NIH Launches Undiagnosed Diseases Program

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced a new clinical research program that will aim to provide answers to patients with mysterious conditions that have long eluded diagnosis. Called the Undiagnosed Diseases Program, the trans-NIH initiative will focus on the most puzzling medical cases referred to the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, Md., by physicians across the nation.

For more information about the Undiagnosed Diseases Program, go to: http://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/Resources.aspx?PageID=31.  Physicians and patients with specific inquiries may call the NIH Clinical Center clinical information research line, at 1-866-444-8806.