Scientists may have pinpointed a primary cause of lupus, a chronic autoimmune disease. Researchers from Northwestern Medicine in Chicago and Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston claim they have ...

The virus behind glandular fever, also known as mononucleosis or kissing disease, seems to infect and reprogram immune cells in the body, priming some people to develop the autoimmune condition lupus.

Treatment of autoimmune diseases like lupus has long relied on steroids to knock down the immune system, but more targeted therapies are currently undergoing clinical trials. To make sure these ...

Genes — which your parents pass down to you — help define your body’s features and traits. And scientists have identified more than 50 genes that are more common in people with lupus. In most cases, ...

Incomplete lupus erythematosus (ILE) remains one of the more difficult areas we face in rheumatology. Patients may present with a positive antinuclear antibody and a few symptoms of systemic lupus ...

Here is what research shows and what experts say about using GLP-1s to reduce lupus flares. “They mimic a natural gut hormone ...

Though rare, many men do have lupus. Researchers don’t understand why some males develop lupus or why their symptoms are often more severe. Lupus is an autoimmune condition that causes widespread ...

Lupus is a lifelong, often painful and occasionally lethal autoimmune disease. Few treatments exist today beyond powerful steroids to knock down a patient's immune system—a therapy that has its own ...