Esteban Dominguez Cerezo, MS,  Science Writer—

Reduction in skin thickness may indicate better lung health and survival outcomes in people with diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis (dcSSc), according to an analysis of patients from the European Scleroderma Trials and Research (EUSTAR) registry. “Skin regressive patients have a lower probability of lung progression, better survival,” the investigators…

Interstitial lung disease (ILD), a condition in which scarring damages lung tissue and makes breathing difficult, may appear several years after other symptoms of scleroderma (SSc) start, a study reported. Late-onset ILD in SSc was similar lung in severity and progression to the early-onset presentation. “Surveillance for incident…