In honor of World Sickle Cell Awareness Day UAMS is launching a new support group aimed at connecting individuals living with sickle cell disease.

Sickle cell anemia causes red blood cells to become hard, sticky, and C-shaped * Tribal communities in India face higher ...

Some doctors told him he'd live with the disease forever, but Khaled Alsheebani never stopped believing treatments would advance one day.

Sickle cell anemia, a genetic disease caused by a mutation in the beta ... affecting 43.8% of children aged 6 to 8 years and 66.7% of those aged 10 to 12 years (p>0.05; Pearson’s chi-square test).

Noninvasively assessed pulmonary pressure elevations and left ventricular (LV) diastolic dysfunction are associated with increased mortality in adults with sickle cell disease ... distribution using ...

Sebastien Beauzile, 21, has been cured of sickle cell anemia, according to his doctors at Cohen’s Children’s Medical Center. Beauzile received a new gene therapy called Lyfgeni, created by the ...

A patient on Long Island is the first in New York to be cured of sickle cell anemia, doctors say. They credit state-of-the-art genetic treatment. Medical history made at Cohen Children's Medical ...

Around 3% to 9% are Hispanic or Latino. The most severe form of SCD is sickle cell anemia. If parents are considering having a child and are concerned about sickle cell trait, here are some steps ...

Sickle cell anemia may qualify as a disability for people experiencing severe symptoms, allowing access to benefits. However, eligibility depends on how the condition affects daily life.

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.