A Black female doctor when that was rare, she developed a diagnostic test for the disease that is still a standard tool, as ...

Memantine, a long-approved and cost-effective drug used to treat Alzheimer’s disease, could also benefit patients with sickle cell anemia in the future. Initial clinical data from an international ...

Memantine, a long-approved and cost-effective drug used to treat Alzheimer's disease, could also benefit patients with sickle cell anemia in the future. Initial clinical data from an international ...

Africa accounts for the majority of global births affected by the condition, yet universal newborn screening remains rare.

Hoosiers from across the state will gather at the Indiana State Capitol on Monday, Feb. 2, to call attention to the urgent ...

The year ahead feels like a long stretch of unwrapped gifts. Some days are bright boxes with bows; others are wrinkled wrapping paper hiding something unexpected. For me, living with sickle cell ...

Medicaid is doing a novel payment system for the new, promising and expensive sickle cell treatment. It may become a model ...

When asked to picture the ideal cure for sickle-cell disease, molecular biologist Stefano Rivella, a researcher at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), Pennsylvania, didn’t gaze into the ...

Squamous cell carcinoma of the lung is linked to smoking and requires early detection and accurate staging for effective treatment. Diagnosis involves imaging and biopsy, with the TNM system used to ...

Sickle cell anemia is a genetic disorder that causes the red blood cells to change shape, therefore limiting movement through veins. As a result, blood flow issues arise, which ...