Government officials, business leaders, renowned researchers, and individuals with lupus will come together to celebrate and honor leaders for their efforts to advance lupus as a significant public health problem. The Butterfly Gala –Sixth Annual Awards Dinner will be held tonight, May 12, 2009, at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Washington, DC.
This year’s honorees are U.S. Congressman James P. Moran (D-VA, 8th), Sanjay Gupta, M.D., CNN Chief Medical Correspondent, and Roger M. Perlmutter, M.D., Ph.D., Executive Vice President for Research and Development for Amgen, Inc.
CNN Anchor and Special Correspondent Soledad O’Brien will serve as the Master of Ceremonies and Grammy Award-winning artist Mary Wilson of the Supremes will entertain the Gala attendees.
Lupus results from an immune system that is out of balance, causing it to become destructive to any organ or tissue in the body. Lupus can be very unpredictable and is potentially fatal. An estimated 1.5 million Americans have a form of lupus, yet no satisfactory treatment or a cure exists. In fact, it has been more than 50 years since the FDA approved a treatment for lupus. Its health consequences may include heart attacks, strokes, seizures, and organ failure.
The LFA is the foremost national nonprofit voluntary health organization dedicated to finding the causes of and cure for lupus, and to providing support, services, and hope to all people affected by lupus. The LFA Butterfly Gala will raise funds to support LFA programs of research, education, and advocacy.
1 comment:
Hi,
Just a few observations I have made. Have you noticed that modern medicine says they need your money to find a cure and yet they have not found a cure in 60 years, 0. And autoimmune diseases like Lupus are interesting there are approximately 80 to 100 with another 40 waiting for a name and if you get one you will get another and so on. And medical science cannot explain why we have this autoimmune epidemic. You can trigger one of them just by having an auto accident, taking aspirin or medication or by starting a new exercise routine, even too much stress says latest research. Naturopathic medicine says, "Look for the root, it is in the basics beginning with what is on your fork, what toxins are in your body, what exercise do you do, what stress is in your life, what is your spiritual base". Scientific arrogance has led us down the wrong path we better stop and take a close look at what is happening. This month 150 new chemicals will be added to the 85,000 which are part of the autoimmune problem. They will be added too industry with no oversight control at all. Autoimmune disease is the worst kind of contradiction; for an Lupus you are attacking your body with your immune system, a world upside down. God bless you in your search.
Sincerely
Paul
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