After the news broke that beloved comedian Bob Saget died Sunday at 65, many of his friends and family encouraged fans to donate to the Scleroderma Research Foundation, a cause that was extremely ...

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 ...

Washington, D.C. -- Individuals with scleroderma are living significantly longer today, compared with 30 years ago, and the physicians who treat this rare disease of connective tissue hope the newer ...

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, ...

At first, doctors thought it was carpal tunnel syndrome. The diagnosis made sense to Shannon Abert, a high school algebra teacher whose hands couldn’t scratch out equations on the chalkboard like they ...

There is new hope for patients with a rare autoimmune disorder. In mild cases, scleroderma causes areas of hardened skin. But in severe cases, it can also cause deadly hardening of internal organs ...

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 ...

As people learned about the death of comedian Bob Saget, many close to him suggested that a donation to research into a medical condition his sister suffered with and died from would be a fitting ...

Screening for a sometimes fatal condition among patients with a rare autoimmune disease could soon - thanks to a computer algorithm - become even more accurate. Researchers at Michigan Medicine found ...