Do You Have an Undiagnosed Disease

Do You Have an Undiagnosed Disease ?
Do you wish Dr Gregory House actually existed ?





Step forward William Gahl at the US National Institute of Health who this year became head of the Undiagnosed Diseases Program at the US National Institute of Health (NIH).

Dr Gahl is quite clear on the differences between himself and House " I'm not a sociopath and I don't take drugs."


As of December 2008, Dr Gahl's Undiagnosed Disease Program had accepted 35 patients and they are actively working on 10 of them. Unlike the TV program, this real life program does not take patients who collapse on arrival at the hospital.

One example of a real world problem: A couple from New Jersey are desperate to know what is wrong with their 3 year old who was fine up to 10 months and then had a seizure. Now she holds her head crookedly and has difficulty walking. Many specialists later, nobody can pinpoint the problem let alone what to do about the child. Dr Gahl wanted a hair sample and went on to study a family video showing the child - very House-like.

The House plots have a formula - they have to to make for gripping TV - so we all know what to expect. Of course, some of the plots are totally off the wall but some might just come true.

Do you want to find the real Dr House - that is Dr Gahl.

Look here.