The anti-inflammatory drug ketoprofen shows promise as effective medical treatment for lymphedema symptoms, small Stanford study finds
Category: Autoimmune Conditions
Patient finds relief in treatment for chronic esophagus inflammation
A Stanford medicine patient regains quality of life after receiving treatment for his rare inflammatory esophagus condition.
Patient shares experience with celiac disease: It’s a serious autoimmune condition, but “not the end of the world”
In a video, Stanford Children's Health's Healthier, Happier Lives Blog introduces a patient with celiac disease and discusses the symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of the autoimmune disorder.
Common link — a glucose-guzzling immune cell — involved in coronary artery disease and rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis and coronary artery disease share a common culprit: an important type of immune cell, called a macrophage, that has gone haywire. Stanford investigators have zeroed in on a molecular defect in macrophages' metabolic process that drives both disorders.
Advanced cell-labeling technology identifies suspect cell type, possible new therapeutic approach to multiple sclerosis
Researchers have identified an immune cell type with an apparently critical role in multiple sclerosis, and a way to block its entry into the brain.
Exercise elevates blood signature difference between people with, without chronic fatigue syndrome
A new study suggests that a blood test following exercise may be a good way to differentiate between people who have ME/CFS and people who don't.