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2020: The year of solving the puzzle!
I’m optimistic 2020 will be the year of progress solving the Dupuytren puzzle. Dupuytren seems at times a jigsaw puzzle with too many pieces. Pieces from other puzzles. Pieces that look as though they should fit, but don’t. Pieces that belong in one location, but seem to fit in many
There’s Still Time to Make a Difference!
There’s still time! (but not much…) Thanks to your generosity, we’ve reached our 2019 goal of sending out invitations to participate in Dupuytren blood test research. This is a huge step forward! It’s taken five years of steady work, and we have more to do. In 2020, we will analyze the data
AmazonSmile Supports Dupuytren Research Group
The AmazonSmile program donated to charitable organizations for purchases made through Amazon.com. Sadly, Amazon reversed its course and discontinued this program in February 2023 for Dupuytren Research Group and most of the nonprofits benefiting from this program. Thanks for your prior support of Dupuytren Research through AmazonSmile! Charles Eaton MD
There’s Still Time!
There’s still time before the end of this year. There’s still time to reflect on the growing momentum in research for a Dupuytren cure. 2019 has been a breakthrough year for the Dupuytren Research Group promoting awareness and conducting research to find cures for Dupuytren disease and related conditions. There’s
International Dupuytren Conference 2020
DupuytrenSymposium.org Mark your calendars! The followup to the quinquennial 2010 Miami and 2015 Groningen International Dupuytren Conferences is scheduled to take place Sept 3-4 2020 in Oxford, United Kingdom. Plan to attend. Take part! Prepare your abstracts for submission. Learn more at DupuytrenSymposium.org
It’s Giving DUPSday!
This Giving Tuesday is Giving DUPSday! Please support research to cure Dupuytren Disease. CureDup.com
Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving from the Dupuytren Research Group!
Dupuytren versus Spellcheck
The word “Dupuytren” is often missing from spellcheck libraries. Before my phone got used to me, it transcribed Dupuytren as “Jupiter Den”, “Two Bedrooms” “Do engine” and other comical substitutions, although it never produced “Department Contracture” or “Dumpster Contracture”, as in this newspaper article published last week: Dupuytren, Dupuytren, Dupuytren! It’s
Stop blaming the Vikings!
You’ve heard it: “Dupuytren is a ‘Viking disease’.” Is it? The answer begins in 1985. That year, surgeon John Hueston published his second textbook on Dupuytren disease. He wrote this on the first page of Chapter 6: That the Celtic immigration has spread this ‘Viking disease’ across the north of
Recent Dupuytren Publications
- Dupuytren contracture after acute traumatic hand injury in an adolescent: A case report
- Patient Experiences With Hand Surgery in the Office Versus Ambulatory Surgery Center
- Collagenase Treatment Versus Needle Fasciotomy for Single-Digit Dupuytren Contractures: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
- Exploring the potential relationship between frozen shoulder and Dupuytren's disease through bioinformatics analysis and machine learning
- Objective and subjective assessment of Dupuytren's contracture
