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Friendly Fire: How Autoantibodies Could Drive Severe COVID

March 29, 2021 2019 Novel Coronavirus, 2019-nCoV, Autoimmune Disease, Coronavirus, Dengue, Dengue Fever, diversity, HCoV-229E, HCoV-OC43, Hospitals, Human coronavirus 229E, Human coronavirus HKU1, Human coronavirus OC43, inpatient care, Lupus, RA, rheumatoid arthritis, rube, sle, social determinants of health, Social Issues, systemic lupus erythematosus, tropical disease, tropical infection, viral illness, wuhan coronavirus

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Some people get very sick with

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Coronavirus deranges the immune system in complex and deadly ways

March 4, 2021 antibodies, Autoantibodies, Autoimmune Disease, Bleeding, Blood, brain, chronic, Coronavirus, Education, fever, heart, Immune System, Immunology, inflammation, Influenza, liver, Lupus, medicine, muscle, pain, pandemic, Paralysis, pathogen, placebo, research, Stroke, syndrome:, vaccine, virus, Yellow Fever

There's a reason soldiers go through basic training before heading into combat: Without careful instruction, green recruits armed with powerful

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Many with lupus at high risk for adverse reactions to pneumocystis pneumonia drug

November 12, 2020 Adverse, at, drug, for, high, Lupus, Many, pneumocystis, Pneumonia, reactions, risk, to, with

New research shows that adults with systemic lupus erythematosus, who receive trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX), a prophylactic therapy to help prevent pneumocystis

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New factor in the development of childhood lymphoma

September 18, 2019 Diseases and Conditions, HIV and AIDS, Human Biology, Immune System, Lupus, Lymphoma, Medical Topics, Viruses

The immune system is highly complex and a detailed understanding of many underlying mechanisms is still lacking. Only the precise

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Women caught in a pickle by their own immune systems: ASU scientists develop new hypothesis explaining sex differences in human diseases

June 13, 2019 Diseases and Conditions, Human Biology, Immune System, Lupus, Lymphoma, Menopause, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Women's Health

Women get autoimmune diseases, such as multiple sclerosis, lupus and rheumatoid arthritis eight times more than men do. On the

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Adverse childhood experiences negatively impact adults with lupus

May 9, 2019 adults, Adverse, Childhood, experiences, impact, Lupus, Negatively, with

Adults with lupus who report having had adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), such as abuse, neglect and household challenges, report higher

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‘90 Day Fiancé’ Star Ashley Martson Just Shared A Photo Revealing She’s In Kidney Failure

January 14, 2019 90 day fiance, ashley martson, ashley martson kidney failure, kidney failure, Lupus

“90-Day Fiancé” star Ashley Martson revealed on Instagram that she had kidney failure due to lupus. On Sunday, she wrote,

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Lupus discovery could help manage disease in African patients

September 17, 2018 African, Could, discovery, disease, help, in, Lupus, manage, patients

Two variants of an autoimmune disease that affects thousands but is hard to diagnose are relatively common among black Africans,

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Step-by-step account of systemic lupus erythematosus development revealed

July 12, 2018 account, development, erythematosus, Lupus, of, revealed, Step-by-step, systemic

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic disease that causes inflammation and tissue damage. SLE can involve many organs and

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Improved immunity against reinfections

July 10, 2018 Diseases and Conditions, Human Biology, Immune System, Lupus, Lymphoma, Medical Topics, Nervous System, Pain Control

For years, researchers have had an established viewpoint of the function of a unique protein in the body called purinergic

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