What African Americans Need to Know About Lupus Medically reviewed by Alana Biggers, M.D., MPH — Written by Taneia Surles on August 21, 2024 Lupus rash on Black skin ...

Lupus is an autoimmune disease that affects at least 5 million people worldwide.However, the condition is more common in African American people. Females are also more likely to get lupus than ...

How Lupus Affects the African American Community. Thu, February 13th 2020 at 2:26 PM. Updated Fri, February 14th 2020 at 4:38 PM. lupus.PNG. TOPICS: ...

Newly rebranded campaign includes powerful imagery of real women with lupus who share their story. The Lupus Foundation of America (LFA) launched the rebranded Be Fierce.Take Control.™ campaign during ...

One in every 250 African American women has lupus, a painful immune system disorder. Black women are three times more likely to get lupus than white women.

New genetic risk factors of lupus found in study of African-American women Date: June 27, 2011 Source: Boston University Medical Center Summary: Researchers have found four new genetic variants in ...

About 90% of people with lupus are female, and African Americans are three times more likely to have lupus than white Americans. Lupus is a chronic disease that can affect many organs, ...

There is an unmet need among African American youth for more plentiful education and resources regarding lupus, according to data published in BMC Rheumatology.

Researchers identified African American women with lupus in the Georgia Lupus Registry and the Georgians Organized Against Lupus Cohort who were linked to 583 birth certificates. Overall, more than ...

African-American women are three times more likely than white women to get lupus and develop severe symptoms, with as many as 1 in every 250 African-American women affected. Men also suffer from ...

A potential biomarker predicting severity of heart disease in African American lupus patients was identified in a study conducted by a team of researchers. A team of researchers at the Medical ...

African Americans living with lupus are five times more likely to develop lupus nephritis (LN)—a kidney disorder which can lead to end-stage renal disease—than whites of European descent living with ...