Autoimmune Disease

Do You Know Your Family AQ?

Published in Women's Health Weekly, June 7th, 2007

The American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association (AARDA) wants to help you learn your family’s AQ. AQ is a play on IQ and stands for Autoimmune Quotient. It’s about knowing how likely you or a loved one is to develop an autoimmune disease, based on the prevalence of these diseases and your family history.

AARDA offers the following advice to help you determine your family’s AQ:

1. Understand that autoimmune diseases constitute a major U.S. health crisis. According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), there are 23.5 million Americans who suffer from autoimmune diseases and the prevalence of these diseases is rising. In comparison, cancer...

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