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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: And Down She Goes

When a woman collapses in the waiting room, a doctor acts swiftly to diagnose and treat a potentially fatal condition. 12.27.2011

Vital Signs: Confusion That Comes and Goes

An old Vital Signs helps solve the mystery of a man who slipped into and out of strange altered states. 12.17.2011

Vital Signs: Simple Sickness Gone Awry

A woman with mild congestive heart failure takes a drastic turn for the worse. Why is her heart suddenly flagging? 08.28.2011

Vital Signs: Brain Got Your Tongue?

A 6-year-old girl cannot speak outside ?her home. Is she simply shy, or is some bigger problem keeping her from talking? 08.13.2011

Vital Signs: Those Who Know Us Best

A whiff of bad breath tells a woman something is seriously wrong with her husband. 04.30.2011

Vital Signs: Treating Disease in the Big Easy

A patient?s abdominal pain challenges doctors in post-Katrina New Orleans. 12.26.2010

Vital Signs: The Race to Treat a Seizing Child

A toddler's neurological outburst leads to a clinical guessing game. 10.28.2010

Vital Signs: Unusual Urine

A housewife's unusual bathroom trips lead her doctor to diagnose a rare disease. 09.30.2010

Vital Signs: A Perfect Storm of Health Risk

In some situations, rare and lethal illnesses become downright probable. 06.25.2010

Vital Signs: Don't Get Your Ovaries in a Knot

There are some things a male doctor will never understand. 03.22.2010

Vital Signs: Attacked from Within

A woman battles a disease so diverse that it eludes diagnosis. 12.31.2009

Vital Signs: Bugs Are Crawling In My Skin

Stubborn and widespread skin eruptions mystify both doctor and patient. 11.28.2009

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

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