by GHIC | Dec 1, 2014 | 2014
The past year has been busy for all of us in the London Lupus Centre. We are now seeing 400 cases a month – patients not only from all corners of the UK, but from a dozen different countries. Twenty years ago, in the international journal LUPUS...
by GHIC | Nov 1, 2014 | 2014
November is true to itself – rain and dark skies. Fireworks lasting for weeks – Lucy, our Schnauzer, frightened to go out alone. A number of our London Lupus Centre team travelled to Boston to present papers and posters at the annual American College of Rheumatology...
by GHIC | Aug 1, 2014 | 2014
The medical journal LUPUS, which publishes many of the research papers and conference reports on Hughes Syndrome, runs a regular series called ‘Lupus around the World’. More than anything else, this series has highlighted the variation in lupus prevalence from region...
by GHIC | Jul 1, 2014 | 2014
July in London was the seventh sunniest in London since records began. (Official!). We were fortunate in deciding to take a holiday in deepest Kent this year. Blue skies and glorious colours (and a very happy Lucy the dog!). Quite a few media stories of young women...
by GHIC | Jun 1, 2014 | 2014
I have just received a copy of our latest book, ‘Sjögren’s Syndrome in Clinical Practice’. Produced with colleagues Dr Shirish Sangle and Dr Simon Bowman, it is published by Springer (ISBN 978-3-319-06058-3). I hope it will prove helpful both to patients...
by GHIC | May 1, 2014 | 2014
Glorious May weekend – the sort you dream about. Temperatures 77°F and a clear blue sky. On Wednesday, this week, we held the annual charity Patients’ Day at St Thomas’ Hospital. With over 100 patients, friends and relatives, it proved a busy and successful day, with...
