Lupus is two to four times more common among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. It’s also tends to be more severe, with higher rates of kidney failure than non-Indigenous people with lupus.
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Nightmares and day-time hallucinations often precede lupus flare-ups.
Doctors dismiss patients’ ‘subjective’ symptoms over their ‘objective’ evaluation.
An aggressive, antifungal-resistant form of tinea, a contagious ringworm fungal infection, has appeared in the US, likely driven by overuse and misuse of antifungal medications.
As tempting as it is, it is not possible to “supplement” oneself out of a bad lifestyle.
German doctors have reported success in treating patients with severe lupus, using cell treatments like those used for some forms of blood cancer.
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Antibodies that go rogue and attack healthy tissue identified in patients with severe COVID.
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A drug created to target this gene was found to be effective in treating autoimmune conditions like lupus and psoriasis.
Sjögren’s syndrome has no cure. Here’s how it affects the body and what the future might bring for people with this challenging autoimmune disease.
A new study has provided further proof of a link between stress and auto-immune disorders.
Women have evolved to have stronger immunity than men. But this comes with downsides -
women are more likely to have autoimmune diseases due to their “reactive” immune systems.
A molecule in parasitic worms could explain why some worm infections can treat a range of autoimmune diseases, including…
The death of immune system cells is an important safeguard against the development of autoimmune diseases, according to new…
Lupus is a chronic inflammatory systemic autoimmune disorder. It affects various tissues of the body, particularly the heart, joints, lungs, skin and kidneys. An autoimmune illness is one in which body’s…
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Senior Research Fellow; Rheumatology Research Group, Centre for Inflammatory Diseases, Monash University
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Researcher, Public Health, University of Cambridge
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Head, School of Clincial Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University
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Professor, Molecular Immunology, WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research)
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Rheumatologist and Associate Professor, Discipline of Medicine, University of Adelaide
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Paediatrician/Clinical Lecturer, University of Uyo
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Postdoctoral research fellow, Stellenbosch University
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Professor, University of Pretoria
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Professor of Indigenous Genomics, Australian National University
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Clinical Associate Professor of Dermatology, Wayne State University
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Board Certified Internal Medicine Physician and Public Health Scientist, MidMichigan Health, University of Michigan
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Regents' Professor & Chair, Medical Laboratory Science, Texas State University
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Associate Professor of Biomedical Informatics, University of Nebraska Omaha
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Senior Lecturer in Immunology, Cardiff Metropolitan University
