Sickle cell disease advocates in East Texas say raising awareness and expanding education are critical steps toward improving ...

Acute kidney injury (AKI) was found to be common in children aged 17 years and younger who were hospitalized for sickle cell anemia. Sickle cell anemia and acute kidney injury (AKI) were found to have ...

Sickle cell anemia refers to a group of genetic blood disorders that affect a person’s levels of hemoglobin, the protein in ...

Amin, a pediatric hematology and oncology expert at the Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU, which is one of four ...

In the small, single-room house of the Vadakottathara Iruala settlement in Attappadi, seven-year-old Amritalakshmi’s smiling ...

ROANOKE, Va. – Ensuring no one fights alone. The Carilion Clinic Sickle Cell Collaborative is holding a walk to honor sickle cell patients and their caregivers on Saturday. Sickle cell disease is a ...

PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) -- The Centers for Disease Control have announced that children with sickle cell anemia have been found to not receive the necessary, potentially life-altering treatment for their ...

Sickle cell thalassemia occurs when you inherit both a sickle cell gene mutation and a thalassemia gene mutation. Symptoms are similar to other types of sickle cell disease but can vary depending on ...

Sickle cell anemia is the most serious form of sickle cell disease (SCD). It occurs when a person inherits an irregular hemoglobin gene from each parent. Certain groups of people are more at risk of ...

Compared with healthy controls, young patients with sickle cell anemia demonstrated more abnormalities in lung volume via lung clearance index, according to study findings. The study included 35 ...

With few exceptions, Antwon Thornton is a typical 6-year-old, forever moving and dreaming of football. But Thornton, a brown-eyed Jonesboro first grader, was born with sickle cell anemia, a genetic ...