Marisa Maese, 40, has been dealing with health problems since her mid-20s. They started with her first pregnancy, when she experienced complications from fibroids, was placed on bed rest and gave birth prematurely. āSince then, my life has never really been the same,ā she said. Maese experienced a series of reproductive health issues, along with
autoimmune disease
Itās probably not surprising that heart disease and cancer are the two most common categories of disease in the United States, but would you believe autoimmune disease comes in at number three? About 8% of Americans have an autoimmune disease, and nearly 80% of them are women. With autoimmune disease, the immune system mistakes part