Microscopic particles left behind by vaginal mesh could continue to trigger the immune system to attack healthy tissue even after the material has been removed, according to researchers.Experts ...

Our 8- year-old son got sick with strep throat and had to miss a family camping trip. When my sister called to check on him, she asked me if I knew strep throat can cause obsessive-compulsive disorder ...

Experts suggest allergy testing patients before they are fitted with mesh may help to better understand why complications happen in some cases.

Screening can now determine their risk for an ever-growing list of conditions — including ones we can’t do much about.

Patients with Sjögren’s disease demonstrate a “pronounced risk” for attempting suicide, with a hazard ratio of 18.054 ...

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) remains one of the most common gastrointestinal ... Moreover, there has been a considerable amount of new evidence published concerning the diagnosis, investigation and ...

Research findings increasingly indicate close associations between autoimmune thyroid disease and rheumatic disease.

Objectives To develop a score for assessment of patients' symptoms in primary Sjögren's syndrome (SS): the EULAR SS Patient Reported Index (ESSPRI). Methods Dryness, pain, somatic and mental fatigue ...

The objective of this paper is to evaluate available evidence for each step in autoimmune encephalitis management and provide expert opinion when evidence is lacking. The paper approaches autoimmune ...

"Everyone said my son was just like me when I was little. He had already received a diagnosis, so I had myself tested too." ...

Some people may have only one of these symptoms, while others have several of them. (See below for health problems associated with blood clots.) Antiphospholipid syndrome can occur in otherwise ...

In Swedish, spelled with the umlaut over the “o,” it is pronounced “ho-gruen.”) What is Sjogren’s syndrome and what are the symptoms? While there are several ways to define a syndrome, in the medical ...