People with lupus should have regular evaluations to make sure life-threatening organ involvement is not developing. For individuals with severe organ involvement—such as kidney ...

February is Heart Month. People with lupus have a higher risk of heart disease, including heart attacks. Learn how lupus-related inflammation affects heart health.

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Doctors, scientists, health educators, and people with lupus work together to create our resources and programs. That means we have the trusted information you need to learn about lupus. If you need a ...

Lupus is an unpredictable and misunderstood disease that ravages different parts of the body. It is difficult to diagnose, hard to live with, a challenge to treat, and can be fatal. The resources on ...

The New England Journal of Medicine has published a detailed analysis of Genentech’s positive results from the Phase III ...

The Gina M. Finzi Memorial Student Summer Fellowship Program was developed to cultivate an interest in lupus research among young scientists. The program requires that the research be supervised and ...

Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto; Clinician Scientist, Krembil Research Institute DR. ZAHI TOUMA, MD, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine with the University of Toronto, ...

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Many people who have (or suspect they have) lupus see a rheumatologist (or pediatric rheumatologist if a child or teen). This type of doctor specializes in diagnosing and treating diseases of the ...

Marlene Thames clearly remembers cleaning her Charlotte, NC, home and heading to the space under the stairs to retrieve her Christmas decorations. The next thing she remembers is waking on the floor ...