While researchers don’t currently know why women are at greater risk of long COVID, differences in the way men’s and women’s ...

Older women could be vulnerable to harmful inflammation from new gene therapies to treat incurable eye diseases, new research ...

Heart disease is the leading cause of death and disability in women in the United States, killing more women than all forms of cancer combined. However, this often goes unrecognized with only half of ...

Researchers discovered a previously unknown mechanism that may drive tissue damage and a new target for drug discovery.

Patients with Klinefelter and triple X syndromes show an increased prevalence of SLE and Sjögren disease, likely due to the synergistic interaction of the extra X chromosomes.

This article was reviewed by Knox Beasley, MD. You might associate autoimmune conditions with symptoms like skin disease, chronic pain, and fatigue. A less-discussed symptom of autoimmune diseases?

What is Known About the Estrogen Deficiency of Menopause & Specific Autoimmune Diseases It is known that ... of the effects of HRT in postmenopausal women found that in 351 postmenopausal SLE ...

Our immune system is armed with an array of defenses designed to detect and eliminate harmful threats. One of its most powerful defense mechanisms is the complement system—a group of proteins that ...

A NEW Swedish study has found that menopausal hormone therapy (MHT) may be associated with an increased risk of developing ...

When someone is diagnosed with an autoimmune disease, four out of five times, it's a woman. Scientists have never been able to explain why women are at such greater risk of autoimmune disease ...