Thomas A. Medsger, Jr., MD University of Pittsburg School of Medicine I just found a recent presentation by Dr. Thomas Medsger on the clinical significance of autoantibodies in systemic scleroderma. [...]
It is very common to read in articles about systemic scleroderma that there are about 300,000 people in the US with this disease. This number is completely wrong, according to numerous research studies. [...]
From Scleroderma News (SclerodermaNews.com), October 21, 2016: "An overview of published studies exploring the use of therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) in scleroderma patients indicated that the treatment improved Raynaud’s phenomenon and digital ulcers. Findings [...]
From Scleroderma News (SclerodermaNews.com), August 17, 2016: The Scleroderma Education Project (SclerodermaInfo.org) recently released guidelines for patients and doctors wishing to know more about therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) as a [...]
From Scleroderma News (SclerodermaNews.com), July 21, 2016: A case study, describing the successful treatment of a scleroderma patient with repeated therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) for more than 22 years, presents an alternative [...]
Background – 25 Years Ago The names used for referring to the scleroderma family of disease are very confusing for a number of reasons. Historically, there were two known forms of [...]
The leading news source for information on scleroderma research - Scleroderma News (SclerodermaNews.com) - has just published an interview with Ed Harris, founder of the Scleroderma Education Project, about a research poster that he [...]
The leading news source for information on scleroderma research - Scleroderma News (SclerodermaNews.com) - has just published an article about the Scleroderma Education Project, including coverage of our recent educational article titled "Yes, [...]
This morning, NPR did a report on dangers associated with long-term use of proton pump inhibitors such as Prilosec (omeprazole) and also the fact that it is nearly impossible to [...]
Case study followed CREST syndrome patient for 21 years "A new case study revealed that long-term treatment with therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) led to successful symptom management and disease remission in a [...]
