Alexandra Sifferlin

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650 appearances 2 recordings 2 series first heard May 2026 last heard 2 Jun

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This Podcast Will Kill You · Special Episode: Alexandra Sifferlin & The Elusive Body · 2 Jun 2026 podcast
doing a physical exam, really reaching a pretty firm hypothesis of what's happening and then deciding, you know, now I do think I actually need an ultrasound or now I do think I need these extra, um, imaging tests or what have you.
But yeah, it's, it's very interesting and it's amazing to watch if anyone has opportunity to, to, you know, look up on YouTube, like UK doctor doing physical exam.
Um, it, there's some pretty incredible, uh,
examples.
Definitely.
So you have like 150 years ago, germ theory is starting to really gain traction.
So there is this understanding of different things that actually cause disease.
You're starting to get different kinds of
imaging over time so you can peer inside the body, not just observe the outside of the body.
And then you're also getting the ability to decode the body with genetic sequencing.
And so diagnosis is becoming more scientific, more precise.
There's ways to basically, as a single physician, get a second opinion just through different technologies.
That's amazing.
You are more likely to be diagnosed with your rare disease today than you were 150 years ago.
What I think is then challenging is for people who don't get a diagnosis now, the experience I think can feel especially fraught because you feel like...
Science has come so far.
There are so many different tools to use to diagnose.
And so if I can't get a diagnosis, then you really just feel so isolated, lonely, confused, scared.
And so I think what's been interesting is that diagnostic error has existed forever and people living undiagnosed has existed forever.
But in this moment where it's like this really is an era of huge scientific progress when it comes to diagnosis, I think falling through the cracks can feel extra heightened now.
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