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Author Dr. Brian Fowler shows how his rare illness led to a spiritual awakening San Antonio (PRWEB) May 18, 2013 Often, medical professionals become hardened and cynical secondary to the demands and pace of a busy medical practice. In The Beating of My Hearts, Dr. Brian L. Fowler tells the story of his transition from doctor to patient and how it led him to a spiritual awakening. Fowler was living a perfectly normal life until he was diagnosed with a rare inflammatory disease called...

Patients are currently being enrolled in the first clinical trial to investigate the efficacy of immunological therapy for chronic pulmonary sarcoidosis. The trial is being conducted by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Mount Sinai has the largest Sarcoidosis Service in the world and is one of only two institutions in the country participating in the trial; the other is the University of Cincinnati. Mount Sinai is a National Institutes of Health Center of...

(Ivanhoe Newswire) – Boston University researchers found that sarcoidosis accounts for 25 percent of deaths among women in the Black Women’s Health Study who have the disease. Sarcoidosis causes inflammation in the lungs, lymph nodes, liver, skin and other tissues and stems from unknown causes. Patients affected are typically between the ages of 20 and 40 years old and are more likely to be affected if a close blood relative has the disease. It is most often associated with...

Mount Sinai researchers coordinating the largest clinical study to date of "Sarcoid Like" Granulomatous Pulmonary Disease in World Trade Center (WTC) responders have found that the rate of the condition was increased in this group as compared to the records of pre-9/11 FDNY personnel. The study is published online in the American Journal of Industrial Medicine.The Mount Sinai researchers studied almost 20,000 responders who had an initial exam in the Mount Sinai World Trade Center...

Case Western Reserve School of Medicine researchers identify new avenue for gene targetingA new finding out in the December 1st issue of Genes & Development offers insight into a new treatment avenue for two painful inflammatory diseases: Crohn's Disease and sarcoidosis.While the loss of NOD2, the gene studied in the provoking article, increases the risk of developing Crohn's disease, increased activity of this gene is also thought to exacerbate symptoms. Additionally, activating NOD2...

LOS ANGELES, June 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Two new studies suggest that excess levels of a protein associated with inflammation, TNF, may produce cognitive decline. TNF regulates both inflammation and brain function. TNF is elevated in the blood in many autoimmune diseases, and in the fluid surrounding the brain in Alzheimer's disease. The new studies, from medical centers in Taiwan and the Netherlands, examined cognitive function in patients with either of two autoimmune diseases, rheumatoid...

Autoimmune diseases have long been regarded as illnesses in which the immune system creates autoantibodies to attack the body itself. But, researchers at the California non-profit Autoimmunity Research Foundation (ARF) explain that the antibodies observed in autoimmune disease actually result from alteration of human genes and gene products by hidden bacteria.Not long ago, scientists believed they had located all bacteria capable of causing human disease, But DNA discoveries in the last...

By Sarah Howden THERE'S no escaping the fact that summer has been a washout. Forget the winter blues, with sunshine at an all-time low this year some experts claim it's harming our health. Many of us are said to be suffering from a deficiency of vitamin D, which is produced naturally when the body is exposed to natural sunlight. In fact, with exposure to less than an average of 20 minutes sunlight a day, the average Scot has vitamin D levels four times lower than our southern neighbours....

By Eric Eyre Andrea Acton and Yvonne James don't look sick, but they could die anytime. Acton and James have a disease called sarcoidosis, an immune system disorder. The disease causes inflammation that produces tiny lumps of cells, called granulomas, in their bodies' organs. Last month, comedian Bernie Mac, who had sarcoidosis, died of pneumonia. Pro football Hall of Famer Reggie White, a defensive end with the Green Bay Packers and Philadelphia Eagles, also died from heart...

A public memorial is being planned for the late actor and comedian Bernie Mac this weekend in Chicago, Usmagazine.com said Monday. The star of "The Bernie Mac Show," who also starred in "Ocean's 11" and its sequels, died of pneumonia Saturday. He was 50. Usmagazine.com said the public memorial is to be held at noon Saturday at the House of Hope in Chicago. Donations may be made in Mac's memory to The Bernie Mac Foundation for Sarcoidosis.