Right now, approximately 20 billion red blood cells are busy traveling through your blood vessels. They are delivering oxygen ...

The Medical University of South Carolina Health has established the Rena N. Grant Sickle Cell Center to help treat those ...

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

This makes it difficult for those with Sickle Cell Anemia, who are of African descent. “Many of those patients require up to 100 transfusions of blood every single year. It’s a very painful ...

In December 2023, through the development efforts of CRISPR Therapeutics and Vertex Pharmaceuticals, their decades-long ...

(HealthDay News) — Adults with sickle cell anemia (SCA) and healthy controls with greater economic deprivation have older brain age, according to a study published online Jan. 17 in JAMA Network Open.

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

Gallbladder problems are a common complication in individuals with sickle cell disease. These issues often arise due to the breakdown of red blood cells and the subsequent formation of gallstones ...

Sickle cell anaemia, a hereditary condition that primarily affects African and Mediterranean populations, continues to pose significant health challenges. In Uganda, where the disease is prevalent ...

The quality of life of patients with sickle cell anemia is severely compromised similar to or even worse than patients with other chronic diseases such as arthritis. Patients who responded to ...

News 8 is once again honoring Black history by looking at health care and the racial disparities many report facing.

Rasmussen Reports just published an eye-opening survey revealing that 23% of Americans "say they’ve chosen not to watch a Disney movie in the past year because of politics." Dissatisfaction with ...