In sickle cell anemia there are three primary mechanisms of pain arousal; nociceptive, peripheral neuropathic and central neuropathic pain. Inflammation or mechanical tissue pain is the underlying ...

Figure 3 outlines an algorithm, which illustrates an approach to the infant with anemia. Table 7 shows ... evaluated on a peripheral smear May be a normal variation in neonates.

The Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Pediatric Hematology/Oncology divisions at MUSC have joined forces to create and test an ...

For the first time in his life, a young New Jersey man is pain-free thanks to a new gene treatment working to cure patients ...

A New Jersey woman stole $560,000 in hospital treatments by pretending she had sickle cell anemia, according to the Lancaster ...

For 21 years, Sebastien Beauzile lived with the chronic pain of sickle cell anemia. Now, thanks to a groundbreaking genetic treatment, he is the first person in New York to be cured of the disease.

Fewer ED visits per year and fewer hospital days per year seen in association with hydroxyurea use. HealthDay News — For children with sickle cell anemia (SCA), hydroxyurea has sustained ...

Vertex Pharma's £1.65 million ($2.05 million) gene-editing therapy for sickle cell disease (SCD), Casgevy, has been given the green light for use by the NHS in England under a managed access ...

Background: The Multicenter Study of Hydroxyurea (HU) in Sickle Cell Anemia (MSH) previously showed that daily oral HU reduces painful sickle cell (SS) crises by 50% in patients with moderate to ...

WEST MONROE, La. (KTVE/KARD) — Today on Louisiana Living, Ashley Doughty is joined by Lonnikia Robinson to describe the upcoming Walk-A-Thon. For more information, watch the video above ...

There are more types of sickle cell crisis than a vaso-occlusive crisis, writes columnist Mary Shaniqua, who summarizes ...