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• Amebiasis– A Very Common Infection You May Not Even Have Heard of (As Seen on House MD)

  Intestine, Liver, Whole Body 23.05.2011 No Comments

  

  This is part of our House MD Project series.

  Make sure to tune in tomorrow for a medical recap of tonight’s finale!

  Click here to read the connection to the episode (spoiler alert!)

  
  On episode 22 of season 7, named …[More]

  Tags: Adults, Danger-Medium, House, Infectious Diseases, Internal-Medicine

• Ornithine Transcarbamylase Deficiency– What If You Couldn’t Eat Steaks? (As Seen on House MD)

  Liver, Nervous System 23.07.2010 5 Comments

  

  This is part of our House MD Project series.

  Click here to read the connection to the episode (spoiler alert!)

  
  On episode 15 of season 1, called Mob Rules, a mobster named Joey arrives at the hospital with a …[More]

  Tags: Adults, Children, Danger-High, House, Metabolic Diseases

• Wilson Disease – The Return (As Seen on House MD)

  Liver 01.05.2010 No Comments

  

  Yes, it’s that time of the week – time for another article in the House, M.D. Project. This time it’s episode 6 of season 1, named “The Socratic Method”.

  The story in that episode is of Lucille Palmeiro, a …[More]

  Tags: Adults, House, Internal-Medicine

• In The News – What’s Hepatitis A and How to Avoid It

  Liver 22.07.2009 No Comments

  

  As reported by The Huffington Post this week, a McDonald’s food handler at a Milan, Illinois, restaurant was carrying the hepatitis A virus, and allegedly exposed up to 10,000 people to the virus. What does this mean for the infected …[More]

  Tags: Adults, Danger-Low, Gastroenterology, Infectious Diseases, Internal-Medicine, News

• Wilson Disease – The Copper Disease That Could Wreck Your Liver and Brain

  Liver 25.10.2008 10 Comments

  

  Danger Level: Medium 

  What is it?

  Wilson disease is a genetic disorder that causes copper to accumulate in the liver.

  Who gets it?

  One person out of 40,00 will have the disease. Since it’s a genetic disorder, the disease …[More]

  Tags: Adults, Danger-Medium, Internal-Medicine