Lupus & Pregnancy
Lupus in pregnancy is a great question. Women with lupus thinking about having a baby will have additional concerns. The Lupus Community Navigator received a question about lupus and pregnancy [...]
LEARNING TO LIVE WITH LUPUS IN A POSITIVE AND PRODUCTIVE WAY
By Kay Mimms For years, probably my whole life, I suffered with various symp¬toms that could have been related to lupus. My symptoms included cold hands and feet and sensitivity to cold (since I [...]
Running a Marathon?
Dr. Robert Katz is Professor of Medicine at Rush Medical College and Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. He is a leading expert in the field of Rheumatology, with experience in [...]
Local Family Named Southern Suburbs Lupus Walk Ambassadors
Jennifer Finley and Michael Rakoczy, longtime advocates of LSI, lead 2019 South Suburbs Lupus Walk CHICAGO, IL, May 13, 2019 – A brother and sister were chosen as the 2019 Southern Suburbs Lupus [...]
Learning to Accept
By Jen Bouquet When were you first diagnosed with lupus? April 30, 2008 How long did it take for a correct diagnosis? 8 years Were you misdiagnosed first? I was not ‘misdiagnosed’ because I was [...]
Living with Lupus in Medical School
Stacey Jaimes-Herrera is a second year medical student at Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine. The following is a message she wrote to her class about her experience as a patient with [...]
Does SLE Care Provided in a Lupus Clinic Result in Higher Quality of Care than General Rheumatology
Dr. Meenakshi Jolly and team published in the 2018 April 2 Arthritis Care Research. Read the Abstract
Engaging African-American Females with Lupus in Community Focus Groups
Dr. Rosalind Ramsey Goldman’s team presented a poster at the 14th Annual Lewis Landsberg Research Day on Thursday, April 5, 2018 at the Robert H. Lurie Medical Research Center at Northwestern [...]
Body image in lupus
Body image in lupus: Is it disease activity, physical function, depression, pain, fatigue, sleep, fibromyalgia or stress? Dr. Meenakshi Jolly is an author on this recently published article in [...]
