Columnist Mary Shaniqua explains how to be an ally to the sickle cell community, and why that kind of support is essential ...

Sickle cell is an inherited blood condition. Those who have it produce unusually-shaped red blood cells that don’t live as long as healthy cells and can block blood vessels causing excruciating ...

Right now, approximately 20 billion red blood cells are busy traveling through your blood vessels. They are delivering oxygen to all the different tissues in your body and removing carbon dioxide to ...

But advancements in treatment are rewriting what it means to live ... in a way that traditional medical professionals often cannot. This shift in perspective is reshaping how sickle cell patients ...

As columnist Mary Shaniqua looks to the future, she remembers when she was far more active — and wonders if that could be a ...

The CDC reports about 100,000 people in the United States are affected by Sickle cell disease, and more than 90% are non-Black or African American. One local organization is aiming to shed light on ...

Median survival for individuals with sickle cell disease is approximately 48 years. People with SCT live as long as those in the general population. However, case reports from the 1970s and 1980s ...

Adults with sickle cell anemia (SCA) and healthy controls with greater economic deprivation have older brain age.

Researchers Create Method to Detect Cases of Anemia in Archaeological Remains Feb. 28, 2024 — Anthropologists working with a hematologist colleague have developed a way to detect anemia in ...

VA lawmakers are considering a proposed bill that could boost funding for research and care related to sickle cell disease, ...