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Sickle Cell Disease
Sickle Cell: What Is Transition Of Care?
Transition of care from pediatric to adult medicine has been recognized as a national priority by the Surgeon General in 1984 and later years by the Society of Adolescent Medicine ... Read More
Should You Take Hydroxyurea?
All individuals with or who have a loved one affected by sickle cell disease should be aware of a medication called hydroxyurea. What makes this medication so special? This is the ... Read More
Dr. Althea Grant: “This Is The Gift That Keeps On Giving”
Holidays are wonderful times to enjoy delicious food and talk with family members. As you all gather together, why not focus on your family’s health and collect a family health ... Read More
A Drug That Treats Sickle Cell?
Despite its long scientific and medical history, sickle cell disease lags behind most other well-known diseases when it comes to the availability of effective drugs and treatments. ... Read More
What Is Sickle Cell Sabbath?
Sickle Cell Sabbath, on September 16, 2012, brings together faith-based and neighborhood partnerships in Baptist churches around the United States to increase awareness about ... Read More
What Is Sickle Cell Disease?
Sickle cell anemia affects the red blood cells. About one in every 600 Blacks is born with sickle cell, and one in 12 blacks carry the sickle cell trait. But what is sickle cell ... Read More
Sickle Cell Trait & Athletes
"Having the sickle cell trait does not exclude an athlete from participating in sports, however, the training staff and coaches need to take precautions to ensure the athlete is ... Read More
The "Invisible" Disease: The Story Of Patient X
Living life with a chronic illness is already extremely stressful. But add unpredictability, severe pain…and most of all, invisibility, and that illness can become downright ... Read More
Sickle Cell Disease & African Americans
Can you imagine having a child who you have to see spend their entire life suffering from physical complications and indescribable pain? I mean really suffering; not enjoying the ... Read More
Common Test May Spot Sickle Cell Complications
A commonly ordered blood test may help doctors predict which sickle cell patients might develop serious complications, such as pulmonary hypertension and leg ulcers, and who's at ... Read More
Heredity and Sickle Cell Disease: What You Need To Know
Sickle cell disease is the most common inherited blood disorder in the United States. Approximately 80,000 Americans have the disease. In the United States, sickle cell ... Read More
Lack of Amino Acid Spurs Deadly Sickle Cell Complication
A deficiency of the amino acid arginine may contribute to the development of pulmonary hypertension -- a potentially deadly complication -- in people with sickle cell anemia, a new ... Read More
Common and Severe Complications of Sickle Cell Disease
A team of scientists with the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health has found that a hormone detected in a simple blood test can ... Read More