Beware this common disease that attacks from the inside — and the bad habit worsening it

It can be a real pain in the neck. Rheumatoid arthritis, or RA, is an autoimmune disease in which the body mistakenly attacks the lining of the joints, causing painful swelling and stiffness.

Scientists map structure of antibodies driving rare autoimmune brain disease

MOG antibody-associated disease (MOGAD) is a rare autoimmune disease of the central nervous system. The blood of patients ...

Experts link air pollution to autoimmune diseases including lupus

Air pollution might play a role in people's risk for developing autoimmune diseases like lupus and rheumatoid arthritis, a ...

Changing the paradigm on hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: Connective tissues don't tell the whole story

Recent research from the Medical University of South Carolina laboratory of Russell Norris, Ph.D., challenges the notion that ...