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September Is Sickle Cell Awareness Month. While many people are familiar with sickle cell anemia, sickle cell traits have also plagued our community. Sickle cell trait (SCT) is an inherited blood ...

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 ...

Jon LaPook, M.D. is the award-winning chief medical correspondent for CBS News. Since joining CBS News in 2006, LaPook has delivered more than 1,200 reports on a wide variety of breaking news and ...

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

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Sherrell Johnson, 43, is a force to be reckoned with. She calls herself the "Sickle Cell Diva." "I don't let sickle cell run me," Johnson said. "I run sickle cell." She's lived with ...

BALTIMORE (WJZ) --September is Sickle Cell Awareness Month. The genetic disorder is typically diagnosed at birth and often has life-long consequences. The Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore is ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Thousands of people in the U.S. live in pain due to sickle cell anemia, and many of them even lose their lives. The disease affects Black people more often than any other ethnicity.

Albany - During Black History Month, most learn about the past, but not about diseases that are currently surrounding the African-American community. Sickle Cell Disease is a painful blood disorder.

Sickle cell thalassemia occurs when you inherit both a sickle cell gene mutation and a thalassemia gene mutation. Symptoms are similar to other types of sickle cell disease but can vary depending on ...

Patients with sickle cell anemia (SCA) and persistent albuminuria (PA) exhibited significantly higher levels of urinary angiotensinogen (AGT). “What we’re most excited about is that urinary ...

Five seemingly unconnected Black and ethnic minority Londoners discover they have superpowers in the hit Netflix series "Supacell". The link between them? They all suffer from sickle cell anaemia, a ...