A new OHSU study shows how the immune system can quietly disrupt brain function — and why the disease is often hard to ...

Understanding what autoimmune diseases are, what triggers them and how they’re treated can be a powerful first step toward clarity, care and relief.

Hormones control essential processes like growth, metabolism, mood, and reproduction, but when their balance is disrupted, it ...

Rare diseases suffer from a myriad of challenges, including misdiagnosis, no diagnosis, or lack of appropriate treatments. The NIH estimates that ~10,000 rare diseases are affecting ~ 30 million ...

Neurological autoimmune diseases involve an immune system attack on the central or peripheral nervous system (PNS). Multiple sclerosis is the most common and well-known of these conditions, but ...

Immune system disorders in children include primary (inherited) and secondary (acquired) immunodeficiencies, autoimmune diseases, atopic diseases, and immune-mediated inflammatory disorders. Share on ...

Autoimmune diseases comprise more than 80 different diseases that have in common a burden on health systems and are of unknown etiology. In general, in most countries, autoimmune diseases affect an ...

Out of 70% of all autoimmune disease patients in India, women are women. Here are the signs that you need to watch out for.

Graves' disease, an autoimmune thyroid disorder, is being diagnosed more often among young adults. Doctors explain symptoms, ...

The pursuit of a cure for Alzheimer's disease is becoming an increasingly competitive and contentious quest, with recent ...

Regular exercise supports immune health by improving the circulation of your immune cells and reducing inflammation, but ...

Autoimmune neurological diseases are conditions where the immune system attacks nerve cells. Damage to neuronal cells can lead to a variety of neurologic and psychiatric symptoms. Autoimmune diseases ...