Systemic lupus erythematosus - For some decades, we've known that systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), the diffuse inflammatory connective tissue disease, can be caused by drugs like...

Antinuclear antibody tests - If your doctor suspects that you have an autoimmune disorder such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), rheumatoid arthritis or scleroderma, he may a...

Rheumatoid arthritis - In treating rheumatoid arthritis (RA), conventional medicine has concentrated on powerful drugs to suppress symptoms. But there are a surprising numb...

Rheumatoid arthritis - Four years ago (WDDTY, vol 8, no 6) when I first wrote about rheumatoid arthritis (RA), I reported that wearing copper bracelets, correcting low gastr...

Rheumatoid Arthritis: But which drugs work? - There are plenty of drugs around for treating rheumatoid arthritis – but doctors don’t have a clue which ones work. Even though researchers have been...

Scleroderma - Q:An acquaintance of mine has scleroderma. What are the latest research findings for this? Is there any hope of a cure? It is a horrible disease. M G,...

Lupus erythematosus - The food factor - Forty years ago, if you were diagnosed as having lupus, otherwise known as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), the prognosis would not have been good....

Bone marrow transplant used for rheumatoid arthritis - A hospital in Western Australia has treated a man with severe rheumatoid arthritis by transplanting some of his bone marrow to the affected areas.