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Most Women With Lupus Can Have Successful Pregnancy Outcomes, Study Finds
November 6, 2011 — Promising research may offer hope for women with lupus who once thought that pregnancy was too ... > full story -
Statin Therapy Fails to Slow Progression of Atherosclerosis in Pediatric Lupus Patients, Study Finds
October 27, 2011 — Atorvastatin therapy was found to be ineffective in reducing atherosclerosis progression in children and adolescents with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Results of the Atherosclerosis Prevention ... > full story -
'Master Key' to Unlock New Treatments for Autoimmune Disorders Discovered
September 29, 2011 — Imagine a drug that treats most autoimmune disorders, such as asthma, inflammatory bowel disease and Lupus. New research shows how scientists have discovered a molecule used by the body to prevent ... > full story -
Continued Treatment for Lupus May Boost Survival of Those Patients With End-Stage Kidney Disease
September 20, 2011 — Researchers have shown that close supervision by rheumatologists and the use of immunosuppressant drugs improve the survival of lupus patients with end-stage kidney disease -- a finding that could ... > full story -
Defect in A20 Gene Expression Can Contribute to Onset of Rheumatoid Arthritis
August 16, 2011 — Researchers in Belgium have shown that a defective gene can contribute to the onset of rheumatoid arthritis, an often-crippling inflammation of the joints that afflicts about one percent of the ... > full story -
New Anti-Inflammatory Agents Silence Overactive Immune Response
August 15, 2011 — A new way to fight inflammation uses molecules called polymers to mop up the debris of damaged cells before the immune system becomes abnormally active, researchers ... > full story -
B-Cell Discovery Suggests Why Women Suffer More Autoimmune Disease
August 4, 2011 — Researchers report the discovery of a new type of cell that makes autoantibodies, which attack the body's own tissues. It is more common in elderly female mice and humans with autoimmune disease. An ... > full story -
Vitamin D Insufficiency Prevalent Among Psoriatic Arthritis Suffers
July 11, 2011 — New research reports a high prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency and deficiency among patients with psoriatic arthritis. Seasonal variation in vitamin D levels was not observed in patients in ... > full story -
New Genetic Risk Factors of Lupus Found in Study of African-American Women
June 24, 2011 — Researchers have found four new genetic variants in the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) that confer a higher risk of systemic lupus erythemathosus ("lupus") in African American women. The ... > full story -
Etanercept Shows Promise for Treating Dermatomyositis, Study Suggests
June 17, 2011 — A multicenter pilot study of etanercept for treatment of dermatomyositis found no major safety concerns and many patients treated with the drug were successfully weaned from steroid therapy. These ... > full story -
HPV Vaccine Gardasil Does Not Increase Disease Activity in SLE Patients, Study Shows
May 26, 2011 — The human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, Gardasil, does not increase the incidence of flares (unpredictable worsening of symptoms signaling increased disease activity) in patients with systemic lupus ... > full story -
African-Americans With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus More Responsive to Flu Vaccine Than Patients of European Descent
May 19, 2011 — New research shows that African-Americans with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) had a higher antibody response to influenza vaccination than European American patients. Treatment with prednisone, a ... > full story
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