While genetics play a role in the development of Lupus, a systemic autoimmune disease that can attack any organ system in the human body, so do environmental triggers, such as particulates in air pollution and ultraviolet light, explains Gaurav Gulati, MD, a physician-researcher at the University of Cincinnati (UC) College of Medicine. “The tough part...
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Lupus patients exhibit altered cell proteins, a discovery with potential implications for diagnostics
Autoimmune diseases such as lupus—in which the body attacks its own cells and tissues—are on the rise, according to A*STAR’s Anna-Marie Fairhurst. Her team is the first to observe that patients with lupus exhibit an increased number of a specific type of protein on the surface of certain white blood cells. This finding may help...
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Lupus increases risk of dementia by more than 50%: Study finds that lupus patients of ALL ages are more likely to suffer crippling memory loss
In a study of more than 7,000 people, researchers from Israel found that dementia was 51 percent more common among people with lupus The autoimmune disease is hard to diagnose, because it comes with so many symptoms, sometimes including a ‘brain fog’ Corticosteroids are used to treat lupus, but can also cause memory problems The study authors...
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Lupus: Low vitamin D may raise risk of kidney failure
New research, conducted by scientists at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, MD, finds that low vitamin D raises the risk of organ damage and renal disease in people with lupus – an autoimmune disease. New research suggests vitamin D supplementation may be a good way to prevent renal damage in lupus patients. Dr....
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New guidelines published to improve diagnosis and treatment of lupus
A University of Birmingham academic has led the authorship of the UK’s first guideline on the care of adults with systemic lupus erythematosus (lupus). Published today in Rheumatology, the guideline has been created by the British Society of Rheumatology, and covers diagnosis, assessment, monitoring and treatment of patients with mild, moderate and severe lupus. Lead guideline author Caroline...
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PTSD linked with increased lupus risk
Regions of the brain associated with stress and posttraumatic stress disorder. In a study published in Arthritis & Rheumatology, trauma exposure and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in civilian women were strongly associated with increased risk of developing lupus, an autoimmune disease. In the study of 54,763 women, investigators found a nearly three-fold elevated risk of...
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Why lupus sufferers may need kidney transplants: As Selena Gomez reveals going under the knife, we explain the disease’s paralyzing side effects
The 25-year-old singer revealed on Instagram that her best friend donated her kidney for her this summer Selena admitted to her chronic illness in 2015 and how she has struggled with it Lupus is an illness where the body’s immune system attacks healthy tissues and organs such as the skin, joints, kidney and brain People...
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Feinstein Institute Identifies Potential Cause for Lupus
MANHASSET, N.Y., July 14, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Leading rheumatologist and Feinstein Institute for Medical Research Professor Betty Diamond, MD, may have identified a protein as a cause for the adverse reaction of the immune system in patients suffering from lupus. A better understanding of how the immune system becomes overactive will help lead to more effective treatments for lupus and...
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Omega-3 fatty acid stops lupus trigger, but how?
Michigan State University scientists have received a $2.3 million, five-year National Institutes of Health grant to help uncover why an omega-3 fatty acid, known as DHA, is so effective in stopping a known trigger of lupus. Previous MSU research has shown that consuming DHA, or docosahexaenoic acid, which is found in fatty, cold-water fish,...
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Stressed Out Interferons Reveal Potential Key to Alternative Lupus Treatment
Stressed Out Interferons Reveal Potential Key to Alternative Lupus Treatment Iwona Buskiewicz, Ph.D., left, and colleagues, including Andreas Koenig, Ph.D., far right, in their lab in the Given building at the Larner College of Medicine at UVM. (Photo: Andy Duback) Only one new drug has become available over the past 50 years for the estimated...