The committee will review select conditions related to the immune system and address diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of those conditions. The select conditions should include but may not be ...

Having a second autoimmune disease alongside multiple sclerosis (MS) does not accelerate disability progression, according to ...

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 ...

Autoimmune disorders result when your body’s immune system becomes overactive, causing it to attack and damage your tissues. There is a good deal of overlap between autoimmune disorders and ...

A revolutionary cancer treatment is now being applied to a wide range of autoimmune disorders. Columnist Michael Le Page ...

Could stress disorders like PTSD predispose individuals to autoimmune disease? In this 150-Second Analysis, F. Perry Wilson, MD, discusses a study appearing in the Journal of the American Medical ...

Autoimmune hypophysitis forms part of a spectrum of pituitary disorders characterised by an immune‐mediated inflammatory attack on the gland. Clinically, patients may present with symptoms such as ...

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 ...

People living with an autoimmune disease are nearly twice as likely to suffer from mood problems like depression, anxiety or bipolar disorder, a new large-scale study says. The risk of mood disorders ...

Celiac disease is a common genetic autoimmune disorder triggered by gluten, often undiagnosed. Learn symptoms, testing, and ...