A specialized MRI technique may help detect early lung abnormalities in people with systemic sclerosis (SSc), even when standard tests show only mild lung disease, a new U.S. study suggests. Using Xenon MRI, or Xe-MRI, which tracks how gases move through the lungs, researchers found that women with SSc showed…
June is Scleroderma Awareness Month, culminating on the 29th with World Scleroderma Day, and is a time, advocates say, to educate others about the autoimmune disease and “find optimism in the latest research that promises better tomorrows.” That’s the message from the National Scleroderma Foundation as the nonprofit announces…
The loss of capillaries in the hands may directly contribute to local bone loss in people with systemic sclerosis (SSc), a study revealed for the first time. Data showed that SSc patients with fewer capillaries at the base of the fingernails had lower bone density in the hands. Such…
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