The 8th annual Food Fight for Scleroderma will take place April 10, 2016, in Chicago. In this interactive culinary competition, you get to be the food critic and also help the Scleroderma Foundation, Greater Chicago Chapter. Three popular chefs from Chicago will compete at The James Hotel in Chicago. Jason Paskewitz…
Brandi Milloy of Reality Cares TV interviews celebrities on the red carpet at Bob Saget’s Scleroderma Research Foundation Gala: 2010’s Cool Comedy – Hot Cuisine Scleroderma Research Foundation Benefit. See what Bill Bellamy and Kristin Baker, Dana Delany, Sharon Lawrence, Jeremy Piven and Judd Nelson have to say about this event.
A team of researchers at Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center developed an antiscarring paste that prevents the progression of fibrosis, representing a potential therapeutic for patients with scleroderma. The study, recently published in the Journal of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB), is titled “Adenosine A2A…
In this video by the Scleroderma Foundation, learn more about muscle, joint & nerve pain in scleroderma patients. Although scleroderma patients frequently have joint pain (arthralgia), coexisting disorders also can cause anthralgias. These disorders include rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, Sjogren syndrome, fibromyalgia, osteoarthritis, hypothyroidism and others. The pattern of join…
Scleroderma is a chronic, often progressive autoimmune disease that attacks the body’s organs including the skin, lungs, heart, kidneys, esophagus, and gastrointestinal tract. Organ, eye and tissue donation provides lifesaving and healing opportunities to the more than 116,000 people waiting for transplants nationwide. It is a way to give…
In this video by the Scleroderma Foundation, Dr. Lorinda Chung discusses the current knowledge regarding pregnancy issues in scleroderma, including fertility, pregnancy course and maternal outcomes. There is also a discussion about managing scleroderma symptoms during pregnancy. Learn more about scleroderma here: http://bit.ly/learnscleroderma…
Because the overwhelming majority of people with the skin condition scleroderma also have gastrointestinal (GI) problems, researchers in Ontario set out to review existing literature into their potential causes to help facilitate the treatment of GI symptoms in these patients. What they found, though, was too few scientific studies into GI risk factors to adequately draw conclusions. Their…
In this video project by Grace Sherry, learn more about how it is to live with morphea. Learn more about scleroderma here: http://bit.ly/learnscleroderma …
According to the Scleroderma Foundation, scleroderma, or systemic sclerosis, is a chronic connective tissue disease. It is generally classified as an autoimmune disease. The symptoms of scleroderma vary greatly from person to person and not all patients develop all complications. Symptoms of scleroderma may be visible, as is the…
Read the Articles Here: Topical Paste May Prevent Skin Hardening in Scleroderma Patients Systemic Sclerosis Disease Activity Seen to Correlate with Vitamin D Deficiency Scleroderma Patient in Long-Term Remission with TPE Treatment …
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