By Isabella Cueto Dozens of commuters, wearing face masks, swarm toward a descending escalator at a train station in Tokyo, Japan — politics coverage from STATPeople wearing face masks pass through a train station in Tokyo, Japan.CARL COURT/GETTY IMAGESHaving Covid-19 increases a person’s risk of developing an autoimmune disease in the year after infection, a...
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CAR T-cell therapy appears to be feasible, safe for autoimmune diseases
by Elana Gotkine CD19 chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy seems feasible, safe, and efficacious for patients with different autoimmune diseases, according to a study published in the Feb. 22 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. Fabian Müller, M.D., from the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg in Germany, and colleagues examined patients with severe systemic...
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Remission of Cushing’s disease associated with higher risk of developing autoimmune disease
by American College of Physicians Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA study of more than 250 persons undergoing surgical therapy for Cushing’s disease (CD) or nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas (NFPAs) found that patients who achieved remission of CD were more likely than those with surgically treated NFPAs to develop new-onset autoimmune disease within three years after remission. The study...
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Preventing Autoimmune Diseases: New Findings on Vitamin D, Omega-3 Supplements
Neil Osterweil Two years after the end of a randomized trial that showed a benefit of daily vitamin D and omega-3 fatty acid (n-3 FA) supplementation for reducing risk for autoimmune diseases, the salubrious effects of daily vitamin D appear to have waned after the supplement was discontinued, while the protection from n-3 lived on...
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Study finds clear link between autoimmune disease and perinatal depression
by Karolinska Institutet Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainWomen with autoimmune disease are more likely to suffer from depression during pregnancy and after childbirth; conversely, women with a history of perinatal depression are at higher risk of developing autoimmune disease, a new study from Karolinska Institutet published in the journal Molecular Psychiatry reports. In autoimmune disease, the immune...
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Many autoimmune disease patients struggle with diagnosis, costs, inattentive care
by Andy Miller, KFF Health News Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain After years of debilitating bouts of fatigue, Beth VanOrden finally thought she had an answer to her problems in 2016 when she was diagnosed with Hashimoto’s disease, an autoimmune disorder. For her and millions of other Americans, that’s the most common cause of hypothyroidism, a...
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Autoimmune disease patients hit hurdles in diagnosis, costs and care
By Andy Miller There are 80 different autoimmune diseases, affecting up to 50 million Americans. After years of debilitating bouts of fatigue, Beth VanOrden finally thought she had an answer to her problems in 2016 when she was diagnosed with Hashimoto’s disease, an autoimmune disorder. For her and millions of other Americans, that’s the most...
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Possible biomarker of MS-like autoimmune disease discovered
by University of Basel Clinical Characterization of Patients Seropositive for Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein (MOG) Immunoglobulin (Ig) A A, Frequency of disease manifestations for patients with isolated MOG-IgA and MOG-IgG. B, Frequency of positive and negative cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)–specific oligoclonal bands (OCBs) in MOG-IgA seropositive multiple sclerosis (MS) compared with seronegative MS. C, Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)...
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Cartesian maps the path for an autoimmune disease cell therapy
Jacob Plieth The private group celebrates a double first for its mRNA-generated Car-T therapy in myasthenia gravis. Using Car-T therapy in autoimmune disease, beyond its natural habitat of oncology, has gained huge traction of late. But the prospect of having patients undergo burdensome chemo conditioning, while acceptable in cancer, might stifle serious uptake in chronic diseases....
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Lupus and Beyond: Exploring the Common Comorbidities of this Autoimmune Disease
By Sarah Moore Reviewed by Danielle Ellis, B.Sc. Comorbidities are common in people with lupus. The autoimmune disease increases the risk of complications such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, and even mental health illnesses. Here, we explore some of the most common comorbidities in lupus. Image Credit: SewCreamStudio/Shutterstock.com Lupus and cardiovascular disease Cardiovascular disease has emerged...