Scleroderma Foundation Featured in Prestigious "New York Times"

The Foundation, a scleroderma patient, and physicians were featured prominently in the high-profile "New York Times" on August 8. The article, “New Treatments Offer Hope in the Fight Against a Cruel Skin-Hardening Ailment," raised awareness of the disease by profiling a Colorado patient afflicted with systemic scleroderma.

Author Francine Parnes wrote of the new treatments available to combat the disease, but cited the difficulty patients have in paying for these costly alternatives, such as stem cell transplantation. Former Foundation Communications Manager Chris Underation was quoted in the story, as were some of the top scleroderma experts in the United States.