Most patients with systemic sclerosis require treatment with multiple modes of action, according to a presenter at Congress ...

Although we typically consider diffuse pleural mesothelioma (DPM) as a disease of elderly males with a history of asbestos exposure, young individuals are also affected. Given the increasing incidence ...

Normally, your immune system fights off disease and protects your body from infection. However, when you have an autoimmune disease, your immune system mistakenly attacks healthy cells, tissues and ...

University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have uncovered a possible way to prevent the dangerous hardening of skin and organs in people with systemic scleroderma, a rare autoimmune disease ...

Indero is pleased to announce a strategic collaboration with the World Scleroderma Foundation (WSF) to support WSF SHIELD platform trial, a randomized, double-blind, adaptive platform clinical trial ...

Comorbidity. Just seeing that word makes me cringe. It means having two or more coexisting, and often chronic, health conditions. For many of us in the rare disease community, comorbidity means ...

Background Systemic sclerosis, also known as scleroderma, is a complex, multi-organ disease which causes substantial and progressive fibrosis of the skin and internal organs, including the heart and ...

Liver function test (LFT) screening can identify occult hepatitis, cholestasis, and cholestatic hepatitis in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc), according to a study published online May 2 in Open ...

Scleroderma is a rare autoimmune disease involving an overproduction of the protein collagen. Linear scleroderma usually begins as a streak of hardened, waxy, discolored skin on the forehead, an arm, ...

Scleroderma is an autoimmune condition that causes the skin to become tight and hard. This can change facial appearance, such as the mouth becoming smaller, and affect internal organs. With ...

June Rhee, director of the Master’s Degree in Systemic Risk program, shares details about the incoming cohort. Yale SOM’s newest Master’s Degree in Systemic Risk program class arrived at Edward P.