Topic: Lupus
Reuters US Online Report Health News | 2010-01-22 21:22:45
<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Drugs used to treat malaria may be useful for patients with lupus, a chronic debilitating "autoimmune" disease, according to according to a new report.</p><p>In fact, the authors of the study, in the journal Arthritis and Rheumatism, recommend that doctors give the drugs to ...
AP News | 2009-11-02 21:33:40
<div id="subtitle">Human Genome Sciences, GlaxoSmithKline report positive results in 2nd lupus drug study</div><div><p>Human Genome Sciences and GlaxoSmithKline said Monday their experimental lupus treatment passed another key goal on its path to potentially becoming the first new drug for the disease in decades.</p>< ...
Reuters US Online Report Business News | 2009-11-02 17:26:41
<div><p>BOSTON/LONDON (Reuters) - Human Genome Sciences Inc said its experimental lupus drug Benlysta eased symptoms in more than 43 percent of patients who took it in a clinical trial, paving the way for approval of the first new treatment for the disease in 50 years.</p><p>The news sent ...
Reuters US Online Report Health News | 2009-10-29 20:52:48
<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have a more than twofold increased risk of cardiovascular disease, according to a new study.</p><p>Lupus is a chronic "autoimmune" disease in which the immune system confuses its own healthy tissues with foreign tissues and sometimes attacks both ...
