From five autoimmune diseases alone, healthcare costs and lost work time per 1,000 U.S. workers amounts to $580,000 annually.

Scientists have identified a protein in cells that spurs the release of infection-fighting molecules. The protein, whose role in the immune system had not previously been suspected, provides a ...

Type 1, not type 2 diabetes, is autoimmune. There are other rarer autoimmune types. Learn about type 2 diabetes, immunity, ...

Primary care clinicians are often the most accessible to patients and play a crucial role in the early detection and ...

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 26: India's first book on autoimmune diseases, called Healing Autoimmune Conditions (pub. HarperCollins India), authored by Dr Rachna Chhachhi, PhD was released ...

Some rheumatic diseases affect connective tissues. Others may be caused by an autoimmune disorder. This means the body's immune system attacks its own healthy cells and tissues. Your doctor or other ...

Bhopal: In a first, Madhya Pradesh health department is going to implement innovative approaches to tackle sickle cell disease. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the National Sickle Cell ...

Brian Setzer, frontman for the Stray Cats and the Brian Setzer Orchestra, is unable to play guitar after being diagnosed with an autoimmune disease. The musician recently revealed his condition on ...

Moreover, she has been diagnosed with her seventh autoimmune disease, Fibromyalgia. According to Mayo Clinic, “Fibromyalgia is a disorder characterized by widespread musculoskeletal pain accompanied ...

It does so through your immune system, a vast army of cells that mobilizes to fight off diseases. And after the infection is over — if it’s ever over — some of those cells still float ...