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SUMMER LUPUS MINI-CONFERENCE
Registration for the Summer Lupus mini-conference, headlined by Dr. Maria Dall'Era is now open. Please visit our website for details and to register.
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Newly diagnosed patients at higher risk for stroke: study
 In a study just out, Canadian scientists have found that newly diagnosed lupus patients may be up to 7-and-a-half times higher risk for strokes.
Researchers recommended that SLE patients - especially newly diagnosed ones - have a physician who not only understands lupus but can effectively manage other risk factors for stroke such as high blood pressure, smoking, etc.
A team of researchers in Canada has found a 7.4-fold higher risk for an incident stroke in the first year after diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) compared with healthy controls, in a population-based study. [...]
Antonio Avina-Zubieta, MD, PhD, the British Columbia Lupus Society Scholar, said the spike in stroke risk immediately after diagnosis "is a new finding-to the best of my knowledge, nobody has reported this." His team also uncovered a 2.7-fold overall higher risk for stroke in people with SLE and a sixfold elevated risk for stroke in patients under the age of 45 years. This should put physicians on high alert for cerebrovascular symptoms in lupus patients, especially younger or newly diagnosed individuals, he noted.
Although it is known that newly diagnosed lupus patients often suffer from stress, anxiety, and depression, not to mention side effects of steroids and other prescription drugs that may increase the risk of cardiovascular stroke, but this is the first scientific study of its kind to quantify the higher risk factor.
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Summer Lupus Mini-Conference to answer more of your questions
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Got questions about things like your or a loved one's risk factors of stroke or other lupus related concerns? There is no better place to ask and have those questions answered than at one of our semi-annual medical conferences, designed for patients and professionals alike. We have just such a conference coming up on July 12!
Licensed by the State of California to grant 5 CEU credits to attending California Registered Nurses, the conference will be headlined by Dr. Maria Dall'Era of UCSF, who is considered one of the country's foremost experts in lupus.
Please come and join us on Saturday, July 12 in our first conference north of the Golden Gate Bridge. Details below:
Saturday, 7/12/14, 11 am to 4 pm
Marin Nonprofit Resource Center
555 Northgate Drive
San Rafael, CA 94903-3611
Please visit this page for registration and information. If you have any questions, please call us at 408-954-8600.
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