Discover Magazine's Vital Signs True Tales of Medical Mysteries, Obscure Diseases, and Life-Saving Diagnoses

Name: Discover Magazine's Vital Signs True Tales of Medical Mysteries, Obscure Diseases, and Life-Saving Diagnoses
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ISBN: 9781626361737

ISBN-10: 1626361738

ISBN-13: 9781626361737

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Authors: Robert A. Norman

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“Vital Signs,” a popular column featured in Discover Magazine, has long been a favorite of readers, showcasing, each month, fascinating new tales of strange illnesses and diseases that baffle doctors and elude diagnosis. Each tale is true and borders on the unbelievable. It’s no wonder that throughout the years the column has become an unofficial textbook for medical students, interns, doctors, and anyone interested in human illness and staying healthy. Now, physician and “Vital Signs” editor Robert Norman has compiled the very best of the series into an intriguing and suspenseful collection for fans and new readers alike. A young woman carries a baby that wasn’t her own—and wasn’t even a…

Book details

List price: $16.95
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/6/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 280
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English



Introduction



Attacked from Within



Why is Grandpa Falling?



The Boy Who Stopped Talking



Why Is Her Vision Hazy?



Instant Paralysis With an Instant Cure



Why Does Her Belly Hurt?



A Sleepy Secret



What is Fanning His Temper?



Why Is She Getting Thinner?



A Stress Case or a Serious Disease?



A 20-Pound, Bony Tumor That Nearly Suffocated a Man From the Inside



Far From Okay



Save the Linebacker



"We Can Take His Heart Out, Remove the Tumor, and Put It Back In"



An Unwelcome Ringing



Misdiagnosing ADHD



A Swollen Area Grows Larger and Larger



High Head Pressure



A Leg of Legendary Size



The Sneaky Pain That Fooled 6 Experts



One Cure for Vertigo: Playing Pinball Inside Your Head



Cruising Into Trouble



The Woman Who Needed to Be Upside-Down



The Patient's Symptoms Resembled a Backache, but Their Cause Might Prove Far More Deadly



Why Can't This Woman Breathe?



The Disease That Shows Us How We Are What We Eat



The Blood Pressure Mystery



Mary Grove was Suddenly Shedding Skin in Large Red Patches. The Loss Was a Threat to Her Life



Benign but Irritating Skin Eruptions Signal Much More Serious Internal Troubles



A Song From Shrek Helps a 5-Year-Old Boy Recover From Difficult Surgery



Present Tense



Mechanic of the Mind



The Absentminded Professor



Fighting With Phantoms



Netting the Butterfly



An Insult to the Brain



Heavy Metal



The Aretha Franklin Test



The Poultice of Time



The Secret in the Marrow


Appendix