UCSF researchers found that 64.4% of female patients report sickle cell disease (SCD) pain during menstruation. However, ...

Sickle cell anemia (HbSS) is the homozygous dominant variant and the most common and severe form of the disease. Whereas patients who only inherited one gene encoding for abnormal HbS and a different ...

Vertex Pharmaceuticals and bluebird bio have entered into an agreement with CMS to participate in a new Medicaid payment model for gene-based sickle cell anemia treatments, the agency announced ...

A Black female doctor when that was rare, she developed a diagnostic test for the disease that is still a standard tool, as well as treatment guidelines. By Sam Roberts Dr. Angella D. Ferguson, a ...

New Jersey has added sickle cell anemia as a qualifying condition for the state’s Medicinal Cannabis Program. Under a measure signed Jan. 12 by outgoing Gov. Phil Murphy, patients diagnosed with the ...

The blood of a sickle cell patient under a light microscope. The sickling of the otherwise round red blood cells is clearly visible. Sickle cell anemia is the world’s most common genetic disorder. It ...

Sickle cell anemia is the world's most common genetic disorder. It causes the red blood pigment hemoglobin to crystallize, which results in rigid, malformed red blood cells with a sickle shape. This ...

RICHMOND, Va. — With the next General Assembly session set to begin next week, people who suffer from sickle cell anemia and their loved ones are gearing up to push for legislation and funding support ...

Why Elon Musk says saving for retirement will be 'irrelevant' in the next 20 years Maps don’t show Greenland’s true size. Here’s how big it actually is. Tesla stock drops. Elon Musk makes a surprise ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (WJRT) - A Saginaw family is celebrating the new year at Mott Children's Hospital as their son, 10-year-old Elijah Dottery, continues his fight against sickle cell anemia. He was ...

SAGINAW, Mich. (WNEM) - At just 10 years old, Elijah Dottery has already faced more challenges than most people will in a lifetime. The Saginaw native has battled sickle cell anemia since birth, ...

CHEROKEE COUNTY, Ga. — A Cherokee County man living with Sickle Cell Disease is now the first known person with the condition to get a medical pilot’s license. Channel 2’s Fred Blankenship spoke with ...