GG: Thanks so much for reading and commenting on my article. It isn’t that mindfulness doesn’t reduce lupus disease activity, it is just not proven to do so (a big difference). We must keep in mind that it usually takes much larger studies to prove that interventions work in treating lupus because it is so complicated; every SLE patient is different from the others. For example, the Benlysta clinical trials required over 800 patients in each research study to prove efficacy. It is remarkable that such tiny mindfulness studies showed improvements in pain and quality of life in lupus patients. The science is fascinating; more research is needed (larger studies), but in the meantime, it is such as simple thing to do each day and reap potentially positive benefits (I practice it myself now along with exercise, eating well, sleeping enough, etc). Keep up the search for knowledge as we drive on to try to find better treatments and hopefully, some day, a cure… Donald Thomas, MD