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In this video from the Colorado Chapter of the Scleroderma Foundation, watch a Scleroderma question & answer session during the 2015 Patient Education Day. Stay updated with the latest news about the disease here: http://bit.ly/learnscleroderma…

In this awareness campaign from the Scleroderma Society of Canada, watch people learn how “hard it is to say “Scleroderma” and how it is an even HARDER disease.” Learn more about the disease: http://bit.ly/learnscleroderma…

Read the Articles Here: Systemic Sclerosis Patients’ Intestinal Microbiome Found To Be Enriched by Inflammatory Bacteria Systemic Sclerosis Associated with Alterations in Sub-Populations of B Cells Systemic Sclerosis Case Report Details Degeneration in Woman’s Jaw  …

What is it like living with scleroderma? This video takes a look at some of the struggles that patients face when dealing with this life altering autoimmune disease. The video features actor, Jason Alexander; Football Hall of Famer, Barry Sanders; Actor and Comedian, Mark Teich; Author and Personality,…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEXqeSesc-Y In an animation from Scleroderma UK, learn more about the basics of Scleroderma. Learn more about the disease: http://bit.ly/learnscleroderma…

While Scleroderma is considered a rare disease, affecting about 300,000 Americans, it is a serious, life threatening condition with no cure and few therapeutic options. Learn more about the disease: http://bit.ly/learnscleroderma…

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is one of the most serious health problems associated with systemic sclerosis (SSc). Researchers have found that specific biomarkers, known as autoantibodies, are associated with an increased risk in the development of PAH in people with SSc. It is not yet known, however, whether or not these…

Algerian researchers have shed further light on the co-existence of hypertension in scleroderma and what it could mean to the progression of the disorder. Scleroderma is chronic hardening of the skin and connective tissues that occurs in the condition systemic sclerosis. Hypertension is another frequent symptom of the disease, one that…

Researchers from the University of Cologne in Germany showed that Systemic sclerosis-overlap Syndrome should be regarded as different separate subset in Systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients. The study entitled “Disease progression in systemic sclerosis-overlap syndrome is significantly different from limited and diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis” appeared on…

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles is recruiting Refractory Systemic Sclerosis Patients between 8 to 18 years of age for a Phase I/II pilot trial of the drug Campath-1H (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01639573) to address whether prolonged administration of the drug can result in immunoablation. Campath-1H is a trade name…