Coming to terms with the fact that you have a lifelong disease can be mentally draining. Trying to figure out how you will be able to afford your medications is an extra layer of ... Read More
Sickle Cell Disease
What Every Sickle Cell Warrior Must Know About Their Patient Journey
As you try to maintain consistent wellness, it is imperative that you navigate the Patient Journey Roadmap by making five key stops to living the best life possible. Having a ... Read More
Sickle Cell Warriors: Advocate For YOUR Health With These Tips (Video)
Ashley Valentine, MRes, Co-Founder and President of Sick Cells, updates us on policy and explains why it's important to advocate for your health as a sickle cell patient and how to ... Read More
Black Men Open Up About Living Well With Sickle Cell (Video)
What happens when you get a bunch of Black men together to talk about the one disease that most misunderstood? Things get real. ... Read More
7-Year-Old Boy with Sickle Cell Recovers from COVID-19: “Keep the Faith”
Those with sickle cell suffer from episodes of sudden and severe pain, known as pain crisis. It's usually excruciating pain in both adults and children. But if that's not ... Read More
Sickle Cell: Minimize Your Crisis by Staying One Step Ahead
When you are someone living with sickle cell disease, there are times in your life you go through tremendous pain…unbearable pain. You want to do everything you can to avoid that ... Read More
Sickle Cell Disease: Understanding the Infusion Process and Why It’s Good For You
Having a chronic illness comes with many challenges. The main goal is to stay healthy and live as normal a life as possible. The additional goal of a sickle cell patient is to ... Read More
At Last, Two New Meds To Fight Sickle Cell Disease
For the first time in 20 years, the FDA has approved two transformative new treatments for the approximately 100,000 people with sickle cell disease (SCD). One new med will prevent ... Read More
New Meds! What Every Sickle Cell Patient Must Know Now
Until very recently, sickle cell disease was a condition that left those diagnosed very few treatment options. What was available still left patients with ... Read More
Federal Updates For Sickle Cell Patients (VIDEO)
Public Health Advisor, Mildred Hunter, speaks about programs to improve the lives of sickle cell patients across America. During this session at the 2019 Management of Sickle Cell ... Read More
New Sickle Cell Drug Boasts Impressive Hospitalization & Crises Data!
Sickle cell disease is one of the most common inherited blood disorders, affecting about 100,000 Americans, most of them black, and about 300 million people worldwide. Just last ... Read More
Care Coordination For Sickle Cell Disease With Dr. Lewis Hsu (Video)
BDO got the opportunity to attend the Sickle Cell Disease Association of Illinois' 2019 Management of Sickle Cell Disease Conference. Here, Dr. Lewis Hsu breaks down the importance ... Read More
The Importance Of Movement & Healthy Diet For Sickle Cell Disease (Video)
BDO attended The SCDAA 47th Annual National Conference and we got a chance to speak with Dr. Carolyn Rowley, Founder and Executive Director of Cayenne Wellness Center and ... Read More
How Does Sickle Cell Disease Really Affect Families? (Video)
BDO attended the SCDAA 47th Annual National Conference and we got a chance to speak with 2019 SCDAA Child Ambassador Kiarra Roseburg and Rob Mitchell about how Sickle Cell ... Read More