Skin :: Green tea holds promise as new treatment for inflammatory skin diseases
Green tea could hold promise as a new treatment for skin disorders such as psoriasis and dandruff, Medical College of Georgia researchers say.
Lupus
Lupus :: Controlling stress helps fight chronic diseases such as lupus
Lupus is an autoimmune disease which produces antibodies causing injuries to the body?s cells and tissue. It makes the immune system go out of control and the organism attack healthy cells instead of the germs on them.
Lupus :: Research links genetic mutations to lupus
A gene discovered by scientists at Wake Forest University School of Medicine has been linked to lupus and related autoimmune diseases. The finding, reported in the current issue of Nature Genetics, is the latest in a series of revelations that shed new light on what goes wrong in human cells to cause the diseases.
Lupus :: Despite different triggers of disease, all roads lead to lupus
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE or lupus) is a chronic autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks the body?s cells and tissues.
Cancer :: New research holds promise for protecting cancer patients against infertility
A promising new therapy for protecting the fertility of women with cancer and auto-immune diseases such as lupus was revealed at the 23rd annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (Tuesday, July 3 2007).
Sperm :: Sperm abnormalities seen in male lupus patients
The prognosis for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), an autoimmune disease that mainly affects women in their reproductive years, has improved recently, prompting a shift toward improving quality of life. For men with SLE, concerns have been raised about their future fertility.
Lupus :: Treatment with Belimumab showed improvement in symptoms in 46 percent of lupus patients at 52 weeks
Treatment with belimumab resulted in a sustained improvement of systemic lupus erythematosus disease activity in 46 percent of patients at week 52, according to a novel combined responder index in results presented today at EULAR 2007, the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology in Barcelona, Spain.
Lupus :: Over one-third of refractory lupus patients remain stable at long term follow-up
Thirty-six percent of patients with refractory systemic lupus erythematosus remain well after undergoing B-cell depletion therapy without needing further standard immunosuppressive agents, according to a study presented today at EULAR 2007, the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology in Barcelona, Spain.
Atherosclerosis :: New insights into chronic inflammation and atherosclerosis
Does atherosclerosis result from systemic inflammation, a hallmark of these rheumatic diseases, or from local inflammation of vessels?
Heart Attack :: Fish oil good for heart attack patients
Fish oil supplements are considered good for heart attack patients, and could prevent a repeat attack of survivors of cardiac arrest, MI.