Scientists are making progress in understanding and treating these disorders, which can go unrecognized for years.

It’s supposed to fight off invaders to keep us healthy. But sometimes it turns traitor and attacks our own cells and tissues.

What are called autoimmune diseases can affect just about every part of the body — even the brain — and tens of millions of people. While most common in women, these diseases can strike anyone, adults ...

It’s supposed to fight off invaders to keep us healthy. But sometimes it turns traitor and attacks our own cells and tissues.

The hallmarks of Sjögren's disease are sicca symptoms and dysfunction of the salivary and lacrimal glands, Reed and ...

This debilitating brain disease is rare. But its early symptoms are often mistaken for anxiety, depression, chronic fatigue ...

Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...

Research suggests certain blood types may be linked to a higher risk of developing serious or fatal liver disease. Scientists ...

Doctors who dismiss symptoms of autoimmune diseases as psychiatric or psychosomatic can cause lasting harm, a University of Cambridge study has warned. Conditions such as lupus and vasculitis are ...

Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disease (MOGAD) is a rare autoimmune condition in which the body's ...

"My year of unravelling" is how Christy Morrill described the nightmarish period when his own immune system turned against ...

Scientists are trying a revolutionary new approach to treat rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, lupus and other ...