Sarcoidosis may be caused by what we breathe

Monday, August 11, 2008

What you breathe everyday may cause the rare disease Sarcoidosis ( Sar-coy-doe-sis). Over the weekend 50-year-old comedian Bernie Mac died after suffering from complications with pneumonia and sarcoidosis. Director of the pulmonary vascular disease program at the University of Florida Dr. Kamal (Ka-Mall) Mubarak (Moo-bar-uk) says Sarcoidosis is a disease that attacks the lungs making it harder for them to fight common sickness.

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