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Diagnosis: Solving the Most Baffling Medical Mysteries | Lisa Sanders
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A collection of more than fifty hard-to-crack medical quandaries, featuring the best of The New York Times Magazine's popular Diagnosis columnthe inspiration for the upcoming Netflix original series Lisa Sanders is a paragon of the modern medical detective storyteller.Atul Gawande, author of Being Mortal As a Yale School of Medicine physician, the New York Times bestselling author of Every Patient Tells a Story, and an inspiration and adviser for the hit Fox TV drama House, M.D., Lisa Sanders has seen it all. And yet she is often confounded by the cases she describes in her column: unexpected collections of symptoms that she and other physicians struggle to diagnose. A twenty-eight-year-old man, vacationing in the Bahamas for his birthday, tries some barracuda for dinner. Hours later, he collapses on the dance floor with crippling stomach pains. A middle-aged woman returns to her doctor, after visiting two days earlier with a mild rash on the back of her hands. Now the rash has turned purple and has spread across her entire body in whiplike streaks. A young elephant trainer in a traveling circus, once head-butted by a rogue zebra, is suddenly beset with splitting headaches, as if someone were slamming a door inside his head. In each of these cases, the path to diagnosisand treatmentis winding, sometimes frustratingly unclear. Dr. Sanders shows how making the right diagnosis requires expertise, painstaking procedure, and sometimes a little luck. Intricate, gripping, and full of twists and turns, Diagnosis puts readers in the doctors place. It lets them see what doctors see, feel the uncertainty they feeland experience the thrill when the puzzle is finally solved.
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Shemac77
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Mehso-so

Was expecting more. Interesting enough I guess.

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Shemac77
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Switching gears for evening reading.

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shanaqui
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I expected to be fascinated, and I was, but it also really triggered my anxiety -- just the idea of these medical mysteries and what if I/a loved one ended up in one of these situations?

Ah well, does me good to have to sit with that kind of fear for a bit.

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shanaqui

These are such short summaries of cases, with just the salient information and some trimmings for dramatic effect (of course the sick girl was an active athlete before, etc), but they give a preeeetty good view of how weird biology is. None of the infectious diseases was new to me, but some of the presentations were, and also the way that symptoms are really diverse and blurry. Glad I'm not headed in a clinical direction!

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shanaqui

This one is both really provoking my curiosity and making me feel kinda squirmy and anxious, ahaha.

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BookwormAHN
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Pickpick

This books was filled with stories of little known illnesses and diseases and written in a manner that had you guessing along. It was quite fascinating 🏥
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@Cinfhen @4thhouseontheleft @BarbaraTheBibliophage

Megabooks Great book! 4y
Cinfhen I think I picked this up on Audible a while back based on recommendation from @Megabooks 🤔 4y
BarbaraTheBibliophage I really need to read this!! 4y
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Megabooks
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Pickpick

Did you love House (the TV show)? Well, this book shares some of the New York Times Magazine columns that inspired the show.

As a veterinarian who loves medical puzzles, I tried to play along. As with the TV show, I did well with toxicology, parasitology, and random weird tumors.

A great #audiobook for some learning and nerding out. 4⭐️🎧

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Megabooks
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Uggghhh! I‘m nervous about my dentist appointment in 8 hours, so of course I can‘t sleep. I have severe TMJ, a small mouth, and the need for a crown on one of my very back teeth.

So to make myself feel better, I did an audiobook shopping spree! The Irby I‘ve read and enjoyed, but the other two are new, and it was good to hit up the 2-for-1 sale before it closed.

Good vibes appreciated!! 💙💙

DGRachel I hope all goes well! 4y
KVanRead Ugh indeed. A trip to the dentist never sounds fun and would be even more stressful now. But a root canal is definitely something you‘ll be glad you took care of once it‘s over with. Hope it all goes smoothly- hang in there! (edited) 4y
Chelsea.Poole Good luck! 4y
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AmyG I loathe the dentist. May all go well. And may time go fast! 4y
Jas16 Good luck! 4y
JenReadsAlot You just described me and I got a crown earlier this month! Take care. 4y
Megabooks Thanks for the good wishes!! I‘ve got a few minutes before I need to throw on clothes and get this over with. 😫 @DGRachel @KVanRead @Chelsea.Poole @AmyG @Jas16 @JenReadsAlot 💜💙💜 (edited) 4y
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Nikki_E

I am finishing this book up today. I am feeling run down and overwhelmed so using my day off as a mental health day.

Geenie 💕👍 5y
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BarbaraTheBibliophage
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I might have stopped at B&N today ... darn sale. #bookhaul #lovemesomenonfiction #mighthavetojointhereadathons #fortherestofmylife

AutumnRLS As someone with chronic health issues that they can't really pin point, Diagnosis sounds interesting. :) 5y
Megabooks Great choices!! 5y
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BarbaraTheBibliophage @AutumnRLS That‘s why I picked it also. Plus, I‘d like to watch the Netflix show. 5y
BarbaraTheBibliophage @CareBear I‘ve heard all good things about it! 5y
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BookNAround
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The oldest is finding his foray into the adult working world less appealing than he expected so mama‘s going to send him a small care package: an American Gods graphic novel and Swedish Fish. And since I was at the bookstore, I had to look for myself too. #bookhaul