Autoimmune Disease

 

• Autoimmune Disease from Medline Plus, sponsored by the National Institutes for Health (NIH)
• American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association, Inc. (AARDA)
  An organization dedicated to the eradication of autoimmune diseases and the alleviation of suffering and the socioeconomic impact of autoimmunity.
• Autoimmunity and Women’s Health sponsored by the Institute for Women’s Health Research at Northwestern University
  
• NIH Podcast Provides Insights on autoimmune diseases and their impact on women
• Autoimmune Disease as a Woman’s Issue
• List of autoimmune diseases from the AARDA

 

On-Line Support Groups

 

• American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association Autoimmunity Forum
• Listing of autoimmune support group on Yahoo
• Inspire Autoimmune Diseases Support Group
• CHRONIC BABE an online resource for young women with chronic illness 

 

Social Media

 

• Facebook: American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association (AARDA)
• Facebook: Auto Immune UK
• Facebook: Autoimmune Diseases Forum

 

Books

 

Books About Autoimmunity

• The Autoimmune Epidemic by Donna Jackson Nakazawa and Dr. Douglas Kerr (Feb 10, 2009)

• The Autoimmune Connection: Essential Information for Women on Diagnosis, Treatment, and Getting On With Your Life by Rita Baron-Faust and Jill Buyon (Mar 15, 2004)

• Women and Autoimmune Disease : The Mysterious Ways Your Body Betrays Itself by Robert G. Lahita (Jul 1, 2005)

• Help, My Body is Killing Me: Solving the Connections of Autoimmune Disease to Thyroid Problems, Fibromyalgia, Infertility, Anxiety, Depression, ADD/ADHD and More by Dr. Kevin Conners (Oct 27, 2010)

• Understanding Autoimmune Disease and Stress-Related Illness by Brucene Wilson (Dec 2, 2009)

 

Memoirs

• Wish by Spirit: A journey of recovery and healing from an autoimmune blood disease by Joan W Young (Aug 3, 2009)

• Dancing at the River’s Edge: A Patient and Her Doctor Negotiate Life with Chronic Illness by Alida Brill and Michael D. Lockshin (Jan 1, 2009)

• Blindsided : Lifting a Life Above Illness: A Reluctant Memoir by Richard M. Cohen (Feb 1, 2005) (Multiple Scherosis)

• As I Live and Breathe: Notes of a Patient-Doctor by Jamie Weisman (Jun 11, 2003) (Immune disorder)

• Out of Joint: A Private and Public Story of Arthritis (American Lives) by Mary Lowenthal Felstiner (Sep 1, 2007) (Rheumatoid Arthritis)

• Travels With The Wolf: A Story of Chronic Illness by Melissa Anne Goldstein (May 1, 2000) (Lupus)

• All in My Head by Paula Kamen (Mar 13, 2006) (Chronic Pain)