| Welcome to the Scleroderma
Foundation, Nevada Chapter website, based
in Las Vegas, Nevada. We are here to serve you,
so please feel free to contact us. |
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Our Purpose
The PURPOSE of the Chapter is to help patients
make contact with each other through Chapters,
Newsletters, and Workshops;
To EDUCATE and INFORM the public about scleroderma,
its meaning, and its consequences through a central
base; to ENCOURAGE more awareness within the medical
profession;
To PROMOTE medical research toward finding a
cause and cure;
To RAISE research funds to help stamp out scleroderma. |
About
the Nevada Chapter
The current president
of the Nevada Chapter is Barbara Dempsey. The
Nevada Chapter started as a Support Group in 1995,
and has evolved into a Chapter. We meet monthly
to share our experiences with scleroderma, and
listen to guest speakers.
We also
participate in local health fairs, conduct and
attend a yearly workshop, and of course, we try
to raise awareness and have fundraising activities
during the year.
Our group is very positive!
We would love you and your family and friends
to call and attend our meetings. To become a Nevada
Chapter member requires a mere $25 donation. This
tax-deductible gift goes a long way! Your gift:
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Makes you a member of the Nevada Chapter;
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Can make you a member of the National Scleroderma
Foundation;
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Gives you a subscription to the Scleroderma
Foundation's national magazine, Scleroderma
Voice; and
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Helps pay the expenses of running the Chapter.
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Physicians Lists
The Nevada Chapter
of the Scleroderma Foundation has compiled
lists of area physicians for your reference.
The physicians on the list are licensed,
and are either rheumatologists or M.D.'s
with a special interest in rheumatology
(internists). Also provided is a list of
area dermatologists.
Disclaimer:
The information in the Physicians List and
Dermatologists List is provided as an information
aid in your search for a physician
in the Las Vegas and surrounding area. It
does not represent the Scleroderma Foundation's
opinion as to the qualifications and competence
of individual physicians.
Here
is a printable version of the Rheumatologists
and Internists List. |
Volunteers
Needed!
Please call us at 702-368-1572
if you would like to help out at any of
our upcoming fundraising events. We need
all the help we can get!
Here is a printable
version of the Dermatologists
List. |
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Climate Conditions
in Las Vegas
If you are considering relocating
because of your scleroderma, Las Vegas is an ideal
place to live. Besides being an economically booming,
24-hour town with much to do and see, we average
310 sunny days per year.
Although temperatures can soar
to well over 100 degrees F. during the summer
months, the average annual temperature is 66.3
degrees. Nights are often very pleasant, especially
during the hot days of summer. Winter temperatures
are usually moderate with highs in the high 50s/60s
and lows in the high 30s/40s.
Rainfall
is sparse, averaging about four inches per year. |
| Months
Jan.–Feb.
March–Apr.
May–June
July–Aug.
Sep.–Oct.
Nov.–Dec. |
Average
High
60
degrees F.
73.5
degrees F.
94
degrees F.
105
degrees F.
88.5
degrees F.
62.5
degrees F. |
Average
Low
36.5
degrees F.
47.5
degrees F.
64.5
degrees F.
75
degrees F.
48.5
degrees F.
38.5
degrees F. |
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You
can support the Scleroderma Foundation through the United
Way and Combined Federal Campaign (CFC).