
Discover Magazine's Vital Signs
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Fans of hit medical dramas such as House MD will savor the opportunity to read of the real-life cases that puzzled doctors, the gripping detective work that ensued, and the completely unexpected, often life-saving diagnoses. Discover Magazine's Vital Signs is a glimpse into the exciting work of real medical professionals, told from their perspective, and revealing that anything can happen in medicine. Readers will never look at a ?routine check-up? the same again.
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- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Attacked from Within
- Chapter 2: Why is Grandpa Falling?
- Chapter 3: The Boy Who Stopped Talking
- Chapter 4: Why Is Her Vision Hazy?
- Chapter 5: Instant Paralysis With an Instant Cure
- Chapter 6: Why Does Her Belly Hurt?
- Chapter 7: A Sleepy Secret
- Chapter 8: What is Fanning His Temper?
- Chapter 9: Why Is She Getting Thinner?
- Chapter 10: A Stress Case or a Serious Disease?
- Chapter 11: A 20-Pound, Bony Tumor That Nearly Suffocated a Man From the Inside
- Chapter 12: Far From Okay
- Chapter 13: Save the Linebacker
- Chapter 14: "We Can Take His Heart Out, Remove the Tumor, and Put It Back In"
- Chapter 15: An Unwelcome Ringing
- Chapter 16: Misdiagnosing ADHD
- Chapter 17: A Swollen Area Grows Larger and Larger
- Chapter 18: High Head Pressure
- Chapter 19: A Leg of Legendary Size
- Chapter 20: The Sneaky Pain That Fooled 6 Experts
- Chapter 21: One Cure for Vertigo: Playing Pinball Inside Your Head
- Chapter 22: Cruising Into Trouble
- Chapter 23: The Woman Who Needed to Be Upside-Down
- Chapter 24: The Patient's Symptoms Resembled a Backache, but Their Cause Might Prove Far More Deadly
- Chapter 25: Why Can't This Woman Breathe?
- Chapter 26: The Disease That Shows Us How We Are What We Eat
- Chapter 27: The Blood Pressure Mystery
- Chapter 28: Mary Grove was Suddenly Shedding Skin in Large Red Patches. The Loss Was a Threat to Her Life.
- Chapter 29: Benign but Irritating Skin Eruptions Signal Much More Serious Internal Troubles
- Chapter 30: A Song From Shrek Helps a 5-Year-Old Boy Recover From Difficult Surgery
- Chapter 31: Present Tense
- Chapter 32: Mechanic of the Mind
- Chapter 33: The Absentminded Professor
- Chapter 34: Fighting With Phantoms
- Chapter 35: Netting the Butterfly
- Chapter 36: An Insult to the Brain
- Chapter 37: Heavy Metal
- Chapter 38: The Aretha Franklin Test
- Chapter 39: The Poultice of Time
- Chapter 40: The Secret in the Marrow
- Appendix
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