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Lupus
- Life Extension Foundation
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Autoimmune Diseases - Life Extension Magazine
- Lupus - The Natural Pharmacist
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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
- Vitacost
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Omega-3 Fish Oil Improves Lupus Symptoms, Shows Possible Cardiovascular
Benefits - Doctor's Guide, 11/12/07 - "They
received 3 grams of omega-3 fish oils, daily, for 24 weeks ... Low dose
dietary supplementation with omega-3 fish oils in SLE not only has a
therapeutic effect on disease activity but also improves endothelial
function and reduces oxidative stress and may, therefore, confer
cardiovascular benefits" - See Mega Twin EPA at
iHerb
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Fish Oil Supplements May Ease Lupus - WebMD, 11/7/07 -
"Fish oil supplements may help improve the symptoms
of lupus ... the supplements also improve blood flow and blood vessel
function in people with lupus who are known to be at increased risk for
heart disease" - See Mega Twin EPA at
iHerb.
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A randomised placebo-controlled interventional trial of
omega-3-polyunsaturated fatty acids on endothelial function and disease
activity in systemic lupus erythematosus - Ann Rheum Dis. 2007 Sep 17 -
"Low dose dietary supplementation with omega-3 fish
oils in SLE not only has a therapeutic effect on disease activity but also
improves endothelial function and reduces oxidative stress and may therefore
confer cardiovascular benefits"
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Exercise Cuts
Fatigue of Lupus, MS - WebMD, 11/30/06
- Fish
Oil Helpful for People with Lupus -
Healthwell.com, 9/23/04
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'Antiaging' Hormone Helps Women With Lupus - WebMD, 9/9/04
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The Clinical Effect of Dietary Supplementation with Omega-3 Fish Oils and/or
Copper in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - J Rheumatol. 2004
Aug;31(8):1551-6 - "There was a significant decline in
SLAM-R score from 6.12 to 4.69 (p < 0.05) in those subjects taking fish oil
compared to placebo" - See Mega Twin EPA at
iHerb
or
Vitacost .
- DHEA Supplementation Linked to Improved Quality of Life in Women with
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Doctor's Guide,
6/15/04 - "Their partners reported greater responses to the "gets more
done" question compared to placebo ... DHEA replacement decreased
high-density lipid (HDL) cholesterol, and it increased insulin-like growth
factor (IGF-I) and haematocrit"
- DHEA
Improves Quality of Life in Women With SLE -
Medscape, 6/14/04
- Can Broccoli Prevent Lupus? - WebMD, 11/6/03 -
"I3C is believed to act as an anti-estrogen ... At
12 months of age, 80% of the mice fed the I3C diet from soon after birth
were alive, compared with only 10% of the non-supplemented mice. Normal mice
live from one to two years ... I3C-fed mice had far fewer kidney problems
than the mice whose diets were not supplemented, and researchers say this is
the reason that they lived much longer. Kidney disease is one of the main,
life-threatening complications of lupus" - See
I3C products at iHerb
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- Dehydroepiandrosterone Reduces Flares in Mild-to-Moderate Systemic Lupus
Erythematosus - Doctor's Guide, 12/6/02
- Lupus: A
Natural Approach? - Dr. Weil, 6/26/02
- Health Supplement [DHEA] A Hit Among Lupus Sufferers
- Intelihealth, 8/13/01
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Studies Show DHEA Quells Lupus - Nutrition Science News, 10/00
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Could Drug Containing DHEA Be an Answer for Lupus? - WebMD, 6/23/00
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Dipping DHEA Levels May Trigger Lupus - Nutrition Science News, 1/99
CME:
General Information:
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Lupus - American Academy of Family Physicians
- Lupus - emedicine.com
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Lupus - FamilyDoctor.org
- Lupus - Intelihealth
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Lupus Basics - Medscape
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Lupus - Veritas Medicine
- Treatments for lupus
- Medifocus.com
Other News:
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Lupus More Severe In Patients With Southern European Ancestry - Science
Daily, 6/11/08
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Existing Drugs Show Promise For Treating End-stage Renal Disease In Lupus
- Science Daily, 11/27/07
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New
Way To Detect Lupus-associated Kidney Disease - Science Daily, 11/25/07
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Mycophenolate Mofetil Reduces Lupus Flares and Cuts Prednisone Use -
Doctor's Guide, 11/13/07
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New
Way To Detect Lupus-associated Kidney Disease - Science Daily, 11/13/07
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Targeted Treatment Strategies For Lupus Suggested By Research - Science
Daily, 11/11/07
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Existing Drugs Show Promise For Treating End-stage Renal Disease In Lupus
- Science Daily, 11/9/07
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Therapy Effective For Reducing Lupus Flares, Study Suggests - Science
Daily, 11/9/07
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New Vaccine May Treat Lupus - WebMD, 10/1/07
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Men's Lupus Treatment Linked to Fertility Woes - WebMD, 6/28/07
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Belimumab Improved Symptoms in Almost Half of Lupus Patients - Doctor's
Guide, 6/20/07
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Spleen May Be Target Of Successful Therapy For Lupus - Science Daily,
9/15/06
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Anti-Malarials Most Effective in Lupus Patients Genetically at Risk of High
Levels of TNF-Alpha - Doctor's Guide, 2/13/06
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Stem Cells May Ease Severe Lupus - WebMD, 1/31/06
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Stress Hormone Enables Lupus Antibodies to Alter Behavior, Damage Cognition
- Doctor's Guide, 1/24/06
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Study Demonstrates Safety of Oral Contraceptives in Women with Lupus -
Doctor's Guide, 12/22/05
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Research Published in The New England Journal of Medicine Challenges
30-Year- Old Standard of Care for Lupus Patients - Doctor's Guide,
11/24/05
- Drug helps
treat kidney issues in lupus patients - MSNBC, 11/23/05
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Patients with Lupus Living Longer, Aggressive Use of Immunosuppressants May
Be the Reason - Doctor's Guide, 11/21/05
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Drug
May Fight Lupus And Atherosclerosis Simultaneously - Science Daily,
11/21/05
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Common Anti-seizure Drug Could Be Effective For Lupus Patients - Science
Daily, 11/21/05
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Lipstick, Hair Dyes Raise Lupus Risk? - WebMD, 11/17/05
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Lupus Survival Getting Better - WebMD, 11/16/05
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Study Uncovers Potential Biomarker For Lupus Atherosclerosis - Doctor's
Guide, 11/16/05
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Genelabs Receives Confirmation of Orphan Drug Designation for Prestara
(Prasterone) and Provides Update on Its Development - Doctor's Guide,
6/23/05
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A
Candidate Biomarker To Improve Treatment Of Lupus Patients - Science
Daily, 5/8/05
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Lupus And The Role Of Epstein-Barr Virus - Science Daily, 4/16/05
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Lupus And The Role Of Epstein-Barr Virus - Doctor's Guide, 4/7/05
- Pitt Researchers Identify Biomarkers Of Lupus Which Could Lead To Quicker
And Better Diagnosis - Science Daily, 11/9/04
- Organ Transplant Drug Controls Lupus Symptoms -
WebMD, 10/18/04
- Cancer Drug Shows Promise Against Lupus - Science
Daily, 9/16/04
- Prasterone Therapy Appears to Benefit Women With Lupus
- Doctor's Guide, 9/9/04
- Mycophenolate Mofetil May Be as Effective as Cyclophosphamide in Treating
Paediatric Lupus - Doctor's Guide, 5/3/04
- Patients With Lupus At High Risk of Urinary Tract Infections
- Doctor's Guide, 4/12/04
- Cigarette Smoking Increases Lupus Risk - WebMD,
3/4/04
- Mycophenolate Mofetil Appears Safe, Effective for Lupus Nephritis
- Doctor's Guide, 1/27/04
- Early and Frequent Development of Atherosclerosis in Patients with Systemic
Lupus Erythematosus Appears Disease Related -
Doctor's Guide, 12/19/03
- Lupus Patients Risk Early Heart Disease - WebMD,
12/17/03
- Simple Blood Test Effective for Diagnosing Lupus -
Physician's Weekly, 11/24/03
- Mycophenolate Mofetil Equivalent to Cyclophosphamide for Treatment of Lupus
Nephritis - Doctor's Guide, 11/18/03
- Cumulative Prednisone Dose Among Important Risk Factors Identified For
Atherosclerosis in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients
- Doctor's Guide, 11/12/03
- More Heart Disease Risks With Lupus - WebMD,
11/10/03
- Treatment with Mycophenolate Mofetil May Become First Line of Therapy for
Lupus Nephritis - Doctor's Guide, 11/4/03
- Mycophenolate Mofetil (CellCept) Tops Standard Intravenous Cyclophosphamide
for Severe Lupus - Doctor's Guide, 10/30/03
- Patients With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus More Likely to Have Increased
Prolactin Levels - Doctor's Guide, 10/23/03
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Autoantibodies Progressively Develop While
Patients Are Asymptomatic - Doctor's Guide,
10/20/03
- Statins may play a role in the treatment of inflammatory rheumatic diseases
- Doctor's Guide, 9/28/03 - "the
administration of simvastatin for 8 days was associated with a rapid and
significant reduction in proteinuria levels in the three patients with SLE,
as well as in the 2 patients with systemic
vasculitis. In the five
patients with RA, atorvastatin for 8 days was
associated with a reduction in
C-reactive protein levels and clinical improvement ... statins may have
an important therapeutic potential for different inflammatory diseases"
- Note: Red yeast rice is a
non-prescription statin but check with your doctor. See
iHerb
or
Vitacost
red yeast rice products.
- Renal Disease in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: a Review
- Doctor's Guide, 9/22/03
- Common Link Suggested Between Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Lupus, and
Epstein-Barr Virus - Doctor's Guide, 8/12/03
- Mycophenolate Mofetil Effective, Tolerable in Patients with Systemic Lupus
Erythematosus - Doctor's Guide, 8/6/03
- Improved Survival in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Associated with Changes in
Mortality Patterns - Doctor's Guide, 6/20/03
- Immunosuppression for Lupus Nephritis Safely Modified in Tropical Climate
- Doctor's Guide, 6/16/03
- Anti-Chromatin Antibodies Marker For Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Nephropathy - Doctor's Guide, 5/2/03
- Adverse Drug Reactions to Sulfa Antibiotics in Patients with Systemic Lupus
Erythematosus than in Those with Other Inflammatory Arthritic Diseases
- Doctor's Guide, 4/17/03
- Antibodies Not Linked to Organ Damage in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
- Doctor's Guide, 3/13/03
- Low-Dose Thalidomide Combats Refractory Lupus -
Doctor's Guide, 2/18/03
- Drug [Trichostatin A] Helps Fight Lupus Kidney Problems
- WebMD, 2/18/03
- Cyclophosphamide Cancer Therapy May Offer Lupus Patients New Hope
- Doctor's Guide, 1/10/03
- High-Dose Cyclophosphamide Promising in Refractory Lupus
- Medscape, 1/8/03
- Lupus Hope: No-Transplant Chemotherapy - WebMD,
1/6/03
- Diet Programme Comprehensively Benefits Lupus Patients
- Doctor's Guide, 11/7/02
- Rituximab Improves Symptoms in Patients With SLE -
Medscape, 10/29/02
- Angiotensin II Receptor Blockers Reduce Proteinuria In Lupus Nephritis
- Doctor's Guide, 10/29/02
- Cancer Drug Rituximab Benefits Patients With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
- Doctor's Guide, 10/28/02
- Compound Holds Promise for Lupus - WebMD, 10/16/02
- Cancer Drug [Rituxan] Shows Promise in Lupus -
WebMD, 10/4/02
- Intravenous Cyclophosphamide Has Marked Impact In Child Lupus Nephritis
- Doctor's Guide, 9/25/02
- Cyclophosphamide Effective in Children with Lupus Nephritis
- Doctor's Guide, 9/9/02
- Watson Notified of Approvable Letter for Aslera (GL701)
- Doctor's Guide, 8/30/02
- Environmental Reason for Lupus? - WebMD, 8/5/02
- Stem Cells Save Another Lupus Patient - WebMD,
6/5/02
- Deaths From Lupus on the Rise - WebMD, 5/2/02
- Total Lymphoid Irradiation An Option For Unresponsive Severe Lupus Nephritis
- Doctor's Guide, 4/15/02
- Improving Aerobic Fitness in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
- Doctor's Guide, 3/12/02
- Living With Lupus - WebMD, 3/6/02
- Clue Suggested For Inflammation In Lupus Patients
- Doctor's Guide, 2/4/02
- LJP 394
Improves/Sustains Health-Related Quality of Life in Lupus Renal Disease
- Doctor's Guide, 1/10/02
- LJP 394 as
Effective as Current Immunosuppressive Therapy for Renal Disease in Lupus
- Doctor's Guide, 11/14/01
- Finding May Explain Why Lupus Affects the Brain -
WebMD, 11/1/01
- Aslera
(GL701 Or Prasterone) Reduces Lupus Disease Activity And Symptoms
- Doctor's Guide, 10/31/00
- LJP 394
Reduces Renal Flares In Lupus Patients With Poor Renal Function
- Doctor's Guide, 10/31/01
- LJP 394
Shows Promise in Lupus Nephritis - Doctor's Guide,
10/16/01
- Alendronate
Used To Treat Some Pediatric Bone Mineral Loss -
Doctor's Guide, 9/25/00
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Cure for Lupus May Be in Sight, Stem Cell Transplant Also May Help Similar
Diseases - WebMD, 8/25/00
- New
Diagnostic Test For Lupus To Bridge Detection Gap
- Doctor's Guide, 8/8/00
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Enzyme Blamed As Cause Of Lupus - Intelihealth, 5/31/00
- LJP 394
shows encouraging results in lupus patients - Doctor's Guide, 5/3/00
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Lupus-Associated Antibodies Reduced With Toleragen - Doctor's Guide,
2/16/00
- Chemo Drug
Effective For Autoimmune Disorders Such As Rheumatoid Arthritis, Lupus
- Doctor's Guide, 12/15/98
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Researchers look to stop bone loss in lupus patients - CNN, 10/13/98
- Researchers
Find New Pathway For Kidney Disease In Lupus -
Doctor's Guide, 2/16/98
- Misunderstanding About Lupus Puts Young People At Risk
- Doctor's Guide, 12/29/97
- Common Virus
May Be Linked To Lupus - Doctor's Guide, 12/16/97
- Discovery Of
Protein Fragments May Lead to Cure, Prevention Of Lupus
- Doctor's Guide, 6/2/97
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