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October 2007
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October is Lupus Awareness Month
Learn About Lupus, Get into the Loop!
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For more than 35 years, the S.L.E. Lupus
Foundation has been providing help for people
with
lupus and their families, funding lupus
research and
fostering public awareness of this chronic
illness.
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5 WEEKS, 5 LIFE-SAVING TOPICS |
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What You Should Know About Lupus
This Lupus
Awareness Month, we encourage you to
team up with the S.L.E. Lupus
Foundation and Lupus LA to
spread public awareness of this often
misdiagnosed and misunderstood disease.
Each Monday in October, we will send you an
email featuring important information about
lupus, focusing on a different topic each
week.
Please forward these emails
to your
friends and family members to help them learn
more about lupus.
WEEK
1: LIVING WITH LUPUS
What causes lupus?
Researchers are hunting for clues to this
mystery. Most likely, lupus develops when a
person inherits certain genes from their
parents, and then factors in the environment
or hormone surges trigger the disease. More
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Who gets lupus?
While lupus can develop in men or women, it
is much more common in women. Most get the
disease during their childbearing years. More
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How is lupus diagnosed?
Many people suffer from lupus for months or
years without a diagnosis. Not only do the
symptoms of lupus come and go and often look
like those of other illnesses, but at this
point, no single test can prove that a person
has lupus. More
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What can be done to treat lupus?
There is no cure for lupus, and everyone has
a different experience with it. But an early
diagnosis and the right treatment can help to
lessen pain and other symptoms, and lower the
risk that organs or tissues will get damaged.
More
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What medicines are used to treat lupus?
Many people with lupus at some point take
prescription corticosteroids, anti-malaria
drugs, or other medicines that lessen the
immune system's attack on itself. These
powerful drugs can really improve lupus and
even protect organs during a flare, but some
also have unpleasant side effects. More
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What is the outlook for people with lupus?
There isn't a cure yet, but every year
researchers get better insights into lupus
and come closer to uncovering less toxic and
more specific treatments. More
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Haga
clic aquí para la información del lupus en
español »
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THIS WEEK'S EVENTS |
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In New York and Los Angeles - Join Us!
Wednesday, October 3rd - 6 PM to 8 PM
Manhattan: Bellevue Hospital Center
Main Floor, Saul Farber Auditorium
462 First Avenue at 27th Street
New York, NY
Join leading lupus expert Michael Belmont,
MD to discuss "Common Complications:
When Lupus Affects the Brain, the Kidneys,
and Pregnancy." The free
program also offers information on
advances in research, new treatments, and
services available for people with lupus and
their families in New York City. Dinner will
be provided.
To register, call 212-685-4118 or email
sresto@lupusny.org
Give name, address, phone and number attending.
Lupus LA and the Center for Lupus Care
Present:
Lupus Together for
Clinical Trials
Today
A Free Clinical Trials Patient Education
Program
Thursday, October 4th, 2007 - 5:30PM to
8PM
Veterans Memorial Building
4117 Overland Avenue
Culver City, CA
Rheumatologist Daniel J. Wallace, MD
(Cedars-Sinai Medical Center/UCLA Medical
Center) and Jennifer Grossman, MD
(UCLA Medical Center) will present on
clinical trials for lupus and how you can get
involved. Speak with people who have
participated in a clinical trial and learn
how these trials are helping to find new
treatments for lupus for the first time in
nearly 50 years. Dinner will be provided.
Pre-registration required. Call
Lupus LA
at 310-652-7770.
Give name, address, phone and number attending.
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THIS MONTH'S EVENTS |
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BECOME A MEMBER! |
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Join Us in the Fight Against Lupus!
Take the opportunity this lupus awareness
month to become a member of the S.L.E. Lupus
Foundation and help to increase
public awareness, provide education, and fund
research leading to new treatments and a cure for
lupus.
JOIN
NOW »
 If
you live in Southern California and
would like to become a member of Lupus LA,
email info@lupusla.org
to receive a
membership form by mail.
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Contact Information
phone:
212.685.4118
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