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Lupus Blog Spotlight: Butterfly Girl - Living with Lupus by Duane P. Patient Expert

Posted Mon 25 Aug 2008 3:12pm recommend it. You may want to keep a box of Kleenex close by. And now to lupus news. It's time to shine a spotlight on another lupus blogger. I recently stumbled upon Butterfly Girl, who hails from Pennsylvania. She's a newbie to blogging. In fact, she only has 2 posts on her blog thus far. Her blog is called " Butterfly Girl - Living with Lupus Read on »

Yes Lupus, but no Purple Butterfly Band by Elisa Rodriguez, RD, LDN Posted Mon 10 May 2010 12:00am VERY disconcerting? I have. I am speaking about the Lupus Foundation of America (LFA) , the country’s most well-known lupus organization. They use purple bands to represent “courage and endurance,” and a butterfly to symbolize a creature who begins its life crawling, but soars in the end. But the LFA, while raising awareness, is far too focused Read on »

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) by Ahmad.H Posted Fri 03 Dec 2010 12:00am SLE is a chronic disease that causes inflammation of connective tissue. It is a multisystem autoimmune inflammatory disease. SLE is the commonest and the most serious type of lupus. What causes SLE ? SLE is believed to be an autoimmune disease, which means that the body's immune system produce antibodies that attacks the own ... Read on »

New Data Shows Epratuzumab Provided Significant Efficacy for Patients with Moderate to Severe Systemic Lupus Erythematosus by Duane P. Patient Expert

Posted Wed 16 Jun 2010 9:02am UCB and Immunomedics Inc. announced today that a new lupus drug candidate, epratuzumab, provided a significant reduction in disease activity in patients with moderate to severe active systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Findings demonstrate that in a patient population with predominantly severe disease activity, epratuzumab is improving patients Read on »

Systemic sclerosis (scleroderma) associated with discoid lupus erythematosus. by Jan Posted Sun 29 Aug 2010 12:00am Six patients with systemic sclerosis (SS) and discoid lupus erythematosus (DLE) were studied to determine whether such cases have some common clinical and laboratory... had DLE on the face and extremities. No case fulfilled criteria for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The present cases with SS and DLE, but without SLE, indicate Read on »

Anxiety News: Anxiety And Depression Lower Quality Of Life In Majority Of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients by Katie G. Healthy Living Professional

Posted Wed 17 Jun 2009 6:31pm Anxiety And Depression Lower Quality Of Life In Majority Of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients ScienceDaily (June 12, 2009) — 92.8% of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) suffer anxiety and depression which significantly affects both their physical and emotional quality of life (QoL), according to the results of a new study presented Read on »

New Data Shows Epratuzumab Provided Significant Efficacy for Patients with Moderate to Severe Systemic Lupus Erythematosus by Wick D. Posted Wed 16 Jun 2010 12:10pm UCB and Immunomedics Inc. announced today that a new lupus drug candidate, epratuzumab, provided a significant reduction in disease activity in patients with moderate to severe active systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Findings demonstrate that in a patient population with predominantly severe disease activity, epratuzumab is improving Read on »

UCB and Immunomedics announce positive results for epratuzumab phase IIb study in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) by Duane P. Patient Expert

Posted Mon 31 Aug 2009 10:08pm

1 Comment with systemic lupus. The data showed that the 12-week dose response and the dose frequency study of epratuzumab in patients with moderate to severe active lupus demonstrated a clinically meaningful treatment effect showing the drug was more effective than placebo in reducing symptoms of lupus. “The LFA congratulates UCB and Immunomedics on the positive results from Read on »

Discoid Lupus Erythematosus (DLE) Problem by heru m. Patient Expert

Posted Fri 13 Feb 2009 4:52pm for his nose and said he should come back in 2 weeks. I am really worried that it is the ‘dnagerous’ form of lupus and am worried about sitting back for 2 weeks when more action could be taken? All and any advice appreciated. Thank you Answer: Hi Tony, What you describe is likely to be a Discoid Lupus Erythematosus (DLE). Despite the long and scary Read on »

Sicca symptoms in Thai patients with rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus and scleroderma: a comparison with age-m by Jan Posted Fri 11 Sep 2009 4:58pm Research by Wangkaew S. and Colleague. This study was performed to determine the prevalence of ocular and oral sicca symptoms in Thai patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and scleroderma (Scl). The ocular symptoms and sign (the Schirmer's 1 test) and the oral sicca symptoms and sign (the Saxon's test Read on »