Columnist Mary Shaniqua offers suggestions and encouragement to parents whose child has just been diagnosed with sickle cell ...

While both sickle cell trait and sickle cell disease involve mutations in the haemoglobin gene, they are fundamentally different in terms of symptoms, severity, and impact on daily life.

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

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People with an inherited blood disorder have actively avoided seeking ambulance care because of past negative experiences, ...

Hydroxyurea remains effective long-term in reducing emergency department visits and hospital days for children living with sickle cell disease ... improving anemia, and reducing the risk of ...

Those with only one of the two alleles of the sickle-cell disease, while not totally resistant, are more tolerant to the infection and thus show less severe symptoms when infected. The prevalence ...

Hydroxyurea remains effective long-term in reducing emergency department visits and hospital days for children living with sickle cell disease ... improving anemia, and reducing the risk of ...

Civil rights groups have filed a lawsuit on behalf of the family of an 8-year-old girl who died in Border Patrol custody in ...