Hudson Valley Lupus Foundation

Useful Links

Lupus Alliance
The National Lupus Alliance site with many helpful sections to read concerning latest research, national advocacy programs and others.

Our Lupus Alliance, Inc., partners include:

Michigan Indiana Affiliate:
Email: info@milupus.org ; 800.705.6677 ; 586.775-8310

Long Island Queens Affiliate:
Email: info@lupusli.org ; 1602 Bellmore Ave, N. Bellmore, NY 11710-5566
(516) 783-3370; (800) 850-9000 (within NY only); (Nassau, Suffolk, Queens areas)

Western New York Affiliate:
Email: lupuswny@aol.com ; 800.300.4198; 716.835.7161
3871 Harlem Road, Cheektowaga, NY 14215

New York Southern Tier Affiliate:
Email: lupusnyst@aol.com; 19 Chenango St. Suite 810, Binghamton, NY 13901 (607) 772-6522 (800) 33-LUPUS (within NY only)

Informational Links

Arthritis Foundation
American Medical Association
Medicine Net
MEDLINE-plus
Scleroderma Foundation
WebMD

Sites concerning Drug Interactions

Drugs Section of ditonline.com.
Website recommends viewing with Internet Explorer. Netscape, however, does work though slowly.

Health Resources Section
from Dr. Koop's WebSite

FDA Approved Drugs Database

Research Links

Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects (CRISP)
A searchable data base of federally funded biomedical research projects conducted at universities, hospitals, etc. Users can access the interface at no charge to search for scientific concepts, emerging trends or to identify specific projects and/or investigators.

Lupus Multiplex Registry and Repository in Oklahoma
Finding the genes that may cause lupus is critical to developing better medicine aiming at the root problems of the disease. If a LUPUS patient wishes to be included in this type of research, they can contact this Insitution and speak to a recruiter.

For those interested in participating in Clinical Trials, other listings can be found at:

Spanish Language Health Resources(
for general medical topics as well as LUPUS)

Healthfinder.com
Offers a Spanish Language health resource. Healthfinder is a consumer health WebSite.

FDA
The FDA has a list of health publications also available in Spanish.

MEDLINE-plus
Includes a Spanish Language version of this resource.

Advocacy Sites(

Current Legislative priorities.
Identify your US Senator or Representative, E-Mail them; learn how Congress operates and how a particular Member voted on an important issue.

The Hudson Valley Lupus Foundation has no control over the content of any of these WebSites. As such we offer them as appearing to be of interest in the context of the LUPUS disease process. We appreciate receiving the URL's of any other sites which others have found useful, and would be interested to receive opinions or corrections concerning the ones listed above.

To communicate information to us concerning these or about other websites you have found useful, please contact us by clicking HERE. We will review the suggestions and take the appropriate action.