 Welcome
to the Scleroderma Foundation,
Cayey, Puerto Rico Support Group website. We provide a
friendly and supportive atmosphere that encourages people
to share concerns and solutions. We are here to serve
you, so please feel free to contact us.
What
is scleroderma?
Meetings
The group is inactive at this time, but Awilda will answer your scleroderma questions via telephone or e-mail.
News
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Scleroderma Clinical Trials
The Rheumatology Division of Medical Science in Puerto Rico is conducting clinical studies for scleroderma patients. It’s an effort thanks to our persistence in having such studies for scleroderma in the Puerto Rican population.
We need your help and ask you to join this clinical trial if you are a person with scleroderma. For information, call 787-758-2525, ext. 1825 or 1649. These clinics are to evaluate your condition and are seeking a cure for scleroderma. Let’s join and help this selected group of rheumatologists in Puerto Rico dedicated to helping this cause.
Get information about scleroderma from
the Rheumatology Association's website in P.R.! Go
to www.reumapr.org
 Now
you can download Spanish brochures right from our website!
 Details
here.
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Did You Know? |
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| Cayey is called "La
Ciudad del Torito" ("City of the little
bull"). It is also known as "La Ciudad
de las Brumas" ("City of the Fog")
and "La Ciudad del Coquí Dorado"
("The City of the Coquí Dorad").
Located in a valley, Cayey was founded in 1773 by
Juan Mata Vázquez. It is said that Cayey
derives its name from the Taino Indian word for
"a place of waters." Its original name
was Cayey de Muesas.
Cayey is
home of the University of Puerto Rico in Cayey (1967).
An autonomous four-year college, with bachelors
degrees in Arts and Sciences. It is located in the
antique buildings of military facilities named Henry
Barracks.
Cayey is
famous for its twin peaks known as "Las Tetas
de Cayey," ("The Teats of Cayey"),
which were formed by volcanic activity.
The Carite
Forest Reserve located between Cayey and Yabucoa
offers more than 6,000 acres of protected parkland.
 The
coquí is a very small, tiny tree frog about
one inch long. Their melody serenades islanders
to sleep. Some coquíes look green, some brown
and some yellowish. The extincted Coqui Dorado was
originally from Cayey.
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You
can support the Scleroderma Foundation through the United
Way and Combined Federal Campaign (CFC).