A HEARTBROKEN mum has told how her daughter underwent six cycles and five months of unnecessary chemotherapy after she was ...

Immune aging weakens protective responses against infection, cancer, and poor tissue repair, while increasing chronic inflammation and autoimmune risk. Domains of immune aging. With advancing age, ...

MIAMI -- While her Oklahoma City Spark teammates take swings in the cages and run through the rhythm of a professional practice, left-handed pitcher Maya Johnson is elsewhere, spending another hour in ...

A Mount Sinai-led research team has demonstrated that autoimmunity, in which the body's immune system attacks its own tissues, is responsible for the often-debilitating and confounding symptoms of ...

“Tell everyone about your book!” my producer, Fred, nudged me as we began a two- hour drive toward Telluride, Colorado, for a documentary shoot the next day. “It’s okay,” I said. “Everyone’s tired!

Micaela Riley knew something was wrong. At just 15, she was battling a baffling mix of symptoms: thinning, brittle hair, a missing period, crushing brain fog and fatigue so severe she would fall ...

In this week's edition of Endnotes, we take a look at Sara Hirsh Bordo's Autoimmunity and the Good Girls, an inspirational, deeply researched wellness journey on how too many girls are trained to self ...

An autoimmune disorder that affects the thyroid gland, called autoimmune hypothyroidism (AIHT), is the most common autoimmune disease, yet it remains largely understudied. New research from scientists ...

For over a decade, Ruth has written for multiple outlets providing patient education, including Health. She has written for health student education companies, collaborating on an anatomy textbook ...

Imagine waking up already feeling drained, as if you never slept at all. Or noticing that your hands feel inexplicably stiff and swollen, making simple tasks like opening a jar or even typing feel ...

Findings from a new study led by scientists at Stanford University School of Medicine and their colleagues elsewhere show that a single signaling pathway controls whether immune cells attack or ...

The main type of hives associated with autoimmunity is chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU), also known as chronic idiopathic urticaria. Scientists believe that around 50% of people with a CSU ...