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 ...

Our immune system has a dark side: It’s supposed to fight off invaders to keep us healthy. But sometimes it turns traitor and attacks our own cells and tissues. New research is raising the prospect of ...

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

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 ...

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.

From birth-month signatures to global climate gradients, emerging evidence indicates that seasonal light, temperature, and ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Early discussions and proactive planning for pregnancy are critically important for those with autoimmune diseases. d3sign/Moment ...

A new study reveals that people with autoimmune illness and especially women need to pay extra attention to their heart health. Women with certain autoimmune diseases were more than twice as likely to ...

January 27, 2012 — In a large population of young women aged 9 to 26 years who received quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccine (HPV4), researchers found no increase in new-onset autoimmune ...