Lupus News

Experts are still trying to understand the interplay between genetic and environmental factors in lupus disease pathogenesis, according to a presenter at the 2022 Association of Women in Rheumatology Annual Conference.

Prenatal exposure to hydroxychloroquine in birthing parents with systemic lupus erythematosus results in no significant adverse outcomes in children from breast feeding through 17 years, according to data published in Rheumatology.

The Lupus Research Alliance has awarded the 2022 Lupus Insight Prize to Akiko Iwasaki, PhD, for her work connecting endogenous retroviruses and systemic lupus erythematosus.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Persistent, chronic inflammation seen in moderate to severe psoriasis is associated with plaque destabilization and rupture that drives MI, and biologic treatment can reduce CV risk, according to a speaker.

ORLANDO — Understanding the nature and role of the synovium and synovial fluid is critical to managing various types of arthritis, according to a presenter at the 2022 Rheumatology Nurses Society Annual Conference.

The June 24 Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade continues to reverberate across all of health care, including rheumatology, dermatology and cancer treatment — and in this instance all three at once.

The FDA has approved GlaxoSmithKline’s belimumab for the treatment of children with active lupus nephritis who are also receiving standard therapy, according to a company press release.

Federal law prohibits pharmacies from refusing to fill prescriptions that may end a pregnancy to patients who are able to become pregnant, according to a newly released HHS guidance.

Consuming specific dietary components such as vitamin D or omega-3 is “unlikely to influence the progression” of rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases, according to a report of systemic reviews published in RMD Open.

Most patients with systemic lupus erythematosus across a trio of anifrolumab trials demonstrated concordant outcomes on BILAG-based Composite Lupus Assessment and SLE Responder Index responses, according to data.