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
