Rheumatology Network Features Special Coverage on Lupus for Lupus Awareness Month
NORWALK, Conn., May 20, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- UBM Medica US announces that Rheumatology Network, a leading online community for Rheumatologists, offers special content for rheumatologists in honor of Lupus Awareness Month.
Lupus, a chronic disease in which a person's immune system mysteriously attacks many parts of her own body (most affected people are women of childbearing age), most commonly the skin, joints, and organs. In its more severe forms it can attack the kidneys, causing lupus nephritis. According to the Lupus Foundation of America, an estimated 1.5 million Americans have lupus, and more than 16,000 new cases are diagnosed each year.
The rheumatologists who read Rheumatology Network are the front-line doctors for treatment of lupus, and this month the online publication offers numerous important new features on the topic:
- The latest edition of the weekly RN Practice Poll, which surveys readers about how they approach the management of unresolved issues in rheumatology, inquires how they treat lupus nephritis.
- A quiz by an expert on the topic helps readers test their skills in diagnosis of catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome (CAPS), a rare but devastating condition most common among lupus patients, which causes blood clots to form rapidly in numerous different sites within the body.
- Experts from Harvard Medical School describe their new research that defines an important predictor of serious infections in lupus patients, a major cause of illness and hospitalization among these women.
- A report describes new recommendations from an international panel about how best to treat lupus in order to achieve remission, complete control of symptoms.
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