Readers solve the mysterious case of the little boy from Minnesota with fevers and night sweats.Read more…
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Think Like a Doctor: The Boy With Nighttime Fevers
By Lisa Sanders, M.D.Not cancer, said the hematologist. The gastroenterologist got an M.R.I. of the child’s digestive system. Nothing there. So what was it?Read more…
Think Like a Doctor: A Cough That Won’t Stop Solved!
By Lisa Sanders, M.D.
A healthy middle-aged man can’t stop coughing. Our readers helped solve the mystery.Read more…
Think Like a Doctor: A Cough That Won’t Stop
By Lisa Sanders, M.D.
A 43-year-old man starts to cough every time he takes a deep breath. Can you figure out why?Read more…
Think Like a Doctor: The Tired Gardener Solved!
By Lisa Sanders, M.D.Readers solve the case of a previously healthy 67-year-old gardener who is too exhausted and feverish to garden.Read more…
Think Like a Doctor: The Tired Gardener
By Lisa Sanders, M.D.
What is wrong with a lively 67-year-old gardener who develops a daily fever and shaking chills along with chest pain and a dry cough?Read more…
Think Like a Doctor: Sick at the Wedding Solved!
By Lisa Sanders, M.D.What was wrong with a man who suddenly became ill at his brother’s wedding? More than 400 of you offered your diagnoses, but no one got it completely right.Read more…
Think Like a Doctor: Sick at the Wedding
By Lisa Sanders, M.D.Can you figure out what is wrong with a 38-year-old man who suffers from fevers, aches and night sweats after traveling to the mountains of Colorado?Read more…
Think Like a Doctor: Packing on the Pounds Solved!
By Lisa Sanders, M.D.
Readers solve the case of a 59-year-old woman with unexplained weight gain. Read more…
Think Like a Doctor: Packing on the Pounds
By Lisa Sanders, M.D.Can you figure out why a 59-year-old woman keeps gaining weight? Read more…
Think Like a Doctor: Hurting All Over Solved
By Lisa Sanders, M.D.Readers solve the case of a 36-year-old man with a 20 year history of migrating joint pains along with other strange symptoms. Read more…
Think Like a Doctor: Hurting All Over
By Lisa Sanders, M.D.Can you figure out what is wrong with a 36-year-old man who has had body aches for 20 years?Read more…
Think Like a Doctor: Drowning on Dry Land Solved
By Lisa Sanders, M.D.Readers solve the case of a 67-year-old healthy retiree who suddenly develops knife-like chest pain and a worsening cough. Read more…
Think Like a Doctor: Drowning on Dry Land
By Lisa Sanders, M.D.
A healthy 67-year-old man develops an annoying little cough that, over the course of a week, worsens and nearly takes his breath away. Can you figure out why? Read more…
Think Like a Doctor: Thunder in the Head Solved
By Lisa Sanders, M.D.Readers try to solve the case of a middle aged man who developed chest pain that radiated to his neck, followed by a persistent and loud whooshing in his ear. Read more…