Database needed to help lupus patients 
The Sun Daily
PETALING JAYA (May 20, 2012): The Health Ministry has been urged to create a database of lupus patients to help those afflicted cope with the disorder and facilitate better understanding of it. The president of the Systemic Lupus Erythematosus ...

 

Inadequacies of China's health insurance system 
MarketWatch
For Huang Nichao, another 24-year old woman, who was diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) as a teen, peace of mind was tied to relieving her family of financial burdens for treatment. Huang attempted to supplement the cost of her ...

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Change in Lupus Manifests with Mild Symptoms 
MedPage Today
Explain that that 15% of patients with cutaneous lupus erythematosus (CLE) progressed to systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) if they had only CLE at the initial visit. Note that patients who had CLE and progressed to SLE had more moderate and severe ...

 

New Guidelines for Kidney Disease Due to Lupus 
WebMD
Now, updated guidelines from the American College of Rheumatology are aimed at identifying kidney involvement in lupus early and treating it aggressively to stop this damage in its tracks. Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), or lupus, is an autoimmune ...
New Guidelines Issued for Severe Lupus U.S. News & World Report
Lupus Nephritis: First ACR Guidelines Published Medscape
Lupus Nephritis - New Guidelines Issued Medical News Today
Renal Business Today  -Science Codex 
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Today Is World Lupus Day 
Wired News
In order to bring together a variety of awareness programs, World Lupus Day was started in 2004 to coincide with the 7th International Congress on Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) and Related Conditions. Today is the day that marks World Lupus Day.
On the Heels of Lupus for Fashion Huffington Post (blog)

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Autoimmune Disorders Therapeutics Market to 2017 - Launch of Gilenya and ... 
MarketWatch (press release)
GBI Research's analysis shows that the autoimmune disorders therapeutics market, comprising RA, MS, psoriasis, IBDs (CD and UC) and SLE, was worth $16.9 billion in 2002 and grew at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 7.5% to $30.2 billion in 2010.

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Idera Pharmaceuticals Announces Efficacy Data for IMO-8400 in Preclinical ... 
MarketWatch (press release)
A characteristic of SLE is the production of antinuclear autoantibodies complexed with self-RNA or -DNA. These abnormal antibodies inappropriately activate TLR7, 8, and 9 and initiate immune responses that damage the body's own tissues and organs, ...
Idera Reports Data From Preclinical Studies Of IMO-8400 - Quick Facts NASDAQ

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Ocean City woman is joining the fight against lupus 
Shore News Today
One of 1.5 million Americans diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus, commonly called lupus, Miller said she ?takes one day at a time,? but she never gives up hope. Lupus is an acute and chronic autoimmune disease in which the immune system is ...

 

Strides Made in Diagnosing, Treating Lupus 
Philadelphia Inquirer
By Serena Gordon 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 ...

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ACR Issues Lupus Nephritis Tx Guideline 
MedPage Today
Note that these are new guidelines concerning SLE nephritis and were developed with an extensive literature review and the opinions of experts including rheumatologists, nephrologists, and pathologists. Management guidelines for patients with lupus ...
Lupus Nephritis, New Treatment Guidelines eMaxHealth
Novel ACR Guidelines Focus On Lupus Nephritis TopNews United States

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