A Valley mother and singer is finding her voice again after she received a double lung transplant at Dignity Health St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix.

One common symptom is the thickening and tightening of the skin, which can affect not only appearance but also mobility.

Ali Briskey had two failing lungs that required a double transplant.Briskey, 41, is a wife and mother of two young boys. She grew up in the Phoenix area before moving to Salem. She had been living ...

Scleroderma is a rare autoimmune disease characterized by skin tightness, thickening and inflammation, but the condition can also affect the lungs, throat, heart, kidneys and intestines, among ...

"Scleroderma has several subsets, so that it's difficult to make sweeping generalizations," he says. "However, the vast majority of its manifestations are treatable, and most people do well.

Scleroderma is an autoimmune connective-tissue disease whose hallmark is excessive collagen deposited around capillaries and in affected tissues, such as the skin, lungs, kidneys, and esophagus ...

Kristine has a fatal form of scleroderma that attacks her organs. "The fatality, they said it can happen probably about 10 years after you get diagnosed," Kristine said. "It's like cobwebs in my ...

HEALTH Scleroderma: The disease that Bob Saget fought to find a cure for after it took his sister’s life Scleroderma Research Foundation: 'Bob was a champion for scleroderma patients everywhere' ...

A 35-year-old patient with a history of more than 10 years of scleroderma presented with intolerable finger pain and progressive digital gangrene. How should he be treated?

Bob Saget was a tireless activist for the Scleroderma Research Foundation, inspired by the death of his sister, Gay Kate Hogan is Director of Digital Specials and Features at PEOPLE, as well as ...

Scleroderma, an auto-immune disease, causes the body to produce too much of the structural protein collagen. The sufferer's own immune system attacks healthy organs, thinking they are diseased ...