FIVE YEARS IS URGED TO GET TESTED. THERE IS A POSSIBLE CURE FOR SICKLE CELL DISEASE AND IT’S NOW UNDER REVIEW AT THE FDA. HERE TO TALK ABOUT THAT IS DOCTOR TODD ELLERIN, VICE CHAIR OF MEDICINE AT ...

Regulators on Friday approved two gene therapies for sickle cell disease that doctors hope can cure the painful, inherited blood disorder that afflicts mostly Black people in the U.S. The Food and ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - September is Sickle Cell Awareness Month, and around the country health professionals continue to discuss the disease that riddles those who have it with excruciating pain.

Sickle Cell Disease is the most common blood disorder in the U.S. according to the CDC, and it can be debilitating. A normal red blood cell is circular shaped, but Sickle Cell Disease causes red blood ...

At age 45, Dr. Lakiea Bailey said, she was the oldest person with sickle cell anemia that she knew. The executive director of the nonprofit patient advocacy group the Sickle Cell Consortium was ...

Hydroxyurea is an oral chemotherapy drug that doctors may prescribe to people with sickle cell disease. It may help prevent complications due to sickle-shaped blood cells clumping together in small ...

West Hartford resident Jean Martin has the sickle cell trait and volunteered to be a part of the study. She said her and her ...

I am a carrier for the sickle cell gene. My A1C has been slightly elevated for years. I would like to know if having the sickle cell trait affects the results of an A1C. -- P.S. ANSWER: Having the ...

DRUG ADMINISTRATION JUST APPROVED A TREATMENT FOR SICKLE CELL DISEASE. SICKLE CELL DISEASE IS A RED BLOOD CELL DISORDER THAT AFFECTS 100,000 AMERICANS, MANY OF WHOM ARE BLACK. RED BLOOD CELLS BECOME ...

CHOP doctors Alexis Thompson and Stephan Grupp are named "Disruptors of the Year" in the second annual Philadelphia Citizen of the Year Awards. Dr. Thompson and Dr. Grupp are recognized for being in ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — June 19 is World Sickle Cell Day, a day to raise awareness of sickle cell disease, an inherited blood disorder that affects red blood cells. Dr. Ardie Pack-Mabien from USA Health ...