Lupus is an auto immune disease most commonly found in women that cause skin rash, pain and swelling in joints, muscle aches, fatigue, and weight loss. When it affects the skin it causes a disfiguring skin lesions. More commonly it has more systemic effects by attacking the internal organs such as the heart or lungs …
This last month I attended the Fall ACAM (American College for the Advancement of Medicine) conference where innovative therapies are introduced. One presentation which I found very interesting was the use of intestinal helminthes (worms) to treat inflammatory bowel diseases like ulcerative colitis and Crohns disease. The researchers found that the majority of inflammatory bowel …