| ** Lupus News is now posted on our forums. ** |
| 14/1/09 |
Osteoporosis Prophylaxis Urged for Premenopausal Women With SLE Taking Steroids |
| 14/1/09 |
Methotrexate Spares Steroid Use in Moderately Active SLE |
| 14/1/09 |
Hydroxychloroquine Reduces Risk of Kidney Damage in Lupus |
| 14/1/09 |
Lupus Affects the Brain Very Early in the Disease |
| 14/1/09 |
Peptide P140 a Promising Treatment for SLE |
| 14/1/09 |
Rituximab May Ease Fatigue in Sjogren's Syndrome |
| 6/6/08 |
Eighty International Lupus Experts Meet to Address Gaps in Clinical Research to Speed Approval of New Treatments |
| 6/6/08 |
Is Hormone Replacement Therapy During Menopause Safe for Women with Lupus? |
| 6/6/08 |
New Ways to Detect Lupus Nephritis? |
| 6/6/08 |
More Promising News About Tacrolimus |
| 6/6/08 |
Major Organ Involvement Common in Children With SLE |
| 6/6/08 |
Rituximab Effective, Safe for Pediatric Lupus |
| 29/2/08 |
Autoantibodies and neuropsychiatric events in lupus |
| 29/2/08 |
Risk of Blood Cancer Increased in Lupus Patients |
| 29/2/08 |
New Genetic Loci for Lupus Identified |
| 29/2/08 |
Functional MRI Abnormalities Accompany Childhood-Onset Lupus |
| 29/2/08 |
Duloxetine Reduces Pain Severity in Fibromyalgia Patients |
| 12/9/07 |
Hydroxychloroquine Offers Survival Benefit in Lupus |
| 12/9/07 |
New Risk Gene for Rheumatoid Arthritis and Lupus Opens Door to More Effective Treatments |
| 12/9/07 |
Researchers find lupus clue |
| 12/9/07 |
High Interferon Activity a Common Heritable Risk Factor for SLE |
| 12/9/07 |
Antimalarials Cut Cancer Risk in SLE Patients |
| 12/9/07 |
Multidimensional Approach Recommended for Fibromyalgia Treatment |
| 12/9/07 |
New EULAR Recommendations Issued for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Treatment |
| 12/9/07 |
Coronary Function Impaired in Young SLE Patients |
| 12/9/07 |
First Treatment Approved for Fibromyalgia |
| 12/9/07 |
SLE Patients at Increased Risk of HPV-Related Cervical Lesions |
| 12/9/07 |
Aspreva Provides Update On Lupus Nephritis Development Program |
| 12/9/07 |
Gonad Function Often Abnormal in Men With Lupus |
| 17/7/06 |
La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company Files Marketing Authorization Application for European Regulatory Approval of Riquent |
| 17/7/06 |
Jury Finds Vioxx Not a Major Heart Attack Factor |
| 17/7/06 |
Influenza Vaccination Safe but Less Effective in Lupus Patients |
| 17/7/06 |
Rituximab Shows Promise in Childhood-Onset Lupus |
| 17/7/06 |
Human Genome says lupus drug shows promise |
| 17/7/06 |
Acupuncture May Be Effective for Fibromyalgia |
| 17/7/06 |
Critical Therapeutics Announces Issuance of U.S. Patent Relating to HMGB1 for Methods to Diagnose Arthritis and Lupus |
| 14/3/06 |
Review of "Living with Lupus" |
| 14/3/06 |
Celecoxib May Be as Effective
as Nonspecific NSAIDs With Fewer Upper GI Effects |
| 14/3/06 |
Antimalarials Effective in SLE When TNF-Alpha
Levels Are High |
| 14/3/06 |
Stem Cell Transplant Stabilizes Treatment-Refractory
SLE |
| 14/3/06 |
Baylor Research Institute Receives
$2.9 Million to Study Lupus |
| 14/3/06 |
Study
Published In New England Journal of Medicine Shows
Oral Contraceptives Did Not Increase Risk Of Flares
among Women with Lupus |
| 14/3/06 |
Study
Uncovers Possible Blood Test to Predict Risk for Lupus
Atherosclerosis |
| 14/3/06 |
COX-2 Inhibitors May Still Be Best Option in Some
Cases -- UK Experts |
| 1/8/05 |
First Patient Treated
in Aspreva Pivotal Phase III Lupus Nephritis Study |
| 1/8/05 |
Valvular Heart Disease Linked to Stroke in Patients
With SLE |
| 1/8/05 |
LFA
Statement on Study Linking Lupus to Compounds Found in
Plastics |
| 1/8/05 |
Short Course of Hormone
Therapy May Slightly Increase Lupus Flare Rate |
| 1/8/05 |
Pramipexole May Decrease
Fibromyalgia Symptoms |
| 1/8/05 |
NSAIDs May Double the Risk
of Acute Urinary Retention in Men |
| 27/3/05 |
La Jolla Pharma to Continue
Riquent Talk |
| 27/3/05 |
New Revised Edition of The
Lupus Book Available |
| 27/3/05 |
International Drug Alerts:
COX-2 Inhibitors and Co-proxamol |
| 27/3/05 |
Up to Half Million Americans
Will Develop Lupus-Related Kidney Disease |
| 22/11/04 |
Congress Told FDA Failed
Public on Vioxx |
| 22/11/04 |
AMI and Stroke Outcome Not
Worse in Lupus Patients |
| 22/11/04 |
Glucosamine Not Helpful for
Arthritis Long-Term, Study Finds |
| 22/11/04 |
Oral Contraceptives Safe
for Most Lupus Patients |
| 22/11/04 |
Paroxetine Controlled Release
May Relieve Fibromyalgia Symptoms |
| 22/11/04 |
Vioxx Withdrawal Prompts
Reevaluation of COX-2 Inhibitor Safety |
| 22/11/04 |
Potential New Treatment for
Lupus-Related Pulmonary Hypertension |
| 22/11/04 |
Genelabs Announces Preliminary
Results of Clinical Trial GL02-01 in Women with Systemic Lupus
Erythematosus |
| 22/11/04 |
La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company
Presents at American College of Rheumatology and American Society
of Nephrology Annual Meetings |
| 17/9/04 |
Rituximab Appears to Benefit
Patients With Lupus |
| 17/9/04 |
Drug Eases Side Effects of
Lupus |
| 17/9/04 |
Immune antibodies may be
key to lupus-related memory loss |
| 17/9/04 |
Drug Helps Manage Lupus |
| 17/9/04 |
Genelabs Announces Publication
of Prestara(TM) GL95-02 Clinical Trial Results for Women With
Lupus |
| 17/9/04 |
Fish Oil Supplements Lower
Lupus Symptoms |
| 17/9/04 |
Gene associatied with lupus
identified |
| 17/9/04 |
Duloxetine Effective in Fibromyalgia |
| 17/9/04 |
Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory
Drug-Associated Gastropathy on the Decline |
| 17/9/04 |
Low-Dose Aspirin and COX-2
Inhibitors Together Increase Ulcer Risk |
| 17/9/04 |
New Study Suggests People
With Lupus May Benefit From Cholesterol-Lowering Diet |
| 3/7/04 |
Protein Warns Lupus Patients
of Kidney Woes |
| 3/7/04 |
Lupus Research Institute
awards $3 million in novel research grants to further new science
in lupus |
| 3/7/04 |
DHEA Improves Quality of
Life in Women With SLE |
| 3/7/04 |
La Jolla Pharmaceutical Announces
Publication of Review Articles Regarding Its Two Drug Candidates |
| 28/3/04 |
La Jolla Pharmaceutical
to Present Additional Riquent(R) Results At SG Cowen Healthcare
Conference |
| 28/3/04 |
Human Genome Sciences Announces
Selection of Lymphostat-B(TM) for Participation in FDA's Continuous
Marketing Application Pilot 2 Program |
| 28/3/04 |
MMF May Be Helpful for Maintenance
Therapy in Lupus Nephritis |
| 28/3/04 |
Lupus Genetics Study Seeks
Healthy Participants |
| 6/3/04 |
Drugs Cut Kidney Failure
Risk in Lupus - Study |
| 6/3/04 |
Lupus Foundation of America
Announces New Five-Year Research Support Initiative |
| 6/3/04 |
Smoking Can Trigger Lupus |
| 6/3/04 |
New Study Published in the
New England Journal of Medicine Offers Hope to Lupus Patients
With Kidney Disease |
| 31/1/04 |
Alliance for Lupus Research-Funded
Investigator Wins $5.7 Million Grant For Work on Predictors
of Pregnancy Outcomes in Lupus Patients |
| 31/1/04 |
Dealing With Dry Eyes |
| 8/11/03 |
Lupus Ups Risk of Heart Disease |
| 8/11/03 |
New Drug Tackles Lupus Nephritis |
| 8/11/03 |
Prolonged Remission Rare
in Lupus |
| 8/11/03 |
Markers for Lupus Seen Years
Before Diagnosis |
| 8/11/03 |
Researchers Determine a
Contributing Genetic Factor of Photosensitivity in Lupus Patients |
| 5/7/03 |
Riquent(TM) Phase
3 Data Reviewed at EULAR Rheumatology Conference |
| 5/7/03 |
Smoking May Exacerbate
Lupus: Study |
| 5/7/03 |
Mycophenolate
Mofetil May Help Prevent Relapse in SLE |
| 3/5/03 |
Results of Phase
1 Clinical Trial Demonstrate That LymphoStat-B(TM) Is Safe and
Biologically Active in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus |
| 3/5/03 |
Long-Term Steroid
Use Increases Heart Disease Risk |
| 3/5/03 |
New Standard
to Prevent Fetal Loss From Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome |
| 3/5/03 |
Fish Oil Supplementation
Appears to Reduce Lupus Activity |
| 26/1/03 |
Chemo Treatment
Shows Promise Against Lupus |
| 26/1/03 |
Genelabs' European
Marketing Authorization Application for Lupus Drug Accepted
for Review by EMEA |
| 26/1/03 |
Calcium and Vitamin
D Supplements May Benefit Women at Risk of Osteoporosis |
| 7/1/03 |
Immune Response
to Flu Vaccine Lower in SLE Patients |
| 15/12/02 |
Cloned Stem Cells
Could 'Reboot' Immune System |
| 10/11/02 |
Researchers ID
a Genetic Culprit in Lupus |
| 10/11/02 |
Acupuncture Could
Aid Lupus Patients |
| 10/11/02 |
Rituximab Improves
Symptoms in Patients With SLE |
| 10/11/02 |
New Drug May
Ease Lupus Complication |
| 31/8/02 |
Environmental
Link to Lupus Found |
| 11/8/02 |
DHEA Allows Reduced
Prednisone Dose in Women With SLE |
| 23/6/02 |
Late-Onset SLE
May Not Be Milder Than Early-Onset Disease |
| 23/6/02 |
Genelabs Technologies
To Seek European Approval of Aslera(TM) Under The Centralized
Procedure |
| 17/6/02 |
Survey Shows
Lupus Is Difficult to Diagnose |
| 25/5/02 |
Study Finds 'Unexpected'
Steroid Levels in Pregnant Lupus Patients |
| 3/3/02 |
Autoimmune Disease
More Likely with Endometriosis |
| 20/1/02 |
Some Herbs Don't
Deliver on Promises |
| 5/1/02 |
Smoking Linked
to Development of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus |
| 30/9/01 |
Researchers Outline
Lupus Gene Finding |
| 9/9/01 |
Endometriosis
May Be an Autoimmune Disease |
| 6/5/01 |
Headaches Not Part of Lupus
Disease Spectrum |
| 24/2/01 |
Diet Linked to Lupus Symptoms |
| 13/1/01 |
Hepatitis C Infection More
Prevalent in Lupus Patients Than Healthy Controls |