High-resolution computed tomography is useful for the prognosis of patients with systemic scleroderma-related interstitial lung disease, research shows. A new analysis finds that compared to ...

Early intervention in patients with SSc can help modify disease progression prior to the occurrence of irreversible organ damage.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. RED OAK — Today was a TOUGH day. That's how Barb Heenan described Day 1 of RAGBRAI. But the 53-year-old from Des Moines was ready ...

As Bob Saget is remembered by his friends and co-stars, one memory that stands out is his commitment to finding a cure for scleroderma, a rare disease for which Saget was the most high-profile ...

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 ...

Fibrosis, or the scaring of tissue, occurs in many diseases, and is a central component of systemic sclerosis. There are currently no treatments that can reverse fibrosis and the current treatment ...

Episodes of Raynaud's phenomenon, a common feature of systemic sclerosis (SSc, also known as scleroderma), were more severe not only at low temperatures, as one would expect, but also during ...