Patients with SLE had more sleep problems than the general US population, and psychosocial factors, particularly depression and anxiety, were associated with the abnormalities, according to recent study results from the University of Chicago Rheumatology clinic.
Test drug delivery system - early promise for improved treatment of lupus and other autoimmune diseases
Hospital for Special Surgery, New York City receives grant for new genomics center to study autoimmune diseases.
Lupus - greater risk factor for heart disease than smoking
Concerns about long-term steroid use
A second clinical trial of abatacept has failed to demonstrate improved outcomes in patients with lupus nephritis.
Researchers have found a link between the hormone, estrogen and the development of the disease.
SLU Researchers Win NIH Grant to Study Lupus
ST. LOUIS - Two researchers at Saint Louis University's division of rheumatology in the department of internal medicine have been awarded a $1.8 million NIH grant to study the physiological and biochemical functions in lupus, an autoimmune disease, and develop possible new medications for its treatment...