"Mystery Diagnosis" (2005) TV series 2005-????

Seasons:

1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | unknown

Release Date:

28 September 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Reality-TV

Tagline:

When illness strikes, we look to doctors to find the answer. But what if they can't? For those unlucky patients diagnosis is a mystery.

US TV Schedule:

Thur. Dec. 31	6:00 AM	TLC	The Woman Who Craved Pickles	#4.3
Thur. Dec. 31	7:00 AM	TLC

Cast

Jane Salem	...	Herself (1 episode, 2006)
Ed Salem	...	Himself (1 episode, 2006)
Alex Salem	...	Himself - patient (1 episode, 2006)
Max Wiznitzer	...	Himself - child neurologist (1 episode, 2006)
Douglass Kerr	...	Himself (1 episode, 2006)
Sharmyn McGraw	...	Herself - patient (1 episode, 2006)
Karen Keith	...	Herself (1 episode, 2006)
Angela Montgomery	...	Herself (1 episode, 2006)
Pejman Cohan	...	Himself (1 episode, 2006)
Daniel Kelly	...	Himself - neurosurgeon (1 episode, 2006)
Harley Howard	...	Himself - patient (1 episode, 2006)
Dawanda Howard	...	Herself - wife (1 episode, 2006)
Keith Randall	...	Himself - parishioner (1 episode, 2006)
Alex Harris	...	Himself (1 episode, 2006)
David Guion	...	Narrator (1 episode, 2006)
Dr. Foster	...	Himself (1 episode, 2005)
Dr. Green	...	Himself (1 episode, 2005)
Eamon Murphy	...	Himself (1 episode, 2005)
Joanne Zeis	...	Herself (1 episode, 2005)
Dr. Joseph B. Zwischenberger		(1 episode, 2006)
Alexis Beery	...	Herself (1 episode, 2007)
Christian Byrne	...	Himself (1 episode, 2007)
Kelly Byrne	...	Herself (1 episode, 2007)
Thomas Byrne	...	Himself (1 episode, 2007)
Isabel Calmelat	...	Herself (1 episode, 2007)
Patti Camarote	...	Herself (1 episode, 2007)
Meredith Estes	...	Herself (1 episode, 2007)
Aran Gordon		(1 episode, 2007)
Nicole Guerin		(1 episode, 2007)
Gary M.D. Hartman	...	Himself (1 episode, 2007)
Christina Karas	...	Herself (1 episode, 2007)
Edward Leigh	...	Himself (1 episode, 2007)
Douglas Posluszny	...	Himself (1 episode, 2007)
Jessica Saccone	...	Herself (1 episode, 2007)
Shannon Stebbins	...	Herself (1 episode, 2007)
Jim Stopka	...	Himself (1 episode, 2007)
Pat Stopka	...	Herself (1 episode, 2007)
Rajendra Suvarna	...	Himself (1 episode, 2007)
Marlene Artov	...	Kirsten Larson (1 episode, 2008)
Jennifer Marton Bray	...	Herself (1 episode, 2008)
Michael Bray	...	Himself (1 episode, 2008)
David Kielb	...	Himself (1 episode, 2008)
Trisha Kielb	...	Herself (1 episode, 2008)
Tracy Killarney	...	Herself (1 episode, 2008)
Sophie Le Neveu	...	Cheryl's Classmate (1 episode, 2008)
Virginia Marton	...	Herself (1 episode, 2008)
Steven McCarus	...	Himself (1 episode, 2008)
Edmund Messina	...	Himself (1 episode, 2008)
Tom Delconte	...	Dr. Dalmau (1 episode, 2009)
Lee Eden	...	young Claire Mantey (1 episode, 2009)
Adrian Gramatges	...	Owen (1 episode, 2009)
Jennifer Gramatges	...	Kathy / ... (1 episode, 2009)
Abdel Salam Kaleel	...	Other Doctor (1 episode, 2009)
Mona Mozaffarian	...	Nurse (1 episode, 2009)
Eddie Noone	...	Neurologist (1 episode, 2009)
Masood Saeed	...	Other Doctor (1 episode, 2009)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

VT2 Studios - 2401 W. Bellfort Street, Houston, Texas, USA

Company:

True Entertainment

Good, literate documentary show

I like this show. It's somewhere between "House:MD" and the medical mysteries documentary on ABC in its watchability (of course, without the fictional misanthropic Sherlock Holmes of the 21st century, Dr. House).

Also, it gets into the tendency of some physicians to condescend to their patients ("depression" is probably the single most over-diagnosed illness because it can be treated with relatively inexpensive and non-toxic drugs, and because HMOs tend to financially reward physicians who choose to do this rather than actually working down a differential diagnostic tree in a patient who is troublesome) rather than actually treating them. I speak as a sufferer from a rare cancer which has metastased to my liver because my physicians, even after I had had a large, rare tumor removed from my abdomen, chose to believe that something else was the matter over a period of years.

Anyway, the show is smart, well-produced, well-researched, and compassionate to its subjects. You can also learn things watching it.