Unprepared for a recent hospitalization, columnist Candace Semien is now pre-packing essential items into a go bag.
Biogen reports strong enrollment progress in the AMETHYST clinical trial testing litifilimab in cutaneous lupus erythematosus ...
If you're living with a chronic illness like lupus, workplace accommodations are your legal right, explains columnist.
Here’s a truth I believe many of us can agree with: Dating in the modern world is a wild ride. Even if you are healthy, it takes a lot out of you. Add in a chronic illness diagnosis and whoa! Suddenly ...
Those words, written in a simple white font, sit on a silver-spotted, emerald green background. They are part of a carousel of quotes posted on Instagram by author Jill Wintersteen. I reread those 12 ...
A Phase 2 clinical trial testing Galápagos‘ experimental oral therapy GLPG3667 in people with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) has failed to meet its main goal, although some promising trends were ...
Where were you when you were told you had lupus? Who gave you the official diagnosis? Confirming lupus is a challenge, not only because it seems to be a mystery to primary care physicians and ...
When people think of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), they often only think about the “butterfly” rash, severe joint pain, pleurisy, or kidney problems. But for many of us living with lupus, the ...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Gazyva (obinutuzumab) as an add-on treatment for adults with lupus nephritis, a form of lupus marked by kidney damage. Lupus is an autoimmune ...
Once you receive a diagnosis of lupus, it is difficult to avoid its chronic impact. The disease stays on your mind and affects your perceptions and decisions. You may not be in a flare or “suffering,” ...
What would you do if you were stuck in the grocery store parking lot, crippled by locked joints? Imagine your hands and wrists frozen after parking the car, with toes cramped, shifted apart, and bent.
Let’s start with a little story, shall we? It’s currently 142 F outside. OK, that might be a slight exaggeration, but not by much. I’m living through one of the most brutal heat waves my area has seen ...