Various factors block sufferers of disease from receiving treatment that is effective and has widespread availability ...

NEW JERSEY (PIX11) — For children living with sickle cell disease, life can involve severe pain, daily medication, and ...

A new study finds that only one in three patients visiting emergency departments (EDs) for severe pain associated with sickle cell disease received appropriate opioid-based pain-relieving medications ...

From taking hydroxyurea as a child to participating in clinical studies as an adult, longtime Johns Hopkins Medicine patient and advocate Aldoris Mbonya-Bate has seen decades of progress in sickle cel ...

A Central Texas mother grieving the death of her 25-year-old daughter is turning her pain into a push for change, protesting ...

Right now, approximately 20 billion red blood cells are busy traveling through your blood vessels. They are delivering oxygen to all the different tissues in your body and removing carbon dioxide to ...

For many kids and families facing sickle cell disease, the journey begins with newborn screening. At Children's Hospital ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers observed what they called “alarming” underutilization of disease-modifying therapies for sickle cell ...

(WGHP) — Dwa Carson, 13, is using her own journey living with sickle cell disease to inspire others and help save lives. Dwa, who loves to dance, was diagnosed with the inherited blood disorder when ...

FOR many young people, starting a family is a major life decision. Yet before marriage or parenthood, one simple piece of ...

People hospitalized for sickle cell disease on Long Island are more likely to be admitted with life-threatening symptoms than any other New Yorkers, a study released Friday shows, and public health ...