Did You Know that our cookbooks make great holiday gifts? Order by Dec. 19 and receive free gift wrapping (cookbook will ship via First Class Mail). It is never too early to shop!

Photo of the Week

Holiday Giving: Richard Ventura of Danvers, Mass., recently stopped by the national office to drop off a sizeable donation to the Scleroderma Foundation on behalf of his employer, Dunkin' Donuts. Richard's generous donation was also made in honor of his brother, Adrian, who lives with scleroderma. Thank you Richard and Dunkin' Donuts for remembering the Foundation in your holiday giving this year!

Commemorative Stamp for Scleroderma

The Scleroderma Foundation is pursuing a commemorative stamp for scleroderma. We need your help!

Friday, December 12, 2008– Issue #274

eLetter Archive

December 2008 "Scleroderma Voice" in Your Mailboxes Soon!

Articles in this issue include:

– "Piecing Together the Scleroderma Puzzle: More Advancements Made in Scleroderma Research"

– "Words of Wisdom" – Michelle Mayer's Story (cover photo)

– On Call – "Digestive System Involvement in Scleroderma"

10 Foods That Bring on the Pain

Dr. Neal Barnard, founder and president of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine and president of the Cancer Project in Washington, D.C., believes that pain-free living could be a dietary change away.

Travelers with Disabilities and Medical Conditions

One of the primary goals of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is to provide the highest level of security and customer service to all who pass through our screening checkpoints. Our current policies and procedures focus on ensuring that all passengers, regardless of their personal situations and needs, are treated equally and with the dignity, respect, and courtesy they deserve. Although every person and item must be screened before entering each secure boarding area, it is the manner in which the screening is conducted that is most important.

Have a Snack Before Bedtime. If you struggle with insomnia, a little food in your stomach may help you sleep.

Foods That Help or Harm Your Sleep (Slideshow)

What You Eat Affects How You Sleep

If you could pick the right foods to help you get the best sleep possible, wouldn’t you? And if you knew which foods would hinder your restful slumber, wouldn’t you avoid them? Now’s your chance to learn which foods to eat, and which to steer clear of for a good night’s sleep.

Shifting Our Thinking About Uncommon Disease Trials: The Case of Methotrexate in Scleroderma

ABSTRACT.

Objective. Randomized trials for uncommon diseases suffer from methodological challenges: difficulty in recruiting sufficient numbers of patients and low power to detect important treatment effects. Using traditional (frequentist) analysis, p values > 0.05 mean investigators are unable to reject the null hypothesis (of no treatment effect). The medical community often labels trials with p values > 0.05 as "negative." Our study demonstrates how Bayesian analysis conveys more relevant information to clinicians -- using the example of methotrexate (MTX) in systemic sclerosis (SSc).

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