Autoimmune Disease

Sjögren’s Syndrome Update: Better Diagnosis and Treatment
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Sjögren’s Syndrome Update: Better Diagnosis and Treatment

Alan Baer, MD | April 30, 2020

Sjögren’s (pronounced SHOW-grins) syndrome is far from a minor irritant for many of those affected.

4 Simple Exercises That Ease Hand Arthritis
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4 Simple Exercises That Ease Hand Arthritis

April 29, 2020

If you’re struggling with arthritis pain in your hands, you may not want to move them much, but resist that…

Best Nondrug Ways to Fight Autoimmune Disease
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Best Nondrug Ways to Fight Autoimmune Disease

Mark Hyman, MD | September 16, 2019

5 lifestyle strategies and simple blood tests are the key to treating autoimmune disease says this Cleveland Clinic physician. Get the details here…

What are the safest vacation spots for people with asthma?
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What are the safest vacation spots for people with asthma?

Melanie Carver | December 29, 2017

Here’s how to avoid places most likely to trigger asthma symptoms…and find vacation spots where you can have fun—and stay healthy!

Why Women Get Autoimmune Diseases
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Why Women Get Autoimmune Diseases

Brooke Kalanick, ND | June 1, 2015

Bottom Line/Health: Women totally get the short end of the stick when it comes to autoimmune diseases. Of the people…

Gluten-Tainted Foods
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Gluten-Tainted Foods

Tricia Thompson, MS, RD | May 20, 2015

Going “gluten-free” has become a diet fad, with many weight-conscious people refusing wheat, barley and rye in the mistaken belief that…

Guide to Living Well with an Autoimmune Disease
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Guide to Living Well with an Autoimmune Disease

April 30, 2015

If you’re one of the 23 million Americans with an autoimmune disease—whether rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, lupus, Sjögren’s or another—then you&hell...

Sjögren Syndrome: The Mysterious Disease Is Back In the Spotlight
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Sjögren Syndrome: The Mysterious Disease Is Back In the Spotlight

Alan Baer, MD | April 30, 2015

When tennis superstar Venus Williams recently announced that she had been diagnosed with Sjögren syndrome, the tennis world issued a…

Guide to Going Gluten-Free
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Guide to Going Gluten-Free

March 26, 2015

People who have been diagnosed with celiac disease, an immune disease in which gluten damages the small intestine, already know…

The Missing Link in Lupus Care
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The Missing Link in Lupus Care

Donald E. Thomas, Jr., MD | November 20, 2014

Medication isn’t enough to keep this disease at bay… Lupus is a stubborn disease that most doctors treat with a…

Gluten in “Gluten-Free” Foods
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Gluten in “Gluten-Free” Foods

Tricia Thompson, MS, RD | June 20, 2014

Going "gluten-free" seems to be the diet fad of the moment with many weight-conscious people now refusing wheat, barley and…

Not Knowing You Have Celiac Disease Can Kill You
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Not Knowing You Have Celiac Disease Can Kill You

Joseph Murray, MD | June 20, 2014

Study Reveals Four Times More Celiac Disease and Higher Death Rates Until the last few years, celiac disease was an…

Salt Linked to Multiple Sclerosis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Asthma and Other Autoimmune Diseases
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Salt Linked to Multiple Sclerosis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Asthma and Other Autoimmune Diseases

David Hafler, MD | April 10, 2014

Is salt turning your own cells against you? Could be, according to a new study suggesting that salt may overstimulate…

Herbs and Supplements That Relieve Lupus Symptoms
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Herbs and Supplements That Relieve Lupus Symptoms

Sara Korsunsky, ND | September 5, 2013

When a doctor not only treats systemic lupus erythematosus (lupus) but also has that disease herself, she has a unique kind…

Autoimmune Encephalitis: The Brain Disease That Makes People Seem Crazy
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Autoimmune Encephalitis: The Brain Disease That Makes People Seem Crazy

Souhel Najjar, MD | February 26, 2013

My former neighbor’s daughter, whom I’ll call “Ricki,” had it all—a great job, great little Manhattan apartment, great life. Only…