Another common feature: Patients with a number of autoimmune diseases, especially women, often suffer heart attacks and ...

According to the UKHSA, early symptoms – such as vomiting, fever, aches, muscle pain, cold hands and feet and headaches – can ...

Building on discoveries from cancer research and the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists are decoding the biology behind autoimmune ...

Some medications can cause itchy skin, including over-the-counter aspirin (Bayer), prescription-strength opioids, and even ...

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has issued an urgent warning about an infection that "can become serious in a matter of hours". Thousands of Brits are struck down by meningitis, a severe ...

When teenagers or adults do get hand, foot and mouth disease, symptoms are usually mild or may not appear at all. Some adults ...

I woke up with a rash one morning in the spring. After spending weeks covering the spread of measles in Southern New Mexico, I knew a rash — particularly a rash that develops on the face and spreads ...

Although the meningitis rash doesn't always appear and can vary greatly in appearance, it is one of the most recognisable signs of meningococcal meningitis and septicaemia. UKHSA says "do not wait" ...

Hand, foot and mouth disease is a highly contagious — but usually mild — illness that typically affects kids under 5.

How one woman went from a severe alopecia areata diagnosis to finding the right prescription treatment for her—and getting ...

What are called autoimmune diseases can affect just about every part of the body – and tens of millions of people. While most common in women, these diseases can strike anyone, adults or children, and ...