Bernie Mac Dead At 50 Aug 10, 2008
In recent years, Mac (real name: Bernard Jeffery McCullough) had battled an inflammatory lung disease known as sarcoidosis, which causes inflammation in the lungs, lymph nodes and other organs. It had been in remission since 2005, and Smith had said Mac's pneumonia was not related to it. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Marilyn Fields is breathing easier Aug 7, 2008
After more than 40 years as a beautician, the Hudson resident was diagnosed with sarcoidosis and for the past three years has been dependent on an oxygen tank and its attendant 40-foot tube. On April 13, 2008, 10 days after her 60th birthday, Fields was notified that a lung donor was available. (Hudson Sun, MA)
Bernie Mac's Condition Still Unknown Aug 7, 2008
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Bernie Mac had it: what is sarcoidosis? Aug 5, 2008
Bernie Mac has it: what is sarcoidosis. Because of comedian , new attention is focusing on sarcoidosis, a little known medical condition that affects tens of thousands of Americans ... His publicist, Danica Smith, says sarcoidosis isnt responsible for Macs current illness. (Chicago Tribune)
Bernie in pneumonia scare Aug 5, 2008
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Bernie Mac Hospitalized But 'Still Alive,' Rep Insists Aug 5, 2008
In recent years, Mac (real name: Bernard Jeffery McCullough) has battled an inflammatory lung disease known as sarcoidosis which causes inflammation in the lungs, lymph nodes and other organs. It has been in remission since 2005. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Report: Bernie Mac in 'very, very critical' condition Aug 4, 2008
Smith, who said she was unsure when her client first entered the hospital, said the pneumonia was unrelated to Mac's sarcoidosis, a chronic disease that can inflame tissue, particularly in the lungs. The 50-year-old Mac's sarcoidosis has been in remission since 2005, she said. (New York Daily News)
Bernie Mac hospitalized for pneumonia Aug 2, 2008
Mac, 50, suffered from sarcoidosis, a tissue inflammation, but his publicist, Danica Smith, said his illness has been in remission since 2005 and the bout of pneumonia is unrelated. Mr. (MSNBC -- News)
"Survivor" All-Stars Ready for Battle Aug 2, 2008
Smith says the pneumonia is not related to sarcoidosis, an autoimmune disorder that the 50-year-old comic actor was diagnosed with more than 20 years ago. The disease, which causes inflammation in organs, especially the lungs, "has been in remission since 2005," says Smith, the same time Mac with his health woes. (Yahoo News -- Survivor)
A glimpse behind the scenes at Peterborough District Hospital Jul 13, 2008
"The Medical Emergency Response Incident Team (MERIT) had people dressing up in special outfits and showing off the kit they carry around.Parents brought along their children to get their first experience of a hospital.Oliver Forder, from Werrington, who took his son, Joshua (5), said: "I have been an out-patient here for three years as I have an auto-immune disease, sarcoidosis and I have been well looked after here. It's nice to come and look round in a fun way rather than as a patient. (Peterborough Today)
Discovery was mind over body Jul 2, 2008
Not just that the 44-year-old had a rare disease, cardiac sarcoidosis. Or that as his health deteriorated, he had to quit his job and stay home. (Florida Times-Union)
Ground Zero Workers and Attorneys Decry Times Article Jun 27, 2008
Such life threatening diseases as Asthma and Sarcoidosis have been diagnosed following the workers' time at Ground Zero, and have no cure. "Anybody with access to the internet or a medical dictionary can tell you that Asthma and Sarcoidosis are incurable, permanent conditions that may be managed, but are never considered 'cured,'" said Bern, who added "these diseases, along with other well-documented Ground Zero-related illnesses like pulmonary fibrosis and silicosis, are progressive and... (PR Newswire)
Buzz Briefs: Bill Murray, Sean Levert May 30, 2008
County Coroner Frank Miller says that Levert died from complications of sarcoidosis, an inflammatory disease. Miller ruled out foul play or trauma. (CBS News)
Coroner: Levert died of natural causes May 30, 2008
Miller said Levert died from complications of sarcoidosis, an inflammatory lung disease that produces tiny lumps of cells in the bodys organs. The coroner said Levert also suffered from other conditions, including heart disease, high blood sugar and withdrawal from alprazolam, a drug used to treat anxiety disorders and panic attacks that is better known under the trade name Xanax. (MSNBC -- News)
State health plan grant focuses on fitness May 26, 2008
Since 1995, he has been director of the sarcoidosis clinic at ECU and has gained recognition as a worldwide leader in the causes and treatment of this mysterious respiratory disease, which is prevalent in the Southeast. Tech professor named to board. (The Daily Reflector)
Another reason to quit smoking May 8, 2008
She was unaware she had a genetic lung disease called sarcoidosis that would be worsened by her habit. Reimer, 49, of Milwaukee, was hospitalized when she was 23 and diagnosed with the lung condition, cervical cancer and lupus. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Musician showed style on, off stage Apr 21, 2008
Known as "Bobby Bush" to his many fans and friends, he enjoyed a stellar career as a musician before his diagnosis with sarcoidosis, a hardening of tissue inside the lung's wall. "Music and singing was his passion," said his wife of 41 years, Betty Kennedy Bush. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Suit: Man gets cancerous lungs, dies, in transplant at Penn Apr 8, 2008
Tony Grier had been diagnosed in 1986 with pulmonary sarcoidosis, which can cause lung tissue to harden. Emma Grier, of Newark, N.J., filed the federal lawsuit on behalf of her son's estate. (NJ.com)
Bennington: Move state building downtown; State: With what money? Feb 13, 2008
Testimony to a joint session of the Senate Appropriations and Institutions committees came nearly a year after 135 state employees moved out of an office building on the north side of Bennington after six current and former workers were diagnosed with a rare ailment, sarcoidosis. And it came a month after a task force made up of local officials and two Bennington-area lawmakers recommended ignoring the state Health Department's finding that the existing office building could be cleaned and moved... (WCAX.com, VT)
0bituaries for Tuesday, February 5, 2008 Feb 5, 2008
David A. Mahlke, Sr., 74, of Winona died Saturday, Feb. 2, 2008, at Lake Winona Manor, due to complications from sarcoidosis of the central nervous system. David was born June 19, 1933, in Winona to Ernest C. and Nina P. (Nelson) Mahlke. (Winona Daily News, MN)
A Woman with Postpartum Visual Loss, Shortness of Breath, and Renal Failure Jan 17, 2008
NEJM -- Case 2-2008 -- A 38-Year-Old Woman with Postpartum Visual Loss, Shortness of Breath, and Renal Failure. Please for full text and personal services. (New England Journal of Medicine)
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First, my uncle was diagnosed with sarcoidosis, an incurable inflammatory disease. Then my sister needed surgery to remove precancerous tissue from her cervix. (FastCompany)
Legislators call for closing of state office building Dec 30, 2007
The building was closed last March after six current or former employees were diagnosed with sarcoidosis and others complained of respiratory ailments. Sarcoidosis is an inflammation characterized by granulomas, or groups of inflamed cells. (Boston Globe)
Lawyer remembered for folksy style Dec 25, 2007
Neidl, 58, died Sunday at his home after a history of battling health problems including sarcoidosis, an autoimmune disorder. He had worked as a lawyer for more than three decades and, at the time of his death, was an assistant in the Albany County Public Defenders' Office. (Albany Times Union)
Many workers don't want to move back into Bennington building Dec 7, 2007
The building was emptied in March amid concerns it may have played a role in the cases of 6 current or former workers who developed the lung ailment sarcoidosis. The state recently announced its plan to spend about $9 million to renovate the building and move the workers back in. (WCAX.com, VT)
State Discusses Sick Building Report Dec 6, 2007
It said an oil fired boiler and three types of bacteria in the building could be responsible for a Sarcoidosis outbreak. The building was closed in April and workers were moved to temporary offices after six workers contracted the disease. (WCAX.com, VT)
Ruling Narrows Definition Of 9/11 Deaths Dec 4, 2007
He died in 2004 of sarcoidosis, a disease that studies have linked to inhalation of toxic dust that hung over the towers' ruins for months. But because he was not at the trade center when the towers collapsed, the city medical examiner has declined to add him to the official Sept. 11 victims' list. (CBS News)
Doctor narrows definition of 9/11-related death in recent ruling Dec 4, 2007
He died in 2004 of sarcoidosis, a disease that studies have linked to breathing in toxic dust that hung over the towers' ruins for months ... Hirsch's standard has been under renewed scrutiny since May, when he ruled that the death of Felicia Dunn-Jones, an attorney who died of sarcoidosis in 2002 after fleeing the collapsing towers, would be reclassified as a homicide. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
* World News Quick Take Nov 28, 2007
When the officer, James Godbee Jr, died in December 2004 at age 44, the medical examiner's office listed the cause of death as sarcoidosis, a disease that scars the lungs and other organs. Although the death certificate did not link Godbee's disease to the days he spent at Ground Zero, the police pension fund did make that link later, granting the officer's widow a line-of-duty pension. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
What Immune Cells See: Ins And Outs Of Peptide Processing Nov 22, 2007
Using this approach they identified 78 peptide fragments bound to the MHC molecule HLA-DR on cells isolated from the lungs of patients with sarcoidosis, an inflammatory disease of the lungs mediated largely by CD4+ T cells ... First journal article: Identification of HLA-DR -- bound peptides presented by human bronchoalveolar lavage cells in sarcoidosis. (Science Daily)
United States Nov 18, 2007
She has endured years of a chronic lung disease, sarcoidosis, an inflammation of the lymph nodes usually found in much older people, as well as a blood disorder that produced petecchiae - dots of blood beneath her skin, similar to those seen in some of those exposed to radiation at Hiroshima. In her twenties she had a pre-cancerous ovarian cyst that when removed was the size of a grapefruit. (Guardian Unlimited)
Report: Lung ailment may be linked to building bacteria Nov 17, 2007
State Epidemiologist Dr. Cort Lohff says the link between the bacteria and the incidence of sarcoidosis isn't certain ... At least six current or former employees suffer from sarcoidosis. (WCAX.com, VT)
Popular Asthma Medication Linked To Respiratory Improvement In NYC Firefighters Oct 27, 2007
(May 10, 2007) New-onset sarcoidosis of the lung is on the rise among Ground Zero firefighters, according to a new. (Aug. (Science Daily)
NYC Refuses To List Detective As 9/11 Victim Oct 19, 2007
That ruling found that Zadroga died in January 2006 of sarcoidosis, a lung-scarring disease that deposits dangerous growths in the lungs. After reviewing the autopsy report, Zadroga's medical records and slides of the detective's lung tissue, Hirsch concluded that the detective's death was not caused by exposure to dust, according to a letter obtained by The Associated Press. (WNBC.com, NY)
Bell’s Palsy — Is Glucocorticoid Treatment Enough? Oct 18, 2007
Approximately a third of cases of acute peripheral facial weakness are caused by trauma, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, eclampsia, the Ramsay Hunt syndrome (facial palsy with zoster oticus caused by varicella zoster virus), Lyme disease, sarcoidosis, Sj. gren's syndrome, parotid gland tumors, and amyloidosis and may even be a complication of intranasal influenza vaccine. (New England Journal of Medicine)
Clinical studies show REMICADE reduces incidence of bowel surgeries in ulcerative colitis patients Oct 16, 2007
As previously reported, other notable serious adverse events (SAEs) included: prostate cancer, breast cancer, pneumonia, sarcoidosis, abscess and a death following Histoplasmosis pneumonia. (See Important Safety Information below. (EurekAlert!)
Breast cancer turns life upside down Oct 9, 2007
Morrissey said she is into natural healing and was being treated for a couple of ailments, sarcoidosis and Addison's disease, with Reiki, craniosacral therapy and quantum xeroid. "I had been getting well.". (Durango Herald)
Fundraiser nets more than $40,000 to help pay womans medical bills Sep 26, 2007
About five years ago, Judy a registered nurse who was employed by Sierra Vista Regional Health Center, became seriously ill with a rare auto-immune disease called neurosarcoidosis. Sarcoidosis is a disease that typically involves the lungs but is capable of manifesting itself in other areas of the body ... Neurosarcoidosis, however, attacks the spine, brain and nervous system and can cause debilitating strokes and paralysis. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
6 Years Later, 9/11 Health Questions Linger Sep 13, 2007
Felicia Dunn-Jones, a 42-year-old lawyer, succumbed to a disease resembling sarcoidosis five months after the attacks, and James Zadroga, a 34-year-old New York City police detective, died of pulmonary disease early in 2006. Other studies have also suggested at least short-term respiratory effects, including a New York City Department of Health study released last month that found first responders to the attack now have a risk for asthma that is 12 times that of the general population. (MEDLINEplus)
Another victim Sep 12, 2007
One study showed a powerful connection to sarcoidosis the lung-scarring disease that killed Dunn-Jones and city firefighters ... Citing ccumulated scientific research that linked sarcoidosis to ground zero exposure, Hirsch wrote in May, he Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has thus concluded that Mrs. Dunn-Jones' exposure to World Trade Center dust on 9/11/01 contributed to her death and it has been ruled a homicide ... An autopsy later found she had had a heart attack brought on by... (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Monster.com founder gives Emory $5.4 million Sep 11, 2007
Lawrence said McKelvey suffers from the pulmonary disease sarcoidosis. The lung transplant center receives referrals from throughout the Southeast. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
New Victim Added To Sept. 11 List Sep 10, 2007
" The addition of Dunn-Jones, a 42-year-old civil rights lawyer, to New York's Sept. 11 death toll occurred in a year that sharply focused on post-Sept. 11 illness - and the legacy of the cleanup of ground zero - more than ever before. "I don't think anyone's questioning anymore how many thousands of people are sick," said David Worby, who represents nearly 10,000 plaintiffs suing the city and contractors who oversaw ground zero's cleanup. More than 100 of his plaintiffs have died, he says. City... (Tampa Bay Online, FL -- News)
Swimmer Tries to Break Record Aug 31, 2007
Storch suffers from pulmonary sarcoidosis, a disease in which inflamed cells form in the lungs and heart. He hopes the swim will raise money for the cause. (R News)
Post 9/11 Sarcoidosis Aug 13, 2007
Studies show that exposure to the airborne toxins generated by the WTC attacks triggered the development of sarcoidosis and sarcoidosis-like respiratory diseases ... Of the 10,000 clients represented by attorney David Worby involved in a lawsuit accusing the city of negligence, 5 have recently died of sarcoidosis ... The confirmation of Dunn-Jone s sarcoidosis came in a letter by Dr. Charles S. Hirsch, the city's Chief Medical Examiner on May 18 stating that "Accumulating evidence indicates that... (Suite101.com)
State building seen needing big fix Aug 2, 2007
That's the upshot of a new engineering report on the Bennington State Office Building that the state moved workers out of in March after six people who worked there developed sarcoidosis. Turner Buildings Science & Design of Maine points to moisture building up from several sources in the building, and soot spread around the facility by its boilers, as possible sources of health problems. (WCAX.com, VT)
Cost of woman's rare illness strains SV family Jul 22, 2007
Judy suffers from a rare auto-immune disease called neurosarcoidosis ... After seeking treatment at Mayo Clinic, Huffman was finally diagnosed as having a rare auto-immune disease called neurosarcoidosis ... Sarcoidosis is a disease that typically involves the lungs, but is capable of manifesting itself in other areas of the body. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Long-term care insurance may not be for everyone Jun 28, 2007
She has sarcoidosis, a type of inflammation that produces microscopic lumps in various parts of the body. "I'm glad they did," she says. (USA Today -- Money)
Ex-EPA Chief Fights Critics Over Air Safety After Sept.... Jun 26, 2007
A separate medical study released last month found that rescue workers and firefighters contracted sarcoidosis, a serious lung-scarring disease, at a rate more than five times as high as in the years before the attacks. Top Video. (Fox News)
Whitman faces 9/11 committee Jun 26, 2007
EPA CHIEF'S DEFENSE I'M NO LIAR. Former EPA leader denies having misled workers at Ground Zero regarding air quality despite criticism politics clouded her judgment. (Newsday -- Nation)
Lawmakers, ground zero workers demand answers from ex-EPA chief Jun 26, 2007
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Hillary Faults Feds For 9/11 Health Risks Jun 21, 2007
A separate medical study released last month found that rescue workers and firefighters contracted sarcoidosis, a serious lung-scarring disease, at a rate more than five times higher than the years before the attacks. Since the attacks, independent government reviews have faulted the EPA's handling of the immediate aftermath of the attacks and the agency's long-term cleanup program for nearby buildings. (CBS News)
Clinton condemns response to 9/11 dust Jun 21, 2007
A separate medical study released last month found that rescue workers and firefighters contracted sarcoidosis, a serious lung-scarring disease, at a rate more than five times higher than the years before the attacks. Clinton and other New York lawmakers have sought to pressure the agency to do more to clean apartment buildings in lower Manhattan. (Newsday)
Autoimmune Liver Diseases Jun 4, 2007
The Importance of Epidemiology in Determining Environmental Causes. Autoimmune liver (hepatic) diseases include , , and. (Suite101.com)
9/11-related health deaths debate Jun 3, 2007
He said in a statement last week that "accumulated scientific research" indicates that exposure to trade center dust can cause sarcoidosis, an inflammatory, lung-scarring disease that killed Dunn-Jones on Feb. 10, 2002. He was also a co-author of a draft of autopsy guidelines that the federal government considered issuing across the nation, before ruling last year that the guidelines could be misinterpreted. (Newsday -- New York City)
Rare Blood Cancer Strikes WTC Workers Jun 2, 2007
Second, she said, are more serious chronic lung diseases such as sarcoidosis, which killed a New York woman who inhaled dust from the collapsing twin towers on. The city medical examiner last week added Felicia Dunn-Jones' 2002 death to the official list of Sept. 11 attack victims. (Fox News)
Health forces cop to sue NYPD over 9/11 work Jun 2, 2007
Christopher Hynes, 36, of upstate Washingtonville, says in his complaint that the NYPD denied his request to have his conditions -- sarcoidosis and Lofgren's Syndrome -- classified as line-of-duty injuries ... Sarcoidosis is a disease in which tiny lumps of cells, known as granulomas, spread in the lungs and throughout the body ... In Hynes' case, sarcoidosis of the lungs has resulted in coughs, chest pains and shortness of breath, according to the complaint. (Newsday -- New York City)
WTC rescue workers face lung disease risk Jun 1, 2007
Increased incidence of sarcoidosis among fire fighters, research finds ... There is an increased incidence of sarcoidosis and sarcoid-like granulomatous pulmonary disease (SLGPD) among Fire Department of New York (FDNY) members who were rescue workers in the World Trade Center disaster, according to findings published in the medical journal Chest ... Sarcoidosis is an inflammatory disease that first appears as grain-like lumps, or granulomas, which are mostly seen in the lungs or... (MSNBC -- Health)
Health Toll of 9/11 Still Unclear Jun 1, 2007
The disaster has been associated with a prolonged hacking known as "World Trade Center Cough" and with sarcoidosis, a disease that causes inflammation and scarring in the lungs ... Dunn-Jones, a 42-year-old attorney at the time of the attacks, died of sarcoidosis five months after the attacks. (MEDLINEplus)
Increased sarcoidosis in WTC rescue workers May 31, 2007
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - There is an increased incidence of sarcoidosis and "sarcoid-like" granulomatous pulmonary disease (SLGPD) among Fire Department of New York (FDNY) members who were rescue workers in the World Trade Center disaster, according to findings published in the medical journal Chest. Sarcoidosis is an inflammatory disease that first appears as grain-like lumps, or "granulomas," which are mostly seen in the lungs or lymph nodes ... Since then, there have been reports of... (Scientific American)
Pols want 9/11 health cases reopened May 26, 2007
The debate over the link between trade center dust and respiratory illnesses and deaths took on a new dimension earlier this week, when the medical examiner re-classified as a homicide the death of attorney Felicia Dunn-Jones, of Staten Island, who died of a lung disease called sarcoidosis five months after the terrorist attacks ... The office has not received any requests, but the family of a New York police detective who worked at Ground Zero and died of sarcoidosis said it planned to do so. (Newsday -- New York City)
* Dust leaves woman as the 2,750th victim of 9/11 May 26, 2007
New York City's chief medical examiner, Dr. Charles Hirsch, has attributed Dunn-Jones' death to sarcoidosis -- which produces microscopic lumps called granulomas on the lungs -- and cardiac failure. He determined that exposure to the dust had exacerbated -- though not necessarily caused -- the disease. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Dust victim is added to 9/11 toll May 25, 2007
An autopsy showed she died of sarcoidosis, a disease which produces microscopic lumps called granulomas on lungs and is often associated with exposure to environmental hazards. In a letter made public on Wednesday, New York's chief medical examiner, Dr Charles Hirsch, said he was certain "beyond a reasonable doubt" that the dust "was contributory to her death". (BBC News -- Science)
'02 death tied to dust from tower ... May 25, 2007
Felicia Dunn-Jones, a 42-year-old attorney who was caught in the dust cloud while fleeing the collapsing towers on September 11, died of sarcoidosis, a disease that causes inflammation and scarring in the lungs, on Feb. 10, 2002 ... Mrs. Dunn-Jones' family had asked last year that the medical examiner add her name to the death toll, but Dr. Hirsch wrote at the time that his office could not link her death to the exposure "with certainty beyond a reasonable doubt." Since then, a doctor for the... (Washington Times, DC)
Toxic dust adds to WTC death toll May 24, 2007
Felicia Dunn-Jones, a 42-year-old attorney who was caught in the dust cloud while fleeing the collapsing towers on Sept. 11, 2001, died of sarcoidosis, a disease that causes inflammation and scarring in the lungs, on Feb. 10, 2002 ... Since then, a doctor for the Fire Department of New York published a study that found firefighters who worked at ground zero contracted sarcoidosis at a much higher rate after the Sept. 11 attacks than before, linking the disease firmly to the dust exposure. (MSNBC -- Health)
Post-9/11 dust victim added to tally May 24, 2007
Felicia Dunn-Jones died on Feb. 10, 2002 and the cause of her death was determined to be sarcoidosis with cardiac involvement, said New York City's medical examiner's office. "The office of chief medical examiner has thus concluded that Mrs. Dunn-Jones' exposure to World Trade Center dust on 9/11/01 contributed to her death and it has been ruled a homicide," read a news release from the agency, which had previously refused to include her in the list of 9/11 victims. (Newsday -- New York City)
