The findings underscore the need for future research on autoimmune factors in POI to improve prevention and treatment strategies. Study: Excess of severe autoimmune diseases in women with premature ...

Studies have reported cases of people developing autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis and lupus after undergoing gastric bypass surgery. But research is mixed as to whether there’s a link.

Women with any of three common types of autoimmune disease may face a higher rate of death linked to heart disease and stroke than men with the same condition, even as the rates dropped for both ...

Normally, your immune system fights off disease and protects your body from infection. However, when you have an autoimmune disease, your immune system mistakenly attacks healthy cells, tissues and ...

Inflammation is our body's defense mechanism against phenomena it recognizes as foreign. However, as with any complicated system, an error may arise. Inflammation ...

What if the very internal system that is meant to protect us, our body, our organs, starts to turn against us? That's right! With the sharp rise in Autoimmune diseases in the world, launching attacks ...

In the United States about 5%-8% of the population is affected by an autoimmune disorder. Other reports, however, estimate a higher prevalence of various types of autoimmune disorders due to complex ...

Autoimmune diseases cannot currently be cured, only treated, and this is also true for neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder, which affects the central nervous system. A study of how the treatment ...

Type 2 diabetes is not an autoimmune disease. Type 2 diabetes can be delayed or prevented with lifestyle changes like diet and exercise. Chronic low-grade inflammation is linked to type 2 diabetes due ...