Healthy Man So Weak?

A vague, frustrating symptom finally gets a precise explanation. 11.21.2008

Vital Signs: Why is Grandpa Falling?

A seemingly simple stumble provides clues to serious injury. 09.25.2008

Vital Signs: The Search for the Missing Nutrients

Sometimes the body makes a bad diagnosis, too. 08.28.2008

Vital Signs: Care in Midair

A difficult procedure, a helicopter in terrible weather, a patient's life on the line. 08.25.2008

Vital Signs: A Grave Threat

A young woman's on-again, off-again pain has an unexpected origin. 08.14.2008

Vital Signs: Not a Shot of Adrenaline

Why can't this woman breathe? 08.7.2008

Vital Signs: Disguised as Death

She looked healthy, yet the X-ray suggested her life was at risk. 07.31.2008

Vital Signs: Break-Down in the Blood

Why can't this baby hold down her formula? 07.21.2008

Vital Signs: Not Ready for Duty

When a sick stomach won't go away, a good patient history can help. 07.14.2008

Vital Signs: Paralyzed by Pancakes

Mr. Chang can't move his legs, and if something isn't done, his lungs will go next. 06.26.2008

Vital Signs: Tropical Nightmare

A fearsome infection spoils a perfect honeymoon. 06.12.2008

Vital Signs: A Royal Pain

Uncovering a rare but age-old disease of pain and madness. 06.5.2008

Vital Signs: Uninvited Guests in the Chest

An immune system goes haywire and cause mysterious problems. 05.30.2008

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