The other day, I read a column from a colleague about how coffee can have a positive effect on liver disease. It caught my attention immediately, as I was actually drinking a cup and waiting on a call from my hepatologist to discuss the results of my recent biopsy.
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Manual workers are overrepresented among people with sarcoidosis, a study in France showed. The trend is more pronounced when the disease involves the lungs (pulmonary sarcoidosis). This supports the hypothesis that occupational exposure to environmental toxins such as dust and chemicals increases the risk of sarcoidosis. It also…
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Ear, nose, and throat (ENT) conditions may be underdiagnosed among adults with sarcoidosis, a large U.S. database study suggests. Research showed that sarcoidosis patients had more than 45% higher odds of having recorded diagnoses of sinus, swallowing, voice, and cranial nerve-related conditions than their matched peers without sarcoidosis. The…
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