If you're one of the more than 6.5 million women in the US who struggles with endometriosis (or have a loved one who does), you'll know it can result in excruciating period pain and heavy bleeding.

Women with rheumatoid arthritis, lupus or systemic sclerosis had a higher cardiovascular disease-related death rate than men, signaling a need for improved CVD risk management, finds a new study in ...

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 ...

Women are more at risk of death from heart disease than men among people with autoimmune inflammatory diseases Women with rheumatoid arthritis, lupus or systemic sclerosis have a 50% higher heart ...

For people with some of the most common autoimmune diseases, cardiovascular disease-related mortality has declined over the last decade, but rates remain disproportionately higher among women than men ...

Primary immunodeficiency (PI) not only increases your risk of frequent and serious infections, but can also make you more likely to develop autoimmune diseases — conditions where the immune system ...

There are at least 70 documented autoimmune diseases [36] and the prevalence of autoimmune disease is rapidly rising worldwide, for reasons not completely understood. [37] Although the disorders share ...

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 ...

Consider two seemingly unrelated medical puzzles. First: Every day, our bodies produce hundreds of billions of new cells, ...

Women with any of three common types of autoimmune disease may face a higher rate of death linked to heart disease and stroke than men with the same condition, even as the rates dropped for both ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. And while this news may make it feel like the whole world is against you—or, at least, your uterus—researchers stress that knowing ...