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News: May 28, 2012
Strides Made in Diagnosing, Treating Lupus
THURSDAY, May 10 (HealthDay News) -- Sometimes it takes years for people to get diagnosed with lupus. That wasn't the case for Marisa Zeppieri-Caruana, who had so many of the classic systemic lupus erythematosus symptoms -- such as a butterfly-sha...
New Guidelines Issued for Severe Lupus
THURSDAY, May 3 (HealthDay News) -- When diagnosed with lupus, one in three people already has kidney inflammation, and during the first 10 years with the disease as many as 60 percent of patients will have some kidney problems. Because kidney inf...
Lupus, Rheumatoid Arthritis Linked to Fertility Woes, Miscarriage
THURSDAY, Feb. 16 (HealthDay News) -- Women with rheumatoid arthritis or systemic lupus erythematosus often have fewer children than they'd hoped for, according to a new study. These autoimmune diseases, which typically develop during women's repr...
Study Finds No Link Between HPV Vaccine and Autoimmune Disorders
THURSDAY, Jan. 26 (HealthDay News) -- The human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine Gardasil does not trigger autoimmune disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, type 1 diabetes or multiple sclerosis, according to a two-year study that included nea...
Genes May Give Clues to Severe Form of Lupus
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers have identified a DNA sequence that appears to speed up the progression of lupus, an autoimmune disease in which the body's immune system attacks healthy tissues. "Enhancers" are DNA sequences tha...
More Known About Proteins That Cause Autoimmune Diseases
TUESDAY, Jan. 17 (HealthDay News) -- A new study says more than 32 million people in the United States have autoantibodies, which are proteins produced in the immune system that attack the body's tissues. Autoantibodies can cause autoimmune diseas...
Pregnancy Safe for Most Women With Lupus: Study
SATURDAY, Nov. 5 (HealthDay News) -- Pregnancy is safe for most women with stable lupus, a new study indicates. Lupus is a chronic inflammatory disease that can affect many organs of the body and cause arthritis, fatigue and rashes. Lupus has been...
Vitamin D, Interferon Alpha Vaccine Show Promise Against Lupus
SATURDAY, Nov. 5 (HealthDay News) -- Two experimental treatments take aim at the destructive immune response believed to cause lupus, according to new research presented at the American College of Rheumatology annual meeting. One study looked at l...
As Venus Williams Bows Out of U.S. Open, Little-Known Disease Takes Center Court
THURSDAY, Sept. 1 (HealthDay News) -- Venus Williams' surprising withdrawal from the U.S. Open on Wednesday has shifted the spotlight from the tennis star's daunting serve to her diagnosis with a little-known disease known as Sjogren's syndrome. W...
Honing in on the Genetics of MS
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 10 (HealthDay News) -- A new study on the genetic underpinnings of multiple sclerosis (MS) has identified more than 50 gene variants that may contribute to the autoimmune disease, 29 of which are new discoveries. About half of the ...
Black Americans With Lupus Have Better Response to Flu Vaccine
THURSDAY, May 19 (HealthDay News) -- Black Americans with lupus have a higher antibody response to flu vaccination than whites with lupus, a new study says. This may be good news for black Americans with the disease, since patients who had a weak ...
Lupus, Rheumatoid Arthritis May Raise Risk of Abnormal Heart Rhythm
FRIDAY, May 6 (HealthDay News) -- People with two common inflammatory diseases stand a higher chance of developing a heart condition that is strongly associated with stroke, a new study suggests. The study, done at the University of Arkansas for M...
FDA Approves 1st New Lupus Drug in More Than 50 Years
WEDNESDAY, March 9 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday gave lupus patients their first new treatment option in more than 50 years when it approved Benlysta as a way to ease the painful symptoms of this debilitati...
Benlysta Approved for Lupus
THURSDAY, March 10 (HealthDay News) -- Benlysta (belimumab) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat lupus, the first medication sanctioned for the condition in the United States since 1955. The injected drug targets B-l...
Lupus Treatment May Soon Take Leap Forward
FRIDAY, Dec. 24 (HealthDay News) -- For years now, doctors have made slow, incremental progress in the treatment of lupus, a chronic autoimmune condition that can wrack the body and seriously affect a person's health. But researchers now are prepa...
For California Woman, Lupus Is Life
FRIDAY, Dec. 24 (HealthDay News) -- Wendy Rodgers began having terrible joint pain during the winter of 1999. "I would wake up very stiff and achy," said Rodgers, now 37 and living in Los Angeles. "It took me a while to get going in the morning."
Kidney Disease Could Be More Deadly for Kids With Lupus
FRIDAY, Dec. 17 (HealthDay News) -- Children and adults with kidney disease caused by the autoimmune disease lupus have a higher risk of death than those with other types of kidney disease, researchers have found. Systemic lupus erythematosus, com...
FDA Advisers Endorse New Lupus Drug
TUESDAY, Nov. 16 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisers voted 13-2 Tuesday to recommend approval of the first new drug in more than 50 years to treat the autoimmune disease lupus. The drug, belimumab (Benlysta), is a so-cal...
FDA Advisers Consider New Lupus Drug
TUESDAY, Nov. 16 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisers were weighing Tuesday whether to recommend the first new drug in more than 50 years to treat the autoimmune disease lupus. The drug, belimumab (Benlysta), is a so-call...
Lupus Kidney Disorder Treatment Improved Over Decade: Review
FRIDAY, Nov. 5 (HealthDay News) -- Over the past 10 years, treatment options for patients with an inflammatory kidney disorder known as lupus nephritis have vastly improved, according to a new review. This means that patients with lupus nephritis,...
New Clues to Lupus' Link With Heart Disease
FRIDAY, Feb. 26 (HealthDay News) -- An increase in certain types of immune system antibodies may contribute to the development of heart disease in people with active lupus, a new study finds. Lupus is an autoimmune illess in which the immune syste...
Twins Provide Clues to Lupus
MONDAY, Dec. 28 (HealthDay News) -- Cellular changes caused by environmental factors such as diet and chemical exposure may play a role in the autoimmune disease lupus, a new study suggests. American and Spanish researchers compared the DNA of ide...
Scientists Find New Key to Lupus
MONDAY, Oct. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers say they've gained new understanding of how lupus develops in mice, a finding that could help future treatments for the autoimmune disease. An estimated 1.5 million to 2 million people in the United ...
Household Insecticides May Be Linked to Autoimmune Diseases
MONDAY, Oct. 19 (HealthDay News) -- New research suggests a link between women's exposure to household insecticides -- including roach and mosquito killers -- and the autoimmune disorders rheumatoid arthritis and lupus. The scientist did not find ...
Autoimmune Disorder Linked to Stroke, Heart Attack in Women
MONDAY, Sept. 28 (HealthDay News) -- Women under 50 with a certain form of the autoimmune condition called antiphospholipid syndrome are at greatly increased risk for heart attack and stroke, and that risk is even higher when these women smoke or ...
Lupus Worse in Blacks, Hispanics Than in Whites, Study Finds
FRIDAY, Sept. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Blacks and Hispanics appear more likely than whites to develop the most common form of the autoimmune disease lupus and to develop more severe complications from it, new research shows. Lupus, also known as sys...
Flu Shot May Be Less Effective in Those With Lupus
THURSDAY, July 30 (HealthDay News) -- The two prime means by which the seasonal influenza vaccine activates the immune system against the virus appear to be diminished in people with lupus, a new study finds. According to Dutch researchers led by ...
Herb May Offer Hope for Autoimmune Diseases
THURSDAY, June 4 (HealthDay News) -- A compound derived from hydrangea root, an herb used in traditional Chinese medicine, halted the progression of an autoimmune disorder in laboratory mice and human cells, new research shows. What makes the comp...
Birth Control Pills Linked to Lupus Risk
THURSDAY, April 9 (HealthDay News) -- Women taking birth control pills, especially those who have just started taking them, may face an increased risk of developing the autoimmune disease lupus, a new study suggests. Although the link between lupu...
Gene May Explain Women's Heightened Lupus Risk
THURSDAY, April 2 (HealthDay News) -- A gene on the X chromosome appears to be linked to lupus and might explain why women are much more likely to develop the disease than men, a new study suggests. The gene IRAK1 may also hold a key to treating t...
Cancer Drug May Offer New Hope for Lupus Patients
FRIDAY, March 13 (HealthDay News) -- The cancer drug Rituxan may offer the first new treatment approved for lupus in 50 years, suggests a small study by U.K. researchers at Imperial College London. The 22-month study included 20 people with lupus ...
Scientists Discover Trigger for Autoimmune Diseases
MONDAY, Dec. 22 (HealthDay News) -- Healthy adults have potential autoimmune disease-causing cells, but these cells stay in an "off" state, a U.S. study shows. Immune cells that attack the body cause autoimmune diseases such as lupus and rheumatoi...
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