Autoimmune diseases are characterized by inappropriate activation of the immune system against the patient’s own tissues, resulting in a wide spectrum of possible symptoms and severity.

Autoimmune disorders in children can cause symptoms often mistaken for common childhood illnesses. More precise diagnoses and ...

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A less-discussed symptom of autoimmune diseases? Hair loss. Your immune system is meant to keep you healthy by attacking foreign bodies that can cause illness and infection. Sometimes, though ...

The vagus nerve is a busy bundle of over 100,000 information-carrying fibers that runs from the brain stem through the body ...

A recent study published in the journal eLife has revealed significant links between blood types and the risk of developing ...

Researchers identified a key protein as a potential therapeutic target for stopping the body's immune system from mistakenly attacking itself, offering new hope for treating autoimmune diseases and ...

Yet, in autoimmune disorders, this differentiation gets blurred. A recent study published in the JCI Insight, has revealed that women get autoimmune diseases far more often than men due to the ...

A groundbreaking study has found a causal link between air pollution and autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis and lupus. Read now.

Autoimmune diseases, in which the immune system mistakenly attacks the body's own healthy cells and tissues, often include a preclinical stage before diagnosis that's characterized by mild ...

Grifols, a global healthcare company and leading manufacturer of plasma-derived medicines, has announced a collaboration with ...

Houston Methodist researchers have identified a key protein as a potential therapeutic target for stopping the body's immune system from mistakenly attacking itself, offering new hope for treating ...