The Undiagnosed Diseases Program

Program News Coverage

2012

• May 20, 2012: Hard cases: Investigating rare & tough diseases
  CBS News, 60 Minutes
  
  
• May 7, 2012: Disease Detectives: Clinic of Last Resort
  WFTV-TV Orlando, FL
  
  
• March 8, 2012: Mysterious brain lesions send Pasco County man to National Institutes of Health for answers
  Tampa Bay Times
  
  
• February 29, 2012: Little girl now living without symptoms of rare disease
  WFMZ-TV Allentown, PA
  
  

2011

• November 2011: He's No Gregory House - Which is a Good Thing
  Scientific American
  
  
• October 26, 2011: For Those With Mystery Illnesses, a 'Clinic of Last Resort'
  HealthDay
  
  
• September 19, 2011: Sammies winner: The medical detective
  Federal News Radio
  
  
• August 17, 2011: William A. Gahl, NIH medical sleuth, tackles mysterious maladies
  The Washington Post
  
  
• July/August 2011: What to do when your doctor doesn't know
  AARP The Magazine
  
  
• June 4, 2011: Medical detective to visit Oklahoma
  The Oklahoman
  
  
• Spring 2011: The NIH Undiagnosed Diseases Program
  NIH Medline Plus
  
  
• March 10, 2011: The hunt for the mystery genes [bmj.com]
  British Medical Journal
  
  
• Feb. 2, 2011: NIH researchers identify genetic cause of new vascular disease
  NIH/NHGRI News Release
  
  
• Feb. 2, 2011: The medical detectives: Undiagnosed Diseases Program
  NBC4 Washington
  
  

2010

• Jan. 13, 2010: Today's Medical Mysteries: Doctors puzzle over woman's mystery ailment
  NBC Today Show
  
  
• Jan. 23, 2010: The Art of Diagnosis
  PBS Second Opinion
  
  
• Feb. 28, 2010: Disease Detectives
  A Discovery Health, three-part promotion of the one-hour special.
  
  
• Sept., 21, 2010: Elite medical unit is last hope for patients with mystery illnesses
  CNN Anderson Cooper 360
  
  
• Sept. 22, 2010: Doctors baffled by girl's condition
  CNN Anderson Cooper 360
  
  
• Sept. 24, 2010: NIH's mystery diseases ward
  CNN Anderson Cooper 360
  
  
• Nov. 8, 2010: A Place Where Hope Lives (Part One)
  CBS WUSA9News
  
  
Nov. 8, 2010 : "A Place Where Hope Lives" (Part One, Alternate Edit)
CBS WUSA9News


• Dec. 5, 2010: Power Player of the Week: Dr. William Gahl
  FoxNews National
  
  
• Dec. 13, 2010: The Real Dr. House
  Fox5News Washington
  
  

2009

• May 28, 2009: Mystery Diseases
  CNN International Vital Signs with Dr. Sanjay Gupta
  
  

2008

• May 19, 2008: NIH Launches Undiagnosed Diseases Program
  NIH/NHGRI News Release
  
  
• August 12, 2008: A Place for Hope: A Young Woman Finds Answers at NIH Clinical Center
  NHGRI News Feature
  

On YouTube

The Art of Diagnosis

NIH Undiagnosed Diseases Program Patient Advocacy Group Telebriefing


• Transcript for the Patient Advocacy Group Telebriefing
  
  
Press Conference for the NIH Undiagnosed Diseases Program

• Transcript for the NIH Undiagnosed Disease Program Press Conference
  
  

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Last Updated: May 21, 2012