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Three Exciting Dupuytren Updates and a Public Seminar
I want to share three exciting Dupuytren updates with you this Halloween. The first update is the growing use of artificial intelligence (AI) in medical research. The term “Artificial Intelligence” is a little misleading. Today, AI is about computerized pattern-matching rather than thinking and consciousness, but it’s still amazing. The
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Three Exciting Dupuytren Updates and a Public Seminar
I want to share three exciting Dupuytren updates with you this Halloween.
The first update is the growing use of artificial intelligence (AI) in medical research.
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Disease Modifying Anti-Dupuytren Drugs
The path to a Dupuytren cure is connected to the story of drugs for rheumatoid arthritis. The evolution of rheumatoid drug treatment dates back centuries, based on guesswork and trial and error.
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Disease Modifying AntiDupuytren Drugs
The path to a Dupuytren cure is connected to the story of drugs for rheumatoid arthritis. The evolution of rheumatoid drug treatment dates back centuries, based on guesswork and trial and error. During this time, hundreds of rheumatoid “cures” were recommended – herbs, diets, bedrest, baths, special clothing, radioactive exposure,
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August is National Make a Will month
Here at the Dupuytren Research Group, we’re planning for the future. Dupuytren spans generations. Our work centers on families. That’s why it’s the perfect time to be reminded that August is National Make a Will Month. Wills are essential regardless of wealth. They are about you – protecting your loved ones, avoiding family
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NHS Dupuytren Information
Dupuytren is complicated. Much of it is a mystery. Because it’s not understood, describing it makes me feel like a character in the parable of the blind men and the elephant. Seeing the Dupuytren brochure recently released by England’s National Health Service is a pleasant surprise. It summarizes information from
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Happy International Women’s Day!
Happy International Women’s Day The story that God created man before creating woman is an example of working on the rough draft before the final masterpiece. A traditional Dupuytren narrative is that Dupuytren is primarily a painless nuisance problem of bent fingers in old men. This perception does a disservice
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One last 2021 request
The Dupuytren Research Group works all year to balance our need for funding with your need to be free from fundraising solicitations. We’re working hard on research for a Dupuytren cure. We work to raise awareness about Dupuytren disease and the need for Dupuytren research funding. We provide educational resources
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Happy Holidays from DRG
When we all lend a hand helping the community we improve everyone’s quality of life. Best wishes in this holiday season from the Dupuytren Research Group
Recent Dupuytren Publications
- Challenges and innovations in the surgical treatment of advanced Dupuytren disease by percutaneous needle fasciotomy: indications, limitations, and medico-legal implications
- Adjuvant Treatment with Celecoxib after Collagenase Injection for Dupuytren Contracture: A Double-Blind Randomised Controlled Trial
- Biochemical and Histological Differences between Longitudinal and Vertical Fibres of Dupuytren's Palmar Aponeurosis and Innovative Clinical Implications
- Alterations in the Structure, Composition, and Organization of Galactosaminoglycan-Containing Proteoglycans and Collagen Correspond to the Progressive Stages of Dupuytren's Disease
- CASTing the net wider: A case report of PLACK syndrome associated with dilated cardiomyopathy