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ONLINE REGISTRATION FOR THE NATIONAL PATIENT EDUCATION CONFERENCE ENDS SUNDAY, JULY 12
Are you planning to attend the National Patient Education Conference and want to register online? Please do so BY Sunday, July 12 at 11:59 p.m. For registrations after Sunday, please call our office at 800-722-4673 and your registration will be taken over the phone. Walk-in registrations are also welcome in St. Louis.
Register online.
What to Wear at the National Conference. |
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Are you one of the many people who are living with systemic sclerosis and also with pulmonary arterial hypertension? If so, and if you are taking an Actelion Pharmaceuticals PAH therapy, a new interactive Web-teleconference series offered by Actelion may be of help.
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Murali Chakinala, M.D. |
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John Varga, M.D. |
"Lung Transplantation – Is It an Option?" by Murali Chakinala, M.D. and "Scleroderma Tests and What They Mean" by John Varga, M.D. |
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Definition
By Mayo Clinic staff
Limited scleroderma, or CREST syndrome, is one subtype of scleroderma — a condition that literally means "hardened skin." |
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Abstract
Background
Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune disease where controversy on Th1/Th2 balance dominates. We investigated whether the recently discovered Th17 pattern was present in SSc.
This article is a technical article. |
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 WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development joined President Obama's commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the Supreme Court's Olmstead decision by announcing that it will offer rental assistance to 4,000 non-elderly families with disabilities, including 1,000 vouchers specifically targeted to those transitioning out of nursing homes and other care facilities.
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Rosalind Joffe |
Check out the very useful information in "The New York Times," Patient Money column, Protecting Your Job When You Live with Chronic Illness by Lesley Alderman.
And, yes, there are several quotes from me. |
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