You can visit the magazine's
website at:
http://www.people.com/people/magazine/0,,,00.html
We have written the following
email to the magazine to ask them to do an article about Lupus. We encourage all of you to write to them as well.
You can tell them your story, give them Lupus information and stats
and encourage them to cover this important topic.
Here is the magazine's email:
Editor@people.com
Dear People Magazine:
I am writing to you today
to let you know about a disease that is killing and disabling thousands of
Americans every year and millions more suffer from it while the FDA
hasn't approved a new treatment in over 4 decades. That
disease is Lupus and it desperately needs the national attention your
magazine can give!
Several celebrities have spoken
about the damage the disease has caused in their lives and the lives
of their families. Singer Seal battled Discoid Lupus as a
child. Top 20 American Idol finalist Leslie Hunt, America's
Next Top Model season 2 contestant Mercedes Yvette, actress/model
Pietra Thornton, actress/model Kelly Drury and Sharon Stone's sister
Kelly Stone have all talked about their battles with Lupus.
Lupus affects an estimated 1.5
million Americans, 90% of them are women. Lupus also affects
African Americans 3 times more than Caucasians. For such a common
and potentially deadly disease it is
dreadfully under publicized, misunderstood and lets just be honest,
ignored. This disease is often disabling and almost always
life altering for not only the patient, but also for their families.
It has been over 40 years since the FDA has approved a new treatment for
Lupus. That is inexcusable when the current treatments can be
just as debilitating as the disease itself.
Almost everybody has heard of
Lupus and even knows somebody who has it, but if you asked them what
it is they wouldn't know, or they would tell you something vague or
just plain false. There are a lot of misconceptions out there.
October is National Lupus
Awareness Month and is just one example of a great time to include information
about this disease. We hope you will consider
shedding some light on this disease and the effects it can have on
both the patient and their family! We will be asking our support network
of Lupus patients and their families to let you know how much this
story needs to be told as well. You can read my personal story
at:
http://cure4lupus.org/kendras_story.htm If you want to read more about Lupus
you can visit our website at http://Cure4Lupus.org, The Lupus Foundation of
America's website at Lupus.org or the Alliance for Lupus Research's
website at LupusResearch.org.
Kendra
Isola
Webmaster@Cure4Lupus.org
