UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland is enrolling patients in an innovative clinical trial that seeks to cure sickle cell ...

UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland is enrolling patients in an innovative clinical trial that seeks to cure sickle cell ...

Columnist Oluwatosin Adesoye addresses some of the myths about blood transfusion and explains why it's important in managing ...

Sickle cell disease occurs when a child inherits two sickle cell genes—one from each parent. Lillian knew she carried the ...

Too many people with sickle cell disease are dying preventable deaths. This negligence must end, columnist Mary Shaniqua says ...

The Sickle Cell Awareness Foundation is hosting its first ever gala on Saturday, Dec. 7, at the Edward Davis Center in St. Albans, from 4 to 8 p.m., according to ...

Sickle cell anemia requires ongoing ... and can help reduce pain crises. Hydroxyurea causes the body to produce fetal hemoglobin, a type of hemoglobin that is normally produced only before ...

Honored for making 190 lifetime blood donations totaling more than 33 gallons, for coordinating 33 blood drives at his church ...

Anemia remains a major cause of mortality and morbidity in developing ... and hemoglobinopathies, including sickle cell disease and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency.

Sickle cell trait is not an illness, and it isn’t the same as sickle cell disease, or sickle cell anemia. But having ... However, the following situations may cause problems for some people ...

The nationwide shortage of classical hematologists is being addressed by placing greater emphasis on mentoring.

These clots cause significant pain for the patients ... According to healthline.com, people with sickle cell anemia (SCA), the most severe form of SCD, can often have a greater risk of death ...