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What is asthma?
This chronic inflammatory disease causes flareups that make it difficult to breathe. Learn about the two types of asthma, common triggers and how Johnson & Johnson is developing approaches that may lead to better treatments. -
What is lupus?
Up to 5 million people worldwide live with this complex autoimmune condition, which is more prevalent in women and has a greater disease severity in Latin Americans and patients of African ancestry. Learn how Johnson & Johnson is working to innovate treatments for autoimmune diseases. -
What is a rheumatic disease?
More than 200 conditions are classified as rheumatic diseases, and they tend to affect the joints and connective tissues. Here’s what a doctor wants you to know about the different types, symptoms and risk factors—and how Johnson & Johnson is innovating new treatments. -
Inside Johnson & Johnson’s decades-long quest to develop effective treatments for IBD
Inflammatory bowel disease doesn’t have a cure—yet. But the recent FDA approval of a promising medication is the latest in a long line of treatments from Johnson & Johnson that are helping patients with IBD. -
5 things we now know about eczema (a.k.a., atopic dermatitis)
The most common inflammatory skin disease causes scaly patches, blisters and severe itching, but it’s far more than just a cosmetic concern. Learn why Johnson & Johnson is focused on helping the millions living with this painful condition. -
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“I couldn’t speak, walk or sit.” Inside dermatomyositis, a rare autoimmune disease that attacks the muscles
Elisa Glass was diagnosed with dermatomyositis, which causes severe muscle weakness throughout the body. Learn more about the disease and how Johnson & Johnson is working to develop a treatment to help Glass and other patients like her. -
What it’s like when your baby has a rare blood disorder
A condition called fetal and neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia (FNAIT) can be deadly in newborns. That’s why Johnson & Johnson is passionate about developing a treatment for the disorder. -
“I had a condition that threatened my chances of having healthy children”
For Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month, learn how one woman advocated for herself and fought to complete her family after she was diagnosed with hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn—and why Johnson & Johnson is committed to finding a better treatment for this rare and deadly blood disorder. -
“I’m working to develop better treatments for children with devastating diseases”
A life-threatening condition that afflicts young cancer patients. A rare and painful form of pediatric arthritis. Learn about how Johnson & Johnson is innovating to use existing medications to help kids with these illnesses—and meet two women on the forefront of this game-changing work.