Sickle cell conditions are genetic blood disorders that affect haemoglobin, the molecule in red blood cells responsible for carrying oxygen throughout the body. While both sickle cell trait and ...

Exactly three months later, the man has fully recovered from his once-debilitating illness, offering hope to millions of sickle cell anemia patients around the globe. Sickle cell anemia is the ...

He had come to Florida to surprise his sister for her birthday. But instead, he had become so weak from sickle cell anemia that he had to be carried into a local hospital, then sent to another ...

A patient on Long Island is the first in New York to be cured of sickle cell anemia, doctors say. They credit state-of-the-art genetic treatment. Medical history made at Cohen Children's Medical ...

A Fayetteville teen is making history in North Carolina after undergoing a new gene therapy for sickle cell disease. Aaron Scott was diagnosed with sickle cell at birth. Sickle cell is a genetic ...

Contrary to misconceptions among medical professionals and patients alike, individuals born with sickle cell trait (SCT) show no risk of experiencing the acute pain crises known to occur with ...

But not if you suffer from sickle cell disease, which affects nearly eight million people worldwide, most in sub-Saharan Africa. In the UK, approximately 17,500 people have sickle cell disease and ...

The disease has many different variations, like sickle cell anemia, that can cause symptoms including fatigue, periodic episodes of extreme pain (often including stays in the hospital), swelling ...

These malformed cells get stuck in blood vessels, causing blockages, anemia, pain, organ failure and a significantly shortened lifespan. Sickle cell disease affects approximately 100,000 Americans and ...

Sickle cell anemia may qualify as a disability for people experiencing severe symptoms, allowing access to benefits. However, eligibility depends on how the condition affects daily life.

It’s also historically come with some unfair stigmas. Sickle cell anemia is what Tenesha Dudley of Rocky Mount calls an invisible illness. You wouldn’t know it by meeting her, but she’s face ...

September is National Sickle Cell Anemia Awareness Month. Sickle cell anemia is a disease that is inherited genetically through a trait passed to a child by both parents, affecting the blood cells.