I’ve been catching up on season one during the last few weeks – and I’ve been wondering the same thing. But, they’re always on the lookout for unheard-of, rare diseases:

There’s one medical mystery the creator of House never wants to solve.

Namely, what does he do when he runs out of diseases for his cranky, cane-bound hero to diagnose?

“That was a concern,” admits executive producer David Shore at the Banff television festival yesterday.

“I really thought that was going to be a huge problem, but somehow we’ve managed to do it. I guess we’ve learned medicine is less than an exact science, which has been a blessing for us.”

And, of course, the show’s scribes all read up on obscure, unheard-of ailments. “We also have a researcher who looks for stories. One of our writers is a doctor and he’s constantly looking for ideas. And we have three outside doctors who review all our scripts (for accuracy).”