Finding a Cure for Lupus

May 31, 2009 -- On this edition of Real Talk:It is one of the most debilitating diseases that causes unbelievable pain, fever, inflammation. Out of ten people who are diagnosed with this disease nine of them are women. It is a disease that My9 anchor, Brenda Blackmon, is quite familiar with - her daughter suffers from it. Lupus is the disease that is being discussed. .

On this episode of Real Talk Brenda Blackmon talks to the co-author of a new book called "Dancing at the River's Edge. It examines the relationship between a doctor and a patient who has lupus.

If you’d like to get involved and help with finding a cure for lupus, please join Brenda Blackmon and her team at the “Walk with us to Cure Lupus” event on Sunday, June 7th at the Atlantic Health Jets Training Center in Florham Park, New Jersey. To register for the walk call 866-WALK-ALR.

Plus, summer will soon be here which means parents and their kids are gearing up for camp. We show you a special camp created for children with disabilities by the Muscular Dystrophy Association. If you’d like to register your child or sponsor a camper log onto http://www.mda.org/clinics/camp/ for more information.