Grey’s Anatomy

• Superior Canal Dehiscence Syndrome – Hearing Sounds Inside Your Own Body (As Seen on Grey’s Anatomy)

  Ear, nose and throat 15.05.2010 View Comments

  

  On Thursday’s episode of Grey’s Anatomy (titled “Shiny Happy People”), a teenage patient called Hayley is thought to have schizophrenia after trying to claw her own eyes out. Not unlike a House…[More]

  Tags: Adults, Danger-Medium, Grey's Anatomy, Otolaryngology

• As Seen on Grey’s Anatomy – EX-Vivo Lung Transplant – A New Hope For Patients

  Lungs and Airways 05.03.2010 View Comments

  

  On yesterday’s episode of Grey’s Anatomy, a young patient who needed a lung transplant was also a lousy candidate for one, since he had too many risks. Instead of foregoing the whole thing,…[More]

  Tags: Grey's Anatomy, Pulmonology

• As Seen on Grey’s Anatomy – Acute Porphyria

  Nervous System 04.03.2010 View Comments

  

  On the last episode of Grey’s Anatomy (which, we know, was two weeks ago – sorry for the delay) Dr Bailey recalls a case in her intern year that helped her become the…[More]

  Tags: Adults, Danger-Medium, Grey's Anatomy, Internal-Medicine

• As Seen on Grey’s Anatomy – Waking Up During Surgery. Can It Happen To You?

  Uncategorized 07.02.2010 View Comments

  

  On Thursday’s episode of Grey’s Anatomy, a patient woke up during her own surgery. She was able to smell her own flesh burning during the procedure (heat is used during surgery to burn…[More]

  Tags: Danger-High, Grey's Anatomy, Surgery

• As Seen on Grey’s Anatomy – Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (NPH)

  Brain 13.11.2009 View Comments

  

  On last night’s episode, Izzie Stevens brings her former biology teacher to Seattle Grace (+Mercy West) hospital as he has been having memory problems. Turns out her teacher has a condition called [More]

  Tags: Adults, Danger-High, Grey's Anatomy, Neurology

• As Seen on Grey’s Anatomy – Tethered Spinal Cord Syndrome

  Uncategorized 25.09.2009 View Comments

  

  Yesterday Grey’s Anatomy came back for another season, and so does this column, where we teach you about a disease featured on each episode. This time – tethered spinal cord syndrome.

  Danger level:…[More]

  Tags: Children, Danger-High, Grey's Anatomy, Neurology

• As Seen on Grey’s Anatomy – IL-2 treatment, Anterograde Amnesia

  Brain, Kidneys, Skin 15.05.2009 View Comments

  

  Anyone who watched last night’s season finale of Grey’s Anatomy has two different questions on their mind right now (and to not spoil it for anyone who didn’t, neither…[More]

  Tags: Adults, Danger-Medium, Grey's Anatomy, Neurology, Oncology

• As Seen on Grey’s Anatomy – Tay-Sachs Disease – Fat Accumulating in The Brain

  Brain 24.04.2009 View Comments

  

  After a long break, Grey’s Anatomy has returned last night, and with it this column covering a disease seen in the last episode. Today’s disease is Tay-Sachs.

  Danger level: [More]

  Tags: Children, Danger-High, Grey's Anatomy, Metabolic Diseases

• As Seen on Grey’s Anatomy – Posttraumatic Stress Disorder – It Can Happen To Anyone

  Brain 27.03.2009 View Comments

  

  Starting last week, we’re featuring an article about a disease seen on the weekly Grey’s Anatomy episode. This time we’ll deal with post traumatic stress disorder, or in short [More]

  Tags: Adults, Danger-Medium, Grey's Anatomy, Psychiatry

• As Seen on Grey’s Anatomy – Melanoma – You Can Avoid It if It’s Found on Time

  Skin 20.03.2009 View Comments

  

  Each week we’ll tackle here a disease featured in that week’s episode of Grey’s Anatomy. Last night’s episode (Stand By Me, season 5, episode 18) dealt with Dr. Stevens’ Stage IV [More]

  Tags: Adults, Danger-High, Dermatology, Grey's Anatomy, Oncology