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• I Got Lupus, But Lupus Doesn’t Have Me

  
  Dancing With Butterflies — Authority: 115
  It’s been eight difficult years with Lupus and I used to say that I am waiting for a miracle, it is only on my recent birthday celebration that I finally realize that everyday of my life is already a miracle in itself. I know that I am blessed and it is by the grace of God that I am once again starting to recover ...
  10 hours ago

• This Is It

  
  Dancing With Butterflies — Authority: 115
  I really pray this could be it… the answer to all Lupus patient’s prayers! We are one giant step closer to the day we have been waiting for… No, we haven’t found a cure yet, but this is the next best thing. BENLYSTA has proven successful in its 2nd phase III clinical trial and should now be eligible for ...
  11 hours ago

• Boston Lupus Pub Crawl

  
  Fun and Fearless in Beantown — Authority: 121
  On Saturday, I went to the annual Boston Lupus Pub Crawl . We had a blast - drinking and dancing - all in the name of a good cause. The committe did a lot of planning and all of their hard work paid off. We had a fantastic time, especially dancing to Bearfight. Here are some photos from the day: ...
  23 hours ago

• Lupus, Lupus Runaway

  
  Chronic Chick Talk — Authority: 427
  Lupus, Lupus Runaway Leave me the hell alone Take the pain with you when you leave You seem to think you have an open door But no one asked you to come and visit me My family didn’t ask you to come You wouldn’t hurt my feeling if you left What more can I say leave me the hell alone No one wants you Why ...
  2 days ago

• Lupus (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus) - Topic Overview

  
  www.healthycare.in — Authority: 134
  What is systemic lupus erythematosus, or lupus? Lupus is an autoimmune disease, which means that the body’s natural defense system (immune system) attacks its own tissues instead of attacking foreign substances like bacteria and viruses. This causes inflammation. Inflammation causes swelling, pain, and tissue ...
  2 days ago

• Falling Hair

  
  Surviving LUPUS — Authority: 135
  I am currently worried on the state of my hair right now. Few months back I cut it short. I thought that would fixed the falling hair problem. But I thought wrong. Now, the hair fall is even worst. Every time I combed my hair, a lot of strands fall. Even when I take a bath or when I sleep. I fear that I might go bald. ...
  3 days ago

• Physicians for Patients

  
  Surviving LUPUS — Authority: 135
  I received an email from Art Kaminski and I wanted to share it with you my readers because it’s another LUPUS resource. The website they have created is a community for people with lupus. Here is the email of Art : I wanted to pass along a new Lupus resource. It is through a website ...
  3 days ago

• MicroRNA’s Role in Interferon’s Contribution to Inflammation

  
  On the Road to a Lupus Cure — Authority: 414
  Interferons (IFNs) are proteins produced by immune cells when the immune system is activated. They send different instructions to cells depending on the needs of the immune response; this can lead to cells making certain inflammatory proteins. IFNs communicate with the cells by linking up with receptor proteins along ...
  3 days ago

• Life Can Be a Royal Pain in the Moon

  
  Chronic Chick Talk — Authority: 427
  It’s been a rollercoaster of a week for me. The computers have been a royal pain between the Linksys not working and the cable modem lights turning off and on. I think I have that issue fixed. Some days computers are more of a pain than they’re worth. Our cables been a royal pain for the last few weeks, but the ...
  4 days ago

• Promise of a New Lupus Treatment is a Groundbreaking Achievement

  
  Science Blog - Science news straight from the source — Authority: 612
  BENLYSTA™ Successful in Second Pivotal Clinical Trial
  4 days ago

• Thankful no matter what…

  
  Multi-Tasking Mama — Authority: 119
  Today’s theme for Thankful Thursday is trials.  I think that is an appropriate topic for me to write about given the events of the last few weeks ( or my whole life if you want to get technical ). Some of you may remember that I broke out in ( what they thought were ) hives about six weeks ago.  After almost a ...
  4 days ago

• What diet actually works?

  
  Smart for Life Cookie Diet — Authority: 133
  Full Bar? Hydroxycut? Weight Watchers? Jenny Craig? Cookie Diet? Any negative or positive feedback on any of these diets or ones I may be missing? My 62 year old grandma wants to lose weight. She has lupus so doesn’t really have the energy to go to the gym all the time. My grandma eats really healthy. She eats more ...
  4 days ago

• LFAs "Social Wellness, Making Connections and Helping Others Understand Lupus" Webchat to be Held Wednesday, November 11 at 3 p.m. Eastern

  
  On the Road to a Lupus Cure — Authority: 414
  Reminder -- the Lupus Foundation of Americas webchat is next Wednesday afternoon, November 11, at 3 p.m. Eastern Time. The LFA welcomes Ms. Cindy Coney, who will serve as the guest expert for the "Social Wellness, Making Connections and Helping Others Understand What You Go through with Lupus" webchat . This is ...
  5 days ago

• New Lupus Drug Heads to FDA for Approval

  
  Pharmamics — Authority: 129
  An experimental lupus drug has just met another key goal in its journey to becoming the first approved treatment for the disease in over 50 years. The target of the new drug, known as Benlysta, is to suppress the response of the body’s immune system to lupus in an attempt to control the actions of a protein that ...
  5 days ago

• Promise Of A New Lupus Treatment Is A Groundbreaking Achievement

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 739
  Human Genome Sciences (HGS) and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) today announced positive results from BLISS-76, the second of two large-scale phase III clinical trials of BENLYSTA™ (belimumab) for treating systemic lupus. A full presentation of results from BLISS-52 was recently shared at the 73rd Annual Scientific meeting of ...
  6 days ago

• Best Non-Profit Use of Social Media

  
  Surviving LUPUS — Authority: 135
  Let’s go help Lupus Foundation of America win the Best Non-Profit Use of Social Media. Mashable, in partnership with MOTOBLUR, is conducting the 3rd Annual Open Web Awards: Social Media Edition. The 2009 Open Web Awards is Mashable’s international online voting competition that covers major innovations in web ...
  6 days ago

• BENLYSTA

  
  Surviving LUPUS — Authority: 135
  The LUPUS community have received a good news yesterday. BENLYSTA is the first drug for lupus to reach Phase 3 and achieve positive results, in the largest randomized placebo-controlled clinical trials ever completed in patients with SLE. Positive results from the first BENLYSTA trial, BLISS-52, were announced in ...
  6 days ago

• Lupus Research Institute: Benlysta(TM) Trial Results In An Historic Research Breakthrough And Victory For People With Lupus

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 739
  The Lupus Research Institute (LRI) and its National Coalition of state and local lupus organizations congratulate Human Genome Sciences (HGS) and GlaxoSmithKline for achieving an historical landmark - the second positive phase 3 clinical trial of Benlysta (belimumab), the first successfully tested new drug developed ...
  6 days ago

• BENLYSTA™ Successful In Second Pivotal Clinical Trial

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 739
  Human Genome Sciences (HGS) and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) announced positive results from BLISS-76, the second of two large-scale phase III clinical trials of BENLYSTA™ (belimumab) for treating systemic lupus. A full presentation of results from BLISS-52 was recently shared at the 73rd Annual Scientific meeting of the ...
  6 days ago

• Lupus drug Benlysta passes second crucial test

  
  Booster Shots — Authority: 681
  Benlysta, a new drug designed specifically to treat systemic lupus erythematosus, commonly called simply lupus, has passed a second clinical trial, paving the way for it to become the first new treatment approved for lupus in 50 years. Its maker, Human Genome Sciences of Rockville, Md., said that it would apply to the ...
  1 week ago

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