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It seems like everyone I talk to has a diagnosis of some new autoimmune condition. What is going on? Your observation is accurate. Autoimmune diseases are rising worldwide, and it’s not purely ...

Autoimmune disease has proven to be a unique conceptual and medical challenge, but hope for effective targeted therapies is tantalizingly close. The thymus has a critical role in the establishment ...

Autoimmune gastritis is a chronic progressive inflammatory condition that results in the replacement of the parietal cell mass by atrophic and metaplastic mucosa. A complex interaction of ...

There are many types of autoimmune conditions, such as rheumatoid arthritis and type 1 diabetes, and they really are nothing new. What is new, however, is the number of people suffering from them.

With her, I took an antinuclear antibody (ANA) test and tested positive, which is one of the hallmark signs of autoimmune disease. I also learned that I had Lyme Disease — maybe from a tick bite ...

An earlier version of this story incorrectly said that irritable bowel syndrome is an autoimmune disorder. IBS is a functional disorder. Inflammatory bowel disease is an autoimmune disorder.

Female mammals have a higher risk of developing autoimmune conditions such as lupus because extra copies of genes that are supposed to be permanently turned off get reactivated as they grow older ...