Enlarge / Strong man is strong. (credit: Lauren Mitchell / Flickr) Testosterone. Source of prostates and testes, muscles and machismo, chest hair, and according to some, even math skills. Its levels are only one of the biological differences between males and females, but they may help to explain another: the discrepancies in the incidence of […]
Tag: Autoimmune
Tired and breathless? YOU could be suffering from a life-threatening auto-immune condition
Scleroderma is rare and results in hard, thickened areas of skin, and can sometimes lead to problems with internal organs and blood vessels. According to the NHS, it’s caused by the immune system attacking the connective tissue underneath the skin and around internal organs and blood vessels. It varies in severity, but can sometimes lead […]
Tired and breathless? YOU could be suffering from a life-threatening auto-immune condition
TIREDNESS and feeling out of breath are two symptoms of advanced scleroderma – a life-threatening auto-immune condition. Daily Express :: Health Feed
Lupus symptoms: Scientists discover TRIGGER for life-threatening autoimmune disease
However, new research may have discovered the trigger for the condition, as well as other autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis, Crohn’s disease and rheumatoid arthritis. Lupus affects 50,000 people in the UK, mostly between the ages of 15 and 50. A study published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation has identified certain cells that […]
Lupus symptoms: Scientists discover TRIGGER for life-threatening autoimmune disease
LUPUS is an autoimmune condition that can become dangerous, but it remains poorly understood and its cause unknown. Daily Express :: Health Feed
Autoimmune diseases including multiple sclerosis linked to increased risk of dementia
PEOPLE who suffer autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis may have an elevated risk of developing dementia, a new study suggests. Daily Express :: Health Feed
Dementia: Autoimmune diseases could heighten RISK of developing condition in later life
AUTOIMMUNE diseases may be linked to a heightened risk of dementia, a new study has revealed. Daily Express :: Health Feed
Dementia: Autoimmune diseases could heighten RISK of developing condition in later life
Diseases such as multiple sclerosis and coeliac disease could increase the risk of dementia, the study published in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health said. Researchers at the University of Oxford looked at the data of more than 1.8 million people admitted to hospital with autoimmune disease from 1998 to 2012 in England. They […]
