Scleroderma is an uncommon, multisystem disease that affects an estimated 300,000 people in the United States and, indirectly but clearly, their loved ones. It is hypothesized that one or a number ...

Two new studies led by researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) have uncovered key biological mechanisms driving systemic sclerosis (SSc), or scleroderma—a rare and often devastating ...

What is the latest research on scleroderma? Find out in this collection of recent MEDLINE abstracts compiled by the editors at Medscape Nurses. Acute and chronic renal diseases remain common ...

A new study validates the Scleroderma Skin Questionnaire (SSQ) as a reliable tool for assessing skin symptoms in systemic ...

Delayed esophageal transit on scintigraphy among patients with SSc is linked to a more severe disease phenotype.

Father-of-four Don had just turned 50 when he started to experience symptoms of scleroderma, an umbrella term relating to a group of rare diseases that affect the skin and connective tissues.

Systemic sclerosis appears to have a “non-random” occurrence across the United States, with clusters of people diagnosed ...

According to charity Scleroderma & Raynaud's UK (SRUK ... in their extremities constrict far more than someone without the disease. This may result in the skin changing colour from white to ...