

We meet her, meet her family, find out her history, follow her through some procedures - and then Sanders writes her up in the column, and we get to follow what happens and what she learns. For example, the first is about Angel, a young woman with awful episodes of muscle pain that are unexplained. The series has seven episodes, each of which focuses on one patient - or in one case, one pair of patients. Doctors and specialists respond, but so do ordinary people who either have similar symptoms and have a diagnosis or have similar symptoms and are still seeking a diagnosis. Was It Killing Him?" and " What Was the Cause of the Excruciating Pain in His Shoulders and Hips?" In these columns, Sanders describes mysterious symptoms suffered by a patient - often one without a persuasive diagnosis - and invites readers, whom she calls "the crowd," to weigh in.

The column, also called "Diagnosis," carries grabby headlines like " He Liked to Work Outdoors on the Weekends. Lisa Sanders' column in the New York Times Magazine. That's the premise of Diagnosis, the new Netflix documentary series based on Dr. Think true crime, but with diseases instead of murderers. Angel Parker, the subject of the first episode of Diagnosis, rests at the hospital with her boyfriend.
