In the previous year, Catherine Phil Sickle Cell Support Initiative orchestrated a fundraising run in Lira City aimed at acquiring hemoglobin electrophoresis machines for both Lira regional referral ...

Thalassemia is a serious but preventable genetic blood disorder that affects the body’s ability to produce normal haemoglobin ...

There are usually no symptoms but can be serious in the advanced stages. Hemoglobin electrophoresis -- a blood test that checks for sickle cell disease. It’s a genetic disorder which can cause mild ...

In what she called a shock, columnist Oluwatosin Adesoye learned some parents give birth to children with sickle cell. Then ...

More perceived social support from classmates was tied to less disease severity in children with sickle cell anemia in ...

Sickle Cell Disease is a genetic blood disorder characterised by the presence of sickle-shaped red blood cells, which can block blood flow, cause chronic pain, and lead to a host of physical ...

Bhopal: Governor Mangubhai Patel inaugurated the genetic analysis laboratory and DNA sequencer machine at BMHRC's sickle cell anaemia competence centre. He also launched a seminar titled "Genetic ...

HealthDay News — For children with sickle cell anemia (SCA), hydroxyurea has sustained clinical benefits in terms of reducing emergency department visits and hospital days, according to a study ...

CHARLESTON — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced a landmark initiative to expand access to cutting-edge treatments for sickle cell disease, a genetic blood disorder that ...

In sickle cell disease, a mutation in hemoglobin genes results in crescent-shaped red blood cells instead of round ones. The sickled cells get stuck together, bringing on episodes of severe pain.