Esteban Dominguez Cerezo, MS, Science Writer —

A first case of dermatofibromas — benign and firm skin nodules, often darker than the patient’s skin color — has been reported in Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) in a young woman in Iran. “To our knowledge, this combination of findings is a previously unreported occurrence,” the researchers wrote in…

Lower heart function and larger heart size in vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (vEDS) patients were linked to a higher risk of dissections (ruptures) or aneurysms (bulges) in arteries, according to a study. “Our study sheds light on the subtle [heart muscle] abnormalities in vEDS,” the researchers wrote. “A multidisciplinary approach…