Tennis champion Monica Seles is speaking publicly for the first time about her battle with a rare, incurable muscle-weakening disease. Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a chronic neuromuscular disease that ...

Neurological autoimmune diseases involve an immune system attack on the central or peripheral nervous system (PNS). Multiple sclerosis is the most common and well-known of these conditions, but ...

In 2004, a man from Graz, Austria, began a gruelling two-decade journey with generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG), a rare autoimmune disease that causes muscle weakness and fatigue. Over the years, he ...

Myasthenia gravis, or MG, is "a chronic autoimmune neuromuscular disorder that causes muscle weakness and fatigue," says Hesterlee. It occurs "when a person’s immune system is essentially attacking ...

Our immune system has a dark side: It’s supposed to fight off invaders to keep us healthy. But sometimes it turns traitor and attacks our own cells and tissues. What are called autoimmune diseases can ...

Tennis great Monica Seles has revealed she was diagnosed with myasthenia gravis, an autoimmune disease, three years ago. Ahead of the US Open, which kicks off next week, the 51-year-old opened up ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. There are more than 100 autoimmune diseases, affecting tens of millions as cases continue to rise, and 4 in 5 ...

Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy has been an exciting area of development for autoimmune disease treatment. Previous reports had not mentioned any particular constellation of adverse ...

Loss of muscle mass (muscle atrophy) can be a result of aging or lifestyle habits, like being inactive or eating a poor diet. Muscle loss can also point to hormone abnormalities or underlying health ...

It can be a real pain in the neck. Rheumatoid arthritis, or RA, is an autoimmune disease in which the body mistakenly attacks ...