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Current Events

KISS Awareness Week
Research News
Press Room

FSR is pleased to be a resource for patients, professionals and consumers looking for additional information on sarcoidosis and would be happy to collaborate with the media on in-depth articles and news reports.

Included in this section are press releases and articles about the Foundation which have appeared in popular publications.  A review of sarcoidosis studies and related articles in scientific publications can be found under the heading 'Research News'.  FSR has produced a Public Service Announcement to help raise national awareness of this disease.  The PSA features famed Boston Celtics basketball player Bill Russell and his daughter Karen, both sarcoidosis patients. View all videos produced by FSR.

Members of the media are encouraged to contact at FSR at 312-341-0500 or info@stopsarcoidosis.org to request additional information.

Press Releases

November 5, 2011 More than 200 join FSR and Mt. Sinai for Patient Conference
November 1, 2011 FSR receives generous donation from 1st golf tournament
October 19, 2011 FSR awards research grant to Dr. Nabeel Hamzeh
September 25, 2011 Team Sarcoidosis walks in 5th Annual Hike for Lung Health
September 10, 2011 Calcutta Tournament Benefits FSR for the 6th Year
June 21, 2011 FSR-funded researcher, Lobelia Samavati, MD, concludes project with promise of ongoing research
April 29, 2011 Nationawide efforst raise awareness during Sarcoidosis Awareness
February 14, 2011 Two foundations applaud NHLBI proposal for $12 million research study on the genetics of Sarcoidosis and Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency
February 5, 2011 FSR Launches Awareness Campaign at KISS Chicago 2011
October 3, 2010 150+ Join Team Sarcoidosis in the Hike for Lung Health
September 12, 2010 Calcutta Tennis Tournament Raises Funds for FSR
June 1, 2010 FSR Celebrates New Research Discovery
June 1, 2010 FSR Joins 2010: The Year of the Lung
February 6, 2010 FSR Celebrates 10th Anniversary at K.I.S.S. Chicago 2010
February 7, 2009 FSR Honors Three Leaders at K.I.S.S. CHICAGO 2009
November 14, 2008 Former Classmates Celebrate Bernie Mac & Raise Funds for Sarcoidosis Research
August 8, 2008 FSR Remembers Bernie Mac
February 2, 2008 FSR Honors Three Leaders at K.I.S.S. CHICAGO 2008
March 8, 2007 FSR Supports 2007 National Sleep Awareness Week
February 3, 2007 Celebrity Patients Join FSR to Launch National Awareness Campaign at K.I.S.S. Chicago 2007

July 1, 2006

FSR Supports Dry Eye Awareness Month

February 4, 2006

FSR Launches National Sarcoidosis Awareness Week at K.I.S.S. CHICAGO 2006

August 1, 2005

New Red Awareness Wristband Asks Americans To Kiss
 (Kick In To Stop Sarcoidosis)

March 29, 2005

FSR Supports 2005 National Sleep Awareness Week

February 5, 2005

FSR Launches National Sarcoidosis Awareness Week at K.I.S.S. CHICAGO 2005

July 17, 2004

FSR Comments on Immune System Research at Northwestern University in Chicago

March 29, 2004

FSR Supports 2004 National Sleep Awareness Week

February 7, 2004

Hundreds of Chicagoans Join FSR to KISS (Kick In to Stop Sarcoidosis) This February

FSR In the News
Featuring interviews with FSR Leadership.

April 2010 Sarcoidosis Awareness MonthMinnesota Healthcare News.  Volume 8, Number 4, April 2010.
March 20, 2010 26 N HalstedWCIU TV Chicago.
March 2010 Celebrating the Anniversary of the NDRI Rare Disease EffortThe NDRI Interchange.  Volume 26, No.1.
July 11, 2009 What is Sarcoidosis? Saturday Mornings with Joy Keys on Blog Talk Radio.
August 14, 2008 Sarcoidosis Community Mourns Bernie Mac; Says More Awareness Needed for Disease. ABC News.  2008 Aug 14
August 12, 2008 Bernie Mac's death puts sarcoidosis in spotlight; Those with sarcoidosis often live with fear of sudden deathChicago Tribune.  2008 Aug 12.
February 6, 2007 Partiers Seek to K.I.S.S. this Disease GoodbyeChicago Sun Times. 2007 Feb 6. 

February 5, 2006

Sarcoidosis:  Interviews with SAB Chair Dave Moller and FSR President Andrea Wilson.  Radio Health Journal.

August 15, 2005

Sarcoidosis: Scattered Symptoms Make Detection Difficult.  Nursing Spectrum.  2005 Aug 15.

August 2005

The Mystery of Sarcoidosis and Why it Affects So Many Blacks.  Ebony Magazine. 2005 Aug; 106-108.

July 8,  2005

Governor Signs Law to Help Fund Sarcoidosis Research. IDPH. 2005 Jul 8.

 

   
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