It’s important to monitor your bone health when you have lupus. Osteoporosis (weak bones) is more common in women, and the risk increases after menopause. Steroids also raise your risk for ...

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE), commonly known as lupus, is an autoimmune disorder where the immune system mistakenly attacks the body's own tissues. Instead of protecting against infections and ...

Knowledge is power, the old adage goes, so we’re digging into the 10 different health problems that should be on your radar ...

Are lupus symptoms in men more severe than in women? Research suggests that men do experience a more severe form of the disease. This may be due to delay in diagnosis, biology, and other factors.

But sufferers are being given major hope thanks to a new NHS trial that could see a groundbreaking treatment eradicate the need for lupus patients to be on lifelong medication. Th ...

About 1.5 million Americans have lupus and there are an estimated 16,000 new cases of the disease every year. Worldwide, the disease impacts more than five million people, according to the foundation.

Lupus can be difficult to diagnose because its symptoms are similar to those of many other diseases. There is an urgent need to educate patients and health care providers to achieve earlier and ...

Researchers at Northwestern Medicine and Brigham and Women’s Hospital say they’ve discovered a root cause of lupus, a disease that affects hundreds of thousands of people in the U.S.

This event, targeting young women who need to know the signs and symptoms of lupus, has led to requests for more programs on other college campuses. The campuses are key targets simply because of ...