Immunology
Selena gomez's kidney transplant puts lupus center stage
(HealthDay)—When pop star Selena Gomez revealed Thursday that she had a kidney transplant, she put the autoimmune disease lupus in the spotlight.
Sep 15, 2017
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Immunology
Regular exercise, stress can both make a big difference in lupus, study finds
Waking up in the morning with the joint pain, swelling and stiffness that accompanies lupus doesn't exactly inspire a workout.
Sep 13, 2017
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Arthritis & Rheumatism
New study reveals hidden burden of Lupus among Hispanic and Asian women in Manhattan
Within Manhattan's diverse population, the chronic and often debilitating autoimmune disease lupus affects Hispanic and Asian women more frequently than white women, according to a new study led by investigators at NYU School ...
Sep 11, 2017
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Cardiology
New blood test detects stroke and heart attack risk in lupus patients with no CVD symptoms
The results of a study presented today at the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR) 2017 press conference have shown that a specific biomarker detected in the blood of lupus patients with no symptoms of cardiovascular ...
Jun 15, 2017
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Immunology
A surprising new link between inflammation and mental illness
Up to 75 percent of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus—an incurable autoimmune disease commonly known as lupus—experience neuropsychiatric symptoms. But so far, our understanding of the mechanisms underlying lupus' ...
Jun 14, 2017
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Immunology
Novel small molecule drug may help to ease symptoms in lupus sufferers
Lupus, a chronic autoimmune disease, has proved difficult to treat, but a new international study co-led by a Rush University Medical Center researcher suggests that a drug starting through the pipeline could ameliorate or ...
Mar 7, 2017
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Immunology
Stressed out interferons reveal potential key to alternative lupus treatment
Only one new drug has become available over the past 50 years for the estimated 1.5 million Americans and five million-plus people worldwide suffering from lupus, but new research has identified a previously unknown mechanism ...
Feb 10, 2017
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Arthritis & Rheumatism
Race, ethnicity and education levels linked to delays accessing lupus specialty care
Lupus patients who are African-American or Asian, or those who have attained only a high school education or less, had longer delays in seeing a rheumatologist or nephrologist for a confirmed diagnosis than other groups, ...
Nov 13, 2016
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African-American lupus patient immune cell characteristics may increase disease severity
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease that affects multiple organs. SLE severity is highly variable, and this variability is known to be partially dependent on ancestral background. Notably, African ...
Jun 16, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Researchers identify enzyme that contributes to development of lupus
Researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) have identified an enzyme that is significantly elevated in mouse models of systemic lupus erythematosus and in blood samples of patients with lupus. Published online ...
May 16, 2016
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