patients with sickle cell disease face lifelong health complications, such as chronic pain, lung problems and poor function of the spleen. "Your spleen does a lot of things," said first author ...

Gallbladder problems are a common complication in individuals with sickle cell disease. These issues often arise due to the breakdown of red blood cells and the subsequent formation of gallstones ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – Sickle cell disease (SCD) advocates are calling for Medicaid expansion before a rally at the statehouse on Monday. More than 1,700 Hoosiers have sickle cell disease ...

In recent years, the battle against sickle cell disease in Africa has seen tremendous progress, thanks to modern medical advances and the implementation of comprehensive screening programs.

The 2018 Sickle Cell Stakeholder Forum that brought more than 60 patients, caregivers, researchers and others together charted a path forward. As a Minneapolis City Council member and former ...

Henry visited doctors, specialists, multiple hospitals and emergency rooms before he was diagnosed with sickle cell disease. Henry, now 45, has lived with sickle cell his entire life. The Baton ...

September is National Sickle Cell Anemia Awareness Month. Sickle cell anemia is a disease that is inherited genetically through a trait passed to a child by both parents, affecting the blood cells.

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an inherited disorder that affects over 100,000 people in the United States, according to the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America, of that number, the Centers ...

September Is Sickle Cell Awareness Month ... Some people with SCT experience a serious condition called splenic infarct, the death of tissue in the spleen. The risk for splenic infarct is ...

Doctors call it an incredibly important but neglected disease. Memphis has some of the highest rates of sickle cell among babies in the entire nation. For this Sickle Cell Awareness month ...

This article is part of “Innovations In: Sickle Cell Disease,” an editorially independent special report that was produced with financial support from Vertex Pharmaceuticals. Nathan Wood is 15 ...

Life expectancy for people with sickle cell in the U.S. has increased to about 50 years, but some people with the disease still face stigma and other barriers in health care These sickle cell ...