T cells (an important part of the immune system) and red blood cells. (Science Photo Library/Canva) Her immune system was ...

Walk into a rheumatology clinic and one pattern is difficult to miss: most patients are women. This is not simply a matter of women being more likely to seek medical care or being diagnosed more often ...

Two years after the end of a randomized trial that showed a benefit of daily vitamin D and omega-3 fatty acid (n-3 FA) supplementation for reducing risk for autoimmune diseases, the salubrious effects ...

The most prevalent type of diabetes is T2D, which accounts for approximately 90% to 95% of cases. 1 Therefore, it is easy to suppose that middle-aged and older adults who present with new-onset ...

A new research case series published in Frontiers in Nutrition presents food as medicine as a potential treatment for autoimmune diseases, describing three patients with chronic autoimmune disease who ...

AS MANY as 1 in 10 cases of schizophrenia may be triggered by an autoimmune reaction against brain cells, according to early trial results shared with New Scientist. The finding offers the possibility ...

In desperation, the woman’s care team reached out to Müller, a hematologist-oncologist at the University Hospital of Erlangen, a roughly three-hour drive away by ambulance. In recent years, he and his ...

An adolescent boy went to his physician with a headache that got worse with physical activity. Testing showed autoimmune myelofibrosis. For the first time, researchers are reporting on an apparent ...

Joanne, 43, received a diagnosis of Hashimoto’s hypothyroidism and gluten sensitivity from her functional medicine doctor. Her doctor placed her on a leaky gut diet that eliminated gluten and all ...

Autoimmune pericarditis is pericarditis that develops in people who have underlying autoimmune disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis and SLE. This article explains what autoimmune pericarditis is and ...