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This week's Guest Voice is Richard Bayliss, who talks about three coping tools he's found useful in living with sickle cell ...
More perceived social support from classmates was tied to less disease severity in children with sickle cell anemia in ...
Listening to the community's needs, the Sickle Cell Consortium also created the Caregiver Summit, offering a vital space for ...
For children with sickle cell anemia (SCA), hydroxyurea has sustained clinical benefits in terms of reducing emergency department visits and hospital days, acco ...
Wunmi Bakare was born in Nigeria, and growing up, she suffered from severe complications from sickle cell. In her youth, she ...
Martin Mwita, 20, is the first patient in St. Louis and among the first across the country to receive a new gene therapy for ...
Sickle cell disease is a chronic, inherited blood disorder that affects millions of people worldwide. It is characterised by the production of abnormally shaped red blood cells, which can block ...
You were born with sickle cell anemia and now you’re a mother of twins. How does it feel holding them in your arms? I feel proud for not giving up on myself. It wasn’t easy, but I thank God ...
Work likely to be halted by the cuts includes the collection of data for studying Americans with sickle cell, a painful blood disorder that predominantly affects Black families, as well as ...
Riley, Jr. Park, home of the Charleston RiverDogs. Sickle cell anemia disproportionately impacts minority communities, with patients often requiring regular blood transfusions. The effectiveness ...
The report revealed the urgent need for improvements in ambulance services for people living with sickle cell disease in London (Kirsty O’Connor/PA) People with an inherited blood disorder have ...
The drug significantly reduced ER visits and hospital days in children MONDAY, April 21, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- An oral chemotherapy drug can safely and effectively manage sickle cell disease in ...