A study of multiple cohorts of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus showed significantly lower prevalence of antiphospholipid antibodies (aPLs) among Black patients.
Having an abortion is in itself devastating for a couple and then to suffer this again and again can be extremely difficult to deal with and depressing.
An oral ginger extract was associated with reduced action of the neutrophil activity associated with the development of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases.
There was no difference in risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes between women with Sjögren s and the control group, but negative outcomes were more frequent with antiphospholipid antibodies.
The study raises the possibility of one day treating the immune system in some individuals for the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease, researchers suggest.