BOWLING GREEN, KY.- According to the CDC, about 90,000 non-Hispanic Black or African American people in the United States have sickle cell disease. Outside the U.S., the condition is more common in ...

Sickle Cell disease can be a very scary issue to deal with however, with proper monitoring and care, many people are able to live their life to its full capacity with minor complications. According to ...

Tatyana Thompson was diagnosed with sickle cell anemia as a baby. When she became a parent, her symptoms worsened. A treatment at Johns Hopkins finally cured her.

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 ...

Recent therapies like hydroxyurea (Droxia, Bristol-Myers Squibb), the first FDA-approved drug for SCD in 1994, increase fetal hemoglobin (HbF), which, through unknown pathways, improves SCD symptoms ...

After spending a year living within the walls of Boston Children's Hospital fighting sickle cell disease, Jayden Wilsey, 15, finally emerged on Sept. 15 — free from the pain associated with the ...

Sickle cell disease can cause various eye-related complications, including retinopathy. If untreated, sickle cell retinopathy can cause permanent vision loss. Treatments include laser therapy and eye ...

This video is no longer available. It is described as intense pain shooting throughout your body and has had a history of misdiagnosis and complications as patients are constantly traveling to ...