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by Discover MagazineEvery week, the Vital Signs podcast presents a true medical mystery, as written by the doctor involved. It's real life or death.
Recent podcasts
Vital Signs: Trouble in the Blood
14/09/2007
Treating a minor problem reveals a much deeper one.
Vital Signs: Sounds of Silence
05/09/2007
An accident threatened a patient's poor hearing. Could microsurgery save his fragile world?
Vital Signs: Locked in Place
25/08/2007
An accident leaves a woman imprisoned in a lifeless body. But how was anyone to know?
Vital Signs: No Protection
18/08/2007
A patient suddenly sheds most of her skin, and her life is at risk.
Vital Signs: Failure to Communicate
12/08/2007
A teenager's stomachache proves a diagnostic puzzle?and a cautionary tale.
