Who doesn’t love a good mystery?
For 15 years, medical reporter Sandra G. Boodman has chased down the most unusual, quirkiest and weirdest medical cases for her monthly Medical Mysteries series. Recent stories have focused on a teenager who couldn’t wake up, a woman wrongly diagnosed with ALS, and an entire family and guest felled by a strange flu-like illness.
I checked in with Sandra to find out more about how she writes the column and the lessons we can learn from it.