As Lupus Awareness Month approaches, Toni Braxton, a celebrated 55-year-old singer has opened up in national media interviews about her battle with lupus, which has resulted in heart and kidney ...

Cardiovascular disease has emerged as the number one cause of death in people with lupus since death from kidney disease has declined in recent years. Around half of people with lupus experience high ...

Cedars-Sinai investigators have identified a "molecular switch" on a gene strongly associated with the autoimmune disease lupus, which appears to propel immune cells into overdrive, attacking and ...

The IMprove Pregnancy in APS with Certolizumab Therapy (IMPACT) clinical trial, supported by the Lupus Foundation of America through a three-year grant, found that certolizumab pegol, a medication ...

A study led by investigators from Johns Hopkins Medicine found that some patients with discoid lupus erythematosus—a form of skin lupus commonly diagnosed in young to middle-aged Black women that ...

The Grammy-winning singer Muni Long in a shocking revelation opened up about her double lung transplant after departing Brandy and Monica's The Boy Is Mine Tour last year. Get breaking news anytime, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Toni Braxton has opened up about her “traumatic” heart surgery, which doctor’s deemed necessary due to complications from lupus, ...

Systemic lupus erythematosus is a chronic autoimmune disease in which the immune system mistakenly attacks healthy tissue.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Most lupus patients feel the impacts of the disease in their daily life. In many cases, the autoimmune disorder knows no bounds ...

Lupus is a complex autoimmune disease that can affect anyone, yet it often goes undiagnosed or misunderstood. This chronic condition causes the immune system to attack healthy tissues, leading to ...

Neonatal lupus erythematosus (NLE) is a rare disorder caused by the transplacental passage of maternal autoantibodies. Most mothers are healthy when they give birth to their baby, but some mothers ...

Nine out of 10 adults diagnosed with lupus are female, but why are women so much more prone to the chronic condition?