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 ...

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

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

Dry eye disease affects many people across different autoimmune diseases, ranging in prevalence from about 23% to 81%, and appears about 3 years before diagnosis, a study finds.

If you’re waking up swollen, stiff and in pain, Saint Agnes Medical Center is introducing new services that can help. Dr. Shelley Dhillon ...

If autoimmune disease runs in your family, you may have been told some version of this: It’s in your genes. But science is revealing a deeper layer of complexity; genetic predisposition influences ...

Autoimmune disorders occur when the body’s immune system cannot differentiate between cells that are its own and pathogens. Consequently, the body’s immune system attacks itself causing 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 ...

You might associate autoimmune conditions with symptoms like skin disease, chronic pain, and fatigue. A less-discussed symptom of autoimmune diseases? Hair loss. Your immune system is meant to keep ...

In this post, I discuss new research on the complicated link between autoimmune diseases and eating disorders. Autoimmune diseases are chronic illnesses in which a host’s immune system fails to ...