New drug may reduce skin cancer spread by 90 per cent: study supriya kashyap kashyap8 Jan 2017 9:38 AM ISTWashington : Scientists have developed a new compound that reduces the spread of melanoma cells by up to 90 per cent, an advance that may pave the way...
Imbalanced gut microbiome linked to systemic sclerosis: BMJ Study supriya kashyap kashyap15 May 2017 11:08 AM ISTAmericans and Norwegians with systemic sclerosis had higher levels of bacteria that can cause inflammation and lower levels of bacteria that are...
Study shows stem cell transplant is better than drug therapy for scleroderma Anjali Nimesh Nimesh5 Jan 2018 7:00 PM ISTScleroderma with internal organ involvement is a debilitating and lethal autoimmune disorder with few effective treatments. But a study led by Duke...
Scleroderma study: Hope for a longer life for patients with rare autoimmune disorder Anjali Nimesh Nimesh14 Jan 2018 7:25 PM ISTAn unusual autoimmune disease that causes skin and lung damage can be treated effectively by stem cell transplant, a new study in the New England...
Scleroderma -a puzzle far more than a skin disease Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli18 Aug 2018 7:05 PM ISTIt begins with cold hands.Not just put-on-some-gloves cold. Instead, the fingers overreact to cold by turning white or blue and may become numb or...
Clinical Dilemma : Scleroderma and Lupus overlap presenting as Renal Failure Medha Baranwal Baranwal25 Sept 2018 6:00 PM ISTDr Rathindranath Sarkar Professor and HOD Dept. of Medicine, Medical College, Kolkata, West Bengal and colleagues have reported an unusual case of...
Naltrexone may be repurposed for number of Chronic Skin Diseases Vinay Singh singh2 Dec 2018 7:15 PM ISTLow dose opioid-blocker naltrexone was found to be safe and effective in the treatment of chronic inflammatory skin conditions, according to a...
Sclero smart-New blood test for Scleroderma launched Medha Baranwal Baranwal13 Jan 2019 8:10 PM ISTSpecialty biotechnology company Gemelli Biotech has announced the commercial availability of sclero-smart, a new blood test that measures levels of...
Juvenile localised scleroderma management -International consensus recommendations Hina Zahid15 March 2019 7:00 PM ISTJuvenile Localized Scleroderma (JLS) is a rare Autoimmune disorder that may cause severe aesthetic sequelae and functional disability. JLS, often...
Estrogen suprisingly abundant in men with scleroderma, tied to low survival Hina Zahid7 Jun 2019 7:05 PM ISTEstradiol -- a type of female hormone estrogen -- is surprisingly found more abundantly in older men with scleroderma than postmenopausal women with...
FDA approves first treatment for a rare lung condition Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli7 Sept 2019 11:15 AM ISTThe Food and Drug Administration has approved the first treatment for a rare lung condition.The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved...
Shock-wave therapy successfully treats finger ulcers in scleroderma patients Anjali Nimesh Nimesh6 Nov 2017 7:05 PM ISTExtracorporeal shock-wave therapy at low energy levels showed promise as a new treatment for digital ulcers in patients with systemic sclerosis, or...
