'More than Systemic Sclerosis: The Inside Story' - patients reveal the unseen impact of lung fibrosis
'More than Systemic Sclerosis: The Inside Story' launches today to mark World Scleroderma Day. This global initiative highlights the importance of understanding the 'inside story' of each individual living with systemic sclerosis, and to increase awareness of the potential serious consequences when fibrosis develops in vital organs such as the lungs. (Source: World Pharma News)
Source: World Pharma News - June 29, 2017 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Featured Boehringer Ingelheim Business and Industry Source Type: news
Tired and breathless? YOU could be suffering from a life-threatening auto-immune condition
TIREDNESS and feeling out of breath are two symptoms of advanced scleroderma - a life-threatening auto-immune condition. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - June 28, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
New tools help early diagnosis of systemic sclerosis
(European League Against Rheumatism) The results of two studies presented today at the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology 2017 press conference highlight the use of two new tools, which can potentially play a pivotal role in the early diagnosis of Systemic Sclerosis. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - June 14, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Scleroderma
Title: SclerodermaCategory: Diseases and ConditionsCreated: 12/31/1997 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 6/8/2017 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Arthritis General)
Source: MedicineNet Arthritis General - June 8, 2017 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: news
Disease Awareness Months Work, Even If You Don't Wear The Ribbon
June is the month for more than 10 disease-related awareness campaigns, including Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Month, National Congenital Cytomegalovirus Awareness Month and National Scleroderma Awareness Month. It also hosts a handful of awareness weeks and days, ranging from Helen Keller Deaf-Blind Awareness Week to World Sickle Cell Day.
June’s awareness list is shorter than most, but every month is full of diseases and disorders to take note of. You probably haven’t heard of half of them, and you’re not alone. So what’s the point of an awareness day, week or month?
To understand the chall...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - June 2, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Study suggests link between imbalanced gut microbiome and systemic sclerosis
This study is the first to examine gastrointestinal bacterial composition in two independent groups of people with systemic sclerosis. Systemic sclerosis, also known as scleroderma, is an autoimmune disease affecting the body ’s connective tissue. It is characterized by a hardening and scarring of skin and can progress to inflammation and scarring in the organs such as kidneys, heart, lungs and gastrointestinal tract. Previous UCLA-led research detailed a link between the disease and the imbalance in the gut microbiome and suggested that this imbalance contributed to scleroderma’s symptoms.METHODThe researchers stud...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - May 12, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Imbalanced gut microbiome linked to systemic sclerosis, study suggests
Americans and Norwegians with systemic sclerosis had higher levels of bacteria that can cause inflammation and lower levels of bacteria that are believed to protect against inflammation compared with healthy people. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - May 12, 2017 Category: Science Source Type: news
Is Health Insurance A Right Or A Privilege?
Now more than ever, health insurance is a staple story in the 24-hour news cycle. Opinions vary widely on the issue, as do politician’s thoughts on the matter. Debates rage, tensions grow, and deeper divides are formed as our government wrestles with this colossal dispute. Nestled at the heart of it all though is a basic question:
Is health insurance a right or a privilege in the United States?
I’m alive today because my school district, where I’ve now taught for 20 years, offers the ‘Cadillac of insurance plans.’ On April 26, 2006, I checked into the hospital for a scheduled C-section. Due to...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - May 8, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
EULAR Update Targets Organ Involvement in Systemic Sclerosis (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- New recommendations address many -- but not all -- SSc-related organ complications (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - May 5, 2017 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Corbus says anti-inflammatory drug will enter late-stage trial this year
Norwood-based Corbus Pharmaceuticals said Wednesday that it plans to launch a Phase 3 trial of its sole drug in development in the fourth quarter of 2017, paving the way for a possible FDA filing in 2019.
Corbus (Nasdaq: CRBP), the state’s top-performing public biotech last year, said that it planned to advance its anti-inflammatory drug anabasum into a single, year-long Phase 3 study for the treatment of scleroderma, a rare autoimmune disease. There is currently no approved treatment for the… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - April 5, 2017 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Max Stendahl Source Type: news
Scleroderma Symptoms and Signs
Title: Scleroderma Symptoms and SignsCategory: Doctor's& Expert's views on SymptomsCreated: 7/19/2013 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 4/4/2017 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Arthritis General)
Source: MedicineNet Arthritis General - April 4, 2017 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: news
[Perspective] Fibroblasts become fat to reduce scarring
Following cutaneous injury in adult mammals, one of two outcomes can occur: successful healing with scar formation or nonsuccessful healing and a chronic wound. In humans, scar formation can be classified in terms of “normal scar” formation versus pathologically increased fibrosis, as seen in hypertrophic scarring and keloids (1). Although scarring does not look or function like surrounding unwounded skin, it allows one to survive injury (and hence, procreate). However, extensive scarring from burns and conditions such as scleroderma or epidermolysis bulosa are not only unsightly but also contribute to substantial morb...
Source: ScienceNOW - February 16, 2017 Category: Science Authors: Charles K. F. Chan Tags: Tissue Regeneration Source Type: news
Combo Tx Aids in Scleroderma PAH (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Trial data support ambrisentan plus tadalafil (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - January 6, 2017 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
January 2017
Pregnancy and Beyond: Make Healthy Choices for Yourself and Your Baby...How to Spot and Prevent Deep Vein Thrombosis: When the Clot Thickens...Palliative Care Improves Quality of Life...Scleroderma Affects Skin and More...Featured Web Site: Types of Cancer (Source: NIH News in Health)
Source: NIH News in Health - January 1, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Gene Activity Predicts Progression of Systemic Sclerosis Gene Activity Predicts Progression of Systemic Sclerosis
A 415-gene expression profile distinguished skin from patients with systemic sclerosis from healthy skin and predicted response to treatment a year sooner than did conventional skin-pinch testing.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - December 23, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Rheumatology News Source Type: news
