Farrell High School students are raising awareness for an important cause--donating blood for sickle cell anemia.

Sickle cell anemia causes sickle-shaped cells to block blood flow to the lungs, leading to acute chest syndrome. Common treatment methods involve oxygen supplementation and pain management. Sickle ...

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Because SCD can impair blood and oxygen delivery to any part of the body, it can cause a wide range of complications, including anemia, blood clots, and stroke. It can also damage organs, such as the ...

SHREVEPORT, La. - In Shreveport, while childhood leukemia remains one of the most common cancer diagnoses among kids, doctors say it's another blood disorder they're seeing more often -- sickle cell ...

Sickle cell anemia is the most serious form of sickle cell disease (SCD). It occurs when a person inherits an irregular hemoglobin gene from each parent. Certain groups of people are more at risk of ...

Gene therapy has the potential to dramatically benefit patients with genetic blood disorders, but a small study on participants in a clinical trial for sickle cell disease suggests that a key process ...

Sickle cell anemia (SCA) is an inherited disorder of red blood cells. Some parents may learn that their infant has this disorder after prenatal testing. Hospitals also test for SCA after birth as part ...

PLANTATION, Fla. -- A grieving Broward County mother is working to garner support for sickle cell survivors who have grappled with an overlooked side of the disease. A Journal of the American Medical ...

This informational guide, part of POPSUGAR's Condition Center, lays out the realities of this health concern: what it is, what it can look like, and strategies that medical experts say are proven to ...