Siblings Kingsley, 22, and Vanessa, 13, were both born with sickle cell disease, the blood disorder that causes the breakdown of red blood ... Read More
Sickle Cell Disease
BREAKING: How HIV Is Being Used To ‘Cure’ Sickle Cell Disease
60 Minutes recently reported on a gene therapy trial that may be a cure for patients living with the bone-crushing pain of sickle cell ... Read More
Gene Therapy Shows Promise Against Sickle Cell Disease
Sickle cell trait is an inherited blood disorder that affects 1 million to 3 million Americans with 8 to 10 percent of them being Black. The ... Read More
State Representative Jarvis Johnson Addresses Sickle Cell Epidemic (Video)
Jarvis Johnson: My name is Jarvis Johnson, and State Representative here in the state of Texas in district 139. Well here to talk about ... Read More
Dr. Andrew Campbell Addresses Priapism Fears (VIDEO)
Andrew Campbell, M.D.: Hello, I'm Dr. Andrew Campbell. I'm a Pediatric hematologist at Children's National Medical Center in Washington D.C. ... Read More
Living Well With Sickle Cell: Jerry Nwkorie (Video)
Jerry Nwkorie: My name is Jerry Nwkorie. I have Sickle Cell Anemia. Born and raised. I'm the first. I'm the oldest of five siblings the ... Read More
Living Well With Sickle Cell: Andre Harris (Video)
Andre Harris: My name is Andre Harris. We are in Houston, Texas where the men living with Sickle Cell town hall meeting ... Read More
You Can’t Afford To Miss THIS…
Tune in Friday, February 1st to BlackDoctor.org's Facebook page to catch "Men Living Well With Sickle Cell." Our panel of Men are getting ... Read More
Sickle Cell Warriors: How Candyce Heather Finds Her Fit
I was attending a Group Fitness Modality Training when I met another trainer by the name of Candyce Heather. We had a lot in common-- as in ... Read More
Parenthood & Sickle Cell: 4 Important Things To Know About The Disease
My daughter was diagnosed with sickle cell disease so I am not only a physician, but a mother and also an advocate to help make everyone ... Read More
How Sickle Cell Affects Hearing and Balance
At the annual Charles F Whitten Memorial Lecture Friday morning October 12th, 2018, Dr. Dawn Nelson took the stage as the keynote speaker to ... Read More
11-Year-Old’s Life-Saving Sickle Cell Transplant Brings Family Even Closer Together
Kamryn Dukes, called Kami for short, is a warm, eloquent and motivated 11-year-old whose dream job is to become a professional singer and ... Read More