Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Scleroderma is a rare autoimmune disease characterized by skin tightness, thickening and inflammation, but the ...

Approximately 300,000 Americans are affected by Schleroderma, a rare, chronic autoimmune disease. June is Schleroderma Awareness Month and two members of the Skiatook community are sharing how they ...

Patients with a certain type of scleroderma may get cancer and scleroderma simultaneously, Johns Hopkins researchers have found, suggesting that in some diseases, autoimmunity and cancer may be linked ...

Scleroderma is classified as a rare, autoimmune, collagen-vascular disease of unknown etiology that can be difficult to diagnose and treat. Its onset can be insidious or rapid; the symptoms range from ...

There are several types of scleroderma and I have diffuse. That and limited are the two main types. Diffuse is also known as systemic scleroderma and that involves internal problems. Limited is mostly ...

Forty-six patients with scleroderma (3 male and 43 female) and 31 healthy controls (6 male and 25 female) were included in the study. Twenty-five patients had limited-type and 21 patients had ...

Scientists have found evidence that cancer triggers the autoimmune disease scleroderma, which causes thickening and hardening of the skin and widespread organ damage. Johns Hopkins scientists have ...

As people learned about the death of comedian Bob Saget, many close to him suggested that a donation to research into a medical condition his sister suffered with and died from would be a fitting ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn., Aug. 14 -- arGentis Pharmaceuticals, LLC announced today an agreement with The University of Tennessee Research Foundation to license the intellectual property surrounding the use of ...