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By Deslyn a Joseph Patients afflicted with sickle cell disease gathered outside the Prime Minister's Office yesterday to ...
The condition mostly affects those from African and Caribbean backgrounds but Victoria Ekanoye says it can affect anyone. | ITV News Granada ...
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a condition that directly affects the way the red blood cells of the body carry oxygen. This can lead to further complications. In an interview with HT Lifestyle, Dr Vikas ...
Gene therapy for sickle cell disease may help improve a major contributing factor to stroke risk in patients, reports a new ...
Over a hundred sickle cell warriors and their families turned out in support for World Sickle Cell Day at West Oakland’s ...
In just over a year since its launch, India’s National Sickle Cell Elimination Mission (NSCEM) is already demonstrating a ...
Families of those who have sickle cell disease in the Philadelphia area are pushing for more research and a cure.
When Graham Serjeant arrived in Jamaica in 1966, it was accepted wisdom that few of those affected by sickle cell disease (SCD) survived beyond childhood. Yet he encountered adult patients living with ...
Extreme pain, known as a pain crisis, is one of the hallmark symptoms of SCD. With frequent hospitalizations, chronic pain ...
With gene therapy in the works, clinical trials for sickle cell disease still lack Black American participants.
The World Health Organization has released its first-ever global guideline on the management of sickle cell disease during ...
It's been more than 10 years since Beleta Butts lost her two oldest daughters to sickle cell disease. Beleta Rush was 39 when ...