Internal-Medicine

• Eosinophilic Pneumonitis – When The Lungs Are Sensitive. Very Sensitive. (As Seen On House MD)

  Lungs and Airways 13.10.2011 No Comments

  

  This is part of our House MD Project series.

  Click here to read the connection to the episode (spoiler alert!) On episode 2 of season 8 (named “Transplant”), House treats the lungs of an 18-years old man who died in …[More]

  Tags: Adults, Danger-Medium, House, Internal-Medicine, Pulmonology

• Mastocytosis – It’s Not A Tumor, But Its Growth in Your Body Can Kill You (As Seen On House MD)

  Blood, Skin, Whole Body 03.10.2011 1 Comment

  

  This is part of our House MD Project series.

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

  
  On the first episode of season 8 (named “Twenty Vicodin”, and featuring an interesting guest in the cast!), House is …[More]

  Tags: Adults, Children, Danger-Medium, Hematology, House, Internal-Medicine

• 10 Screening Tests That Can Save Your Life

  Whole Body 12.07.2011 3 Comments

  

  We usually go to the doctor when we don’t feel well or have a symptom that bothers us – and that’s how diseases are discovered most of the time. But – some diseases can be detected before having any symptoms, …[More]

  Tags: Adults, Internal-Medicine, Oncology, Tips

• Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS) – When a Simple Food Poisoning Gets Complicated [News]

  Blood, Blood vessels, Intestine, Kidneys 31.05.2011 1 Comment

  

  This week, more than 1,000 people got sick and 16 died in an outbreak of HUS – a disease related to the bacteria E. coli. Initially cucumbers imported from Spain were blamed to be contaminated with the bacteria, but today …[More]

  Tags: Adults, Children, Danger-High, Hematology, Internal-Medicine

• Wegener’s Granulomatosis–A Rare Inflammation in Blood Vessels that Can Lead to Death (As Seen on House MD)

  Airways, Kidneys, Lungs and Airways, Whole Body 24.05.2011 No Comments

  

  This is part of our House MD Project series.

  Click here to read the connection to the episode (spoiler alert!)
  On episode 23 of season 7 (the season finale, named “Moving On”), Afsoun Hamidi, a performance artist, collapses during filming …[More]

  Tags: Adults, Danger-High, House, Internal-Medicine, Nephrology

• 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

• Spanish Fly and Glomus Tumors (As Seen on House MD)

  Whole Body 21.05.2011 No Comments

  

  This is part of our House MD Project series.

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

  
  This episode (episode 21 of season 7, named “The Fix”) is a little tricky, since there were two major diseases …[More]

  Tags: Adults, Endocrinology, House, Internal-Medicine

• Living With Fibromyalgia [Personal Story]

  Whole Body 25.03.2011 No Comments

  

  Fibromyalgia is a chronic syndrome characterized by muscle and joint pain, stiffness and fatigue. About 3.4% of US women experience the disease (as you can read in our full article – Fibromyalgia – Chronic pain and fatigue). One such …[More]

  Tags: Adults, Internal-Medicine, personal-story, Rheumatology

• Chagas Disease – When a Kiss From a Bug Can Be Lethal

  Whole Body 04.03.2011 1 Comment

  

  This is a guest post by Ashley Warner. Ashley is a graduate student working toward her Masters in Conservation Biology. She currently resides in Washington state and is a part-time content creator for Online Biology Degree.

  Danger level: High…[More]

  Tags: Adults, Danger-High, Infectious Diseases, Internal-Medicine

• Behçet’s Disease – Inflammation of Your Blood Vessels, Throughout the Body (As Seen on House MD)

  Whole Body 16.12.2010 No Comments

  

  This is part of our House MD Project series.

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

  
  On episode 8 of season 2, named “The Mistake”, a woman named Kayla suffers from a severe stomach pain while …[More]

  Tags: Adults, Danger-High, House, Internal-Medicine, Rheumatology