Posts by: Ashraf Malhas, PhD

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Elderly-onset sarcoidosis patients have different disease and diagnostic features compared to younger-onset patients, researchers from Turkey have found. Sarcoidosis is often diagnosed in young patients between the ages of 25 ... Read more

May 22, 2018May 22, 2018

Single Mindfulness Training Session Shows Benefits for Sarcoidosis Patients

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Mindfulness exercises can help decrease the physical and psychological symptoms of sarcoidosis and improve well-being and motivation in patients and caregivers, a small study found. Sarcoidosis patients, including some ... Read more

May 10, 2018May 10, 2018

Younger Sarcoidosis Patients Given Double Lung Transplants Show Better Survival Rates, Study Finds

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Sarcoidosis patients given double lung transplants, especially at younger ages, show superior survival rates to those with other serious lung diseases, researchers report, suggesting these considerations guide the procedure. ... Read more

April 26, 2018April 26, 2018

Heart Transplant a Viable Option for Cardiac Sarcoidosis Patients, Study Finds

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Patients with cardiac sarcoidosis have similar post-heart transplant features and survival rates as patients without the disease, a new study found. The data indicates that heart transplant is a ... Read more

September 26, 2017September 26, 2017

Cardiac Sarcoidosis Cases Doubled in US from 2005-2011, Study Finds

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A U.S. nationwide study found the number of cardiac sarcoidosis (CS) cases doubled from 2005 to 2011, concluding that the disease may not be as rare as researchers thought. ... Read more