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The Case of the Mysterious Buzzing Body
Image via Getty/Tero Vesalainen It usually happened in the dead of night: heart pounding, feelings of detachment, and a strange buzzing sensation, as if a tuning fork had been struck against her body....
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The Case of the Unstoppable Itch
Liver-transplantation expert Roger Jenkins, of Lahey Hospital & Medical Center. / Photo by Ken Richardson Leslie was visiting her daughter and son-in-law in March 2017 when it started: an intense...
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The Case of the Heart That Wouldn’t Tick Right
Ventricular specialist Neal Lakdawala, of Brigham and Women’s Hospital. / Photo by Ken Richardson In nursing school, you get used to playing the patient while other students take your blood pressure...
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The Case of the Restless Sleeper
Neurologist Paula Voinescu, of Brigham and Women’s Hospital. / Photo by Ken Richardson Looking back, the signs had been there for years. The unexplained neck pains. The backaches. Waking up on the...
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The Case of the Unexplained Limp
Image via Getty/AntonioGuillem Matt was on a health kick. The Duxbury resident was working out four to five times a week—mainly long-distance runs and workout videos at home—when one day, out on a...
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The Case of the Invisible, Painless Lump
Image via Getty/alessandro0770 Alex was living the dream. He’d just returned from a relaxing honeymoon in the Caribbean and was settling down on a small farm in southern Maine with the love of his...
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The Case of the Patient Who Couldn’t Remember
Radiologist Neel Madan, of Tufts Medical Center. / Photo by Ken Richardson When Neel Madan’s wife came home from the hospital after giving birth to a baby girl and developed a splitting headache, he...
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The Case of the Curious Clicking Noise
Director of otology Konstantina Stankovic, of Massachusetts Eye and Ear. / Photo by Ken Richardson It all started with an itch. Five years ago, Maryjane was cruising along the road with her windows...
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The Case of the Fever That Wouldn’t Go Away
Image via Getty/eggeeggjiew Werner was sure he was coming down with the flu. The 73-year-old retiree, who lived with his girlfriend in a five-unit Harvard Square building, first noticed the fever on a...
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Our 2021 Top Doctors List Is Here
Photo via DoctorEgg/Getty Images Living in the cradle of modern medicine has its benefits: Namely, having access to the world’s best physicians for everything from a simple checkup to serious surgery....
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