Sandra G. Boodman

• Medical Mysteries

A professor spent more than seven years bouncing among specialists who disagreed about the reason for his debilitating facial pain and how to treat it.

• Medical Mysteries

Slowly and insidiously, a New York real estate broker developed balance, urinary and memory problems. For years, various doctors performed many tests but overlooked the reversible cause.

• Medical Mysteries

A young woman’s stubborn weight gain and sudden severe anxiety were attributed to pre-wedding stress by her doctors. The cause was far more dangerous.

• Medical Mysteries

A vacationing former CIA analyst had already spent seven years consulting specialists who ruled out 50 diseases but were unable to make a diagnosis.

• Well+Being

After a teenager collapsed at a Maryland trampoline park, paramedics worried he'd had a heart attack, which is rare in children. The cause was more unusual.

• Well+Being

A retired surgeon suddenly developed violent abdominal pain. After losing 21 pounds, he discovered the unexpected cause that was hiding in plain sight.

• Medical Mysteries

For years her sleep was so disrupted she would suddenly drop off in the middle of working or even driving but have insomnia at night. Meds didn't seem to help.

• Medical Mysteries

The devotee of rugged back country skiing would spend the next 16 months trying to discover why he had grown so weak.

• Medical Mysteries

A frightening aborted run led to the discovery that previous surgeries had missed the root of the problem.