The Philadelphia Citizen is recognizing CHOP doctors Alexis Thompson and Dr. Stephan Grupp with the 'Disruptors of the Year' ...

Simmie White is taking control of her own story. The six-year-old girl and her mother want others to understand more about ...

At least 29 recruits have died during basic training at law enforcement academies nationwide in the last decade.

Kyle Registre's childhood dream of becoming a pilot can finally come true now that he says he's been cured of sickle cell ...

SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital partners with Eye See Me African Bookstore to provide books promoting ...

Accumulation of clots causes some of the most severe symptoms of sickle cell disease, including strokes, kidney failure, ...

However, research in India has detected that prevalence of sickle cell among individuals is particularly high in regions where malaria is endemic. Since SCD has a protective mechanism to malaria, ...

One of the reasons of anemia can be Sickle Cell Anemia (SCA)—a genetic blood disorder where the body produces red blood cells that are abnormally shaped.” Also read | Sickle cell disease ...

Higher economic deprivation also associated with brain age gap in controls without sickle cell anemia. (HealthDay News) — Adults with sickle cell anemia (SCA) and healthy controls with greater ...

4 Spontaneous epidural hematoma is an extremely rare complication of the disease. 5 We present a case of a patient with sickle cell anemia and spontaneous epidural hematoma (EDH), emphasizing the ...

Sickle Cell anaemia also afflicts people from the Caribbean, particularly those with African ancestry. Sickle cell anaemia is caused by a mutation in the HBB gene, which provides instructions for ...

The National Health Service (NHS) has approved a groundbreaking £1.65 million treatment for sickle cell disease in England, offering patients a promising 96.6% cure rate. The new therapy, hailed as a ...