Nothing about sarcoidosis is easy. First identified in 1877, it is quite common. In the United States, lifetime risk is 2.4% and 0.85% for African American persons and White persons, respectively.

Sarcoidosis, which is also known as sarcoid or Besnier-Boeck disease, is a health condition involving the formation of small nodules known as granulomas at various sites of the body. Sarcoidosis is ...

MANAHAWKIN, N.J. (WPVI) -- Sarcoidosis is an immune system ailment that only got its name a century ago. And doctors are continually learning about this disorder, which can vary so much from one ...

About one in a thousand people get sarcoidosis and many may not realize they have it. But pulmonologist Dr. Gary Weinstein with Texas Health Dallas told KERA’s Sam Baker the inflammatory disease can ...

A research project supported by the National Institutes of Health has developed a tool to rapidly and inexpensively diagnose sarcoidosis, a chronic inflammatory disease marked by the growth of tiny ...

A case study found lenalidomide treatments may have an immediate effect in the treatment of sarcoidosis-related symptoms. Sarcoidosis, a disease that involves abnormal collections of inflammatory ...

Most people with sarcoidosis do not require treatment because the symptoms are not severe and usually subside spontaneously after some time. However, some people need treatment to reduce the ...

DESTIN, Fla. — Complicated disease pathogenesis and a lack of FDA-approved therapies makes sarcoidosis a significant clinical challenge, according to a presenter at the 2023 Congress of Clinical ...

"Let me just start off by saying this: we don't know what causes Sarcoidosis. It's that simple," says Dr. Manar Alshahrouri, Prevea Health Pulmonologist. April is National Sarcoidosis Awareness Month.

IN a previous report 1 I described my experience with colchicine in 2 patients with sarcoid arthritis. In the first, each of four acute bouts of joint inflammation was abruptly terminated in less than ...