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Los Angeles -
Six-time Grammy-winning R&B singer Toni Braxton has been hospitalized in Los Angeles for complications related to lupus for the second time this year.
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Houston -
Alexandra "Sasha" McHale, the 22-year-old daughter of Houston Rockets coach Kevin McHale, died Saturday after a battle with lupus. Sasha had been hospitalized since November 10.
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Lupus is a tenacious autoimmune disease, affecting about 1.4 million people in the U.S. Considered a high risk disease for mortality and organ damage, a recent study has discovered that fat-derived stem cells can restore lupus to normal body functions.
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Rockville -
The Food and Drug Administration announced its approval of the intravenous drug Benlysta, to treat patients with active auto-antibody-positive lupus, making it the first new drug approved for the debilitating condition since the 1950's.
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Researchers say benlysta has the potential to become the first new approved drug in decades for people living with systemic lupus.
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A group of researches in Long Island have pin-pointed two genes involved in occurrences of lupus and rheumatoid arthritis (RA). This breakthrough could eventually help doctors better diagnose and treat these two conditions.
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