Latest Scleroderma Foundation Stories
BINGHAMTON, N.Y., April 17, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In the Northeast, an early jump into spring is preferred. For many with scleroderma, this time of year brings some welcome relief from the cold, which makes this disease even harder to cope with. The Scleroderma Foundation and its Tri-State Chapter are taking a different kind of early jump; an early jump into our June Scleroderma Awareness Month efforts. A special program is allowing us to get our message out to millions...
Support for People in Nebraska, Iowa and Eastern South Dakota DANVERS, Mass., Sept. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Scleroderma Foundation announced today that it has chartered a new chapter to help people living with scleroderma in the states of Iowa, Nebraska and eastern South Dakota. This means more support for individuals with the debilitating autoimmune illness in the central United States. The Scleroderma Foundation, Heartland Chapter is the Foundation's 24th chapter....
Local Foundation plans Walk for Cure SAN DIEGO, June 12, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- San Diego mayor Jerry Sanders has released a proclamation declaring that June is Scleroderma Awareness Month. Local leadership is working with the Scleroderma Foundation, Greater San Diego Chapter, to bring awareness and attention to this often debilitating disease. The Scleroderma Foundation hopes to raise funds to support research, awareness, and education about the disease during its annual...
Key Peptide that Blocks Skin, Lung Fibrosis Could Improve Mortality Rates DANVERS, Mass., May 30, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A member of the Scleroderma Foundation's Board of Directors has led a team of researchers who have identified a peptide that can block fibrosis of the skin and lungs, according to a report published today. "Lung fibrosis currently is the number one cause of death in patients with scleroderma," said the report's senior author Carol A. Feghali-Bostwick,...
Greater San Diego Chapter of Scleroderma Foundation Helps Launch Unique Video Campaign SAN DIEGO, May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- San Diegans now have a national voice in raising awareness of scleroderma, a rare autoimmune disease. Through the "Walk for Cure" video awareness campaign, scleroderma supporters can share their personal reasons for taking part in Stepping Out to Cure Scleroderma walks via video messages. Some messages will be inspirational, some touching, some...
Cycling Across America to Raise Scleroderma Awareness and Research Funds DANVERS, Mass., May 1, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Twenty-two-year-old Wade Dauberman will do everything he can to raise awareness of scleroderma, a rare disease that took the life of his father two years ago. Wade begins the bike ride of a lifetime on Sunday, May 6. He leaves the Florida Institute of Technology (FIT) the day after graduation and embarks on a 4,700-mile solo bike trek across the United...
"Walk for Cure" Empowers Autoimmune Disease Community DANVERS, Mass., April 4, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The "Walk for Cure" Video Awareness campaign launches today to support the Scleroderma Foundation and its signature fundraising and awareness event, "Stepping Out to Cure Scleroderma." This multichannel media campaign hopes to spread more awareness about scleroderma, a rare autoimmune disease. WALKFORCURE.ORG is a video sharing website featuring a wall of scleroderma...
Funds Three Key Scleroderma Research Projects DANVERS, Mass., Feb. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Department of Defense announced that it will fund three important scleroderma research projects as part of its Fiscal Year 2011 Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program. The following investigators have been awarded grant funding: Sandeep Agarwal, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of medicine, Immunology, Allergy and Rheumatology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston. Robert...
National Congressional Call-in Day Wednesday, Feb. 8 DANVERS, Mass., Feb. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Scleroderma Foundation unveiled a unique awareness campaign today with the help of OrgSpring, an online technology firm that helps nonprofit organizations build and maintain relationships with supporters. Through the campaign, people living with scleroderma, their family members, friends and others are urged to change their Facebook Profile Timeline cover images in...
Eight Researchers Receive Grant Funding DANVERS, Mass., Feb. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Scleroderma Foundation's commitment to fund research remains strong despite the continued difficult economic climate. At a time when many organizations and government agencies are cutting back on vital research funding, the Board of Directors unanimously voted to increase the Foundation's research funding from the budgeted $1 million to $1.2 million for 2012. The Foundation...
