Lupus

(1) Menopause worsens RA symptoms; (2) obesity increases disease activity in women with lupus; and (3) signs of cardiac disease appear early in SLE.

This complication occurs in up to 44% of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.

Two recent studies underscore the key role of interferon in SLE; a third trial identifies a link between undiagnosed vertebral fractures and organ damage in women with lupus.

Two sets of diagnostic criteria for lupus go head to head in a recent meta-analysis.

Test your knowledge of the assessment and follow-up of patients with SLE with 7 questions based on recent British Society for Rheumatology guidelines.

Your patient is a young woman who presents with a facial rash, joint pain, and fatigue. How will you proceed?

A potentially modifiable target for improving outcomes in patients with lupus.

Brush up on the diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus with 5 questions based on the recent British Society for Rheumatology guidelines.

Pregnancy in a patient with SLE should be considered high risk by definition.

Researchers have set their sights on macrophage activation syndrome, pathways identified in renal cells, and mechanistic target of rapamycin.

Which symptoms of SLE have the greatest impact on quality of life? What are the most common comorbid emotional disorders? Answers here.

An osteoporosis regimen may benefit the heart as well as the bones.

Lupus is not listed in national mortality rankings but appears to be the 10th leading cause of death in females aged 15-24 years. Where to go from here?

Be vigilant for cardiovascular, renal, and infectious complications in African American patients with SLE.

Since cardiovascular disease is associated with SLE, researchers hypothesized there might be a link between the metabolic syndrome and SLE.

Updates from the 2018 European Lupus Society Meeting focus on the risk infection poses to patients with SLE.

The challenge: how to maintain therapeutic drug levels in the face of ocular toxicity.

Researchers analyzed mortality statistics from the CDC to determine the relative burden of SLE-related deaths among women.

Ground-breaking trials presented at the 2018 European Lupus Society meeting demonstrate that inexpensive office-based tools can predict impending cardiovascular disease in patients with lupus.

For better or worse, social media and the Internet have a large role in the lives of young people-and as such are an effective way to reach them.

Highlights of the first UK guidelines on the care of adults with systemic lupus erythematosus.

A potential alternative to immunosuppressants for the treatment of joint inflammation in lupus.

These strategies address critical issues that have stymied the lupus drug development process for decades.

However, researchers found that a common treatment for SLE reduces the risk of flares to that of non-pregnant women with lupus.