Sickle cell disease is a devastating, inherited blood disorder that affects an estimated eight million people worldwide and ...

This article is part of a Health Affairs Forefront series on “The Future of Sickle Cell Disease Research and Care” with support from the American Society of Hematology. The articles in the series are ...

Sickle cell conditions are genetic blood disorders that affect haemoglobin, the molecule in red blood cells responsible for carrying oxygen throughout the body. While both sickle cell trait and sickle ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that 1 out of every 365 Black people has sickle cell disease and the sickle cell trait affects 10% of Black people, compared to .3% of white ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — One of Vanderbilt's latest studies has found a cure for sickle cell disease. Sickle cell is a blood disorder where the body creates mutated red blood cell proteins. It often ...

Contrary to misconceptions among medical professionals and patients alike, individuals born with sickle cell trait (SCT) show no risk of experiencing the acute pain crises known to occur with sickle ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Children with sickle cell disease are more likely to have dental problems — but fewer than half of those covered by Michigan Medicaid got dental care in 2022, according to a new ...

This article is part of a Health Affairs Forefront series on “The Future of Sickle Cell Disease Research and Care” with support from the American Society of Hematology. The articles in the series are ...

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a group of genetic blood disorders. A person inherits SCD from their parents when they inherit two copies of the sickle cell gene, one from each parent. This hereditary ...

Reeves is an associate professor of pediatrics and epidemiology at the University of Michigan and the principal investigator of the Michigan Sickle Cell Data Collection program. In December 2023, a ...

SIX. NEW AT SIX. SOUTH FLORIDA RELIGIOUS LEADERS JOINING FORCES TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ABOUT THE WARNING SIGNS OF MAJOR HEALTH ISSUES. ANGELA ROZIER SHOWS US HOW THEY’RE HELPING UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES.

Mary Thomson and her husband, Kanjala, have lost their income amid changing witchdoctors, but their firstborn’s suffering has not changed. Since 2011, Ethel, 15, was frequently bedridden with severe ...