Growing research suggests the bacteria left behind by the common childhood infection may trick the immune system into ...

Taiwanese study puts numbers to common but poorly studied phenomenon ...

Frequent dry eyes may signal more than simple irritation and could be an early warning sign of an autoimmune disease. This ...

Scientists have zeroed in on a critical weak spot behind a rare but devastating brain autoimmune disorder often known as ...

When the immune system detects a harmful or foreign agent it triggers an inflammatory response small proteins called chemokines direct immune cells to the site of the injury or infection, resulting in ...

UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have identified two lipids that work together with a quintessential protein known ...

February 28th is Rare Disease Day across the U.S. and around the world. The Immune Deficiency Foundation - based in Maryland - serves a specific rare disease ...

Kelly McKenna, CEO of End Chronic Disease, joins Fox 5 to help us better understand how to recognize symptoms and what steps ...

Boehringer Ingelheim has penned a $500 million deal with a British biotech for a preclinical program the German pharma hopes could offer a fresh oral treatment approach to a variety of autoimmune a | ...

From birth-month signatures to global climate gradients, emerging evidence indicates that seasonal light, temperature, and ...

This article was reviewed by Knox Beasley, MD. You might associate autoimmune conditions with symptoms like skin disease, chronic pain, and fatigue. A less-discussed symptom of autoimmune diseases?

Today, more than 100 autoimmune diseases have been identified. These include the more common rheumatoid arthritis, lupus and type 1 diabetes. Generalized myasthenia gravis or gMG is a rare autoimmune ...