The Undiagnosed Diseases Program

Program News Coverage

2013

• March 20, 2013: A family's 19-year Question is solved by Exome Sequences
  New York Genome Center
   
• March 11, 2013: Cutting-Edge DNA Sequencing Used to Diagnose Unknown Disease
  Medscape
  
  
• March 10, 2013: Noblesville family afflicted by mystery illness will turn to medical sleuths for answers
  Indianapolis Star

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
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
   
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• 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

• • Patient Advocacy Group Telebriefing Transcript

Press Conference for the NIH Undiagnosed Diseases Program

• • NIH Undiagnosed Disease Program Press Conference Transcript
     

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Last Updated: March 20, 2013