Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a series of genetic blood abnormalities. Due to hemoglobin damage, your red blood cells (RBCs) lose their ... Read More
Sickle Cell Disease
Chicago PD Makes 4-Year-Old Sickle Cell Patient’s Dream Come True
After receiving a special accolade on October 2, a 4-year-old kid, Make-A-Wish, and the Chicago Police Department all made Chicago ... Read More
Sickle Cell Warrior on Breaking the Cycle: “Get In The Ring With Us”
At age 7, Jori Smith had her first sickle cell pain crisis while in first grade. The pain was so bad she spent two weeks in the hospital and ... Read More
8-Year-Old Saves Lives of Siblings With Sickle Cell
Siblings Kingsley and Vanessa were both born with sickle cell disease, the blood disorder that causes the breakdown of red blood cells and ... Read More
Don’t Wait To Schedule Your Next Eye Exam
Making sure you stay up to date with all of your appointments is important. Scheduling your annual check-up for different areas of your body ... Read More
Singer Adekunle Gold Opens Up About Battling Sickle Cell in New Song
Famous afrobeats star, Adekunle Kosoko, famously known as Adekunle Gold, opened up about his struggle with sickle cell anemia in a recent ... Read More
Surprising Health Benefits Of Donating Blood
Donating blood even once can help save the lives of three people -- whether they're newborns needing heart surgery, adults badly injured in ... Read More
How Does Your Donated Blood Get to a Patient in Need?
We all know donating blood saves lives, but do you know what happens to your blood after you've donated? While donating blood is a fairly ... Read More
10 Quick & Delicious Paleo Diet Recipes
The paleo diet is a prevalent way of eating that excludes processed foods, refined sugar, grains, artificial sweeteners, dairy derivatives, ... Read More
Black History of Health: Tionne ‘T-Boz’ Watkins
She may have been named Tionne Watkins at birth but the world only knows her as ‘T-Boz’. Since the 1990s, that stage name has marked her as ... Read More
Day 1: Just Been Diagnosed with Sickle Cell Disease
Getting diagnosed with sickle cell disease is only the beginning of your journey with this lifelong illness. Sickle cell disease gets its ... Read More
Are These 5 Health Conditions In Your Family Tree?
The branches of your family tree bear much more than the years your grandparents were born. Knowing your family’s health history is an ... Read More
