News: Lupus

Lab Notes: Sugar Sours Memory, Fish Oil Trumps

5.18.12

Rats fed a sugary diet forgot how to run a maze they had previously mastered, but the effect was countered by omega-3 fatty acid supplements. Also this week: new hope for Fanconi anemia.

Change in Lupus Manifests with Mild Symptoms

5.15.12

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Patients who had cutaneous lupus erythematosus and progressed to systemic disease had more moderate and severe symptoms than patients who had systemic lupus erythematosus at the outset.

ACR Issues Lupus Nephritis Tx Guideline

5.4.12

Management guidelines for patients with lupus nephritis, including a detailed treatment algorithm for patients with moderate disease, have been released by the American College of Rheumatology.

Novel Biologic Targets Lupus

5.2.12

GLASGOW -- Just a year after the appearance of the first new treatment for lupus in 50 years, the anti-CD22 monoclonal antibody epratuzumab is emerging as another potential therapy, a researcher reported here.

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