Guest writer Whitney Smith is a sickle cell warrior and advocate because some medical professionals don't know what the ...

Columnist Mary Shaniqua is disappointed to learn that her port-a-cath, which she got to facilitate blood exchange ...

A study links vitamin D deficiency to more sickle cell complications in children, including pain crises, hospitalizations, ...

As she approaches her 40th birthday, columnist Oluwatosin Adesoye ponders whether life with sickle cell disease is a blessing or a curse.

Roche has announced the launch of a new test that can screen newborns for sickle cell disease (SCD) and two other serious genetic disorders at the same time. The test, known as the LightMix Newborn ...

A researcher at the University of Cincinnati has received more than $550,000 in grant funding to study what drives bone damage and chronic pain in people with sickle cell disease (SCD). The funding ...

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Among children with sickle cell anemia (SCA) and cerebral macrovasculopathy (CV), or disease affecting the brain’s large and medium-sized blood vessels, age at CV diagnosis, the severity of blood ...

When I was younger, I hated taking medication. It didn’t sit well with me that I had to take it for something I never asked for. Having to do it every day was particularly difficult, and when it came ...

In recognition of Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month in September, the Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month campaign features a series of stories highlighting the real-life experiences of people ...

Advocacy groups across the U.S. are hosting events throughout September to mark Sickle Cell Awareness Month. The month has been recognized since the 1980s as a time to raise awareness about sickle ...

Genetix Biotherapeutics is teaming up with the National Football League Alumni Association for a campaign to increase awareness of one-time genetic treatments for sickle cell disease (SCD). “Despite ...