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
