A sickle cell gene therapy treatment has allowed a Long Island man to turn a chapter in his life, with doctors declaring him ...

Sickle cell disease commonly affects people of African and Caribbean backgrounds and can be life-threatening but campaigners ...

Dehydration increases blood viscosity, making it thicker and more likely for sickled cells to clump together and block blood vessels. Most sickle cell specialists recommend drinking significantly ...

The Long Island man had been coming to the hospital since he was 2 months old, now after 21 years he is cured. Read on to ...

Medical history has recently been made in a New York City hospital. This month, 21-year-old Sebastien Beauzile became the ...

Scientists from Johns Hopkins Medicine and eight other institutions in the United States, Africa and Europe say they have ...

SCD patients hospitalized for opioid overdose have fewer serious complications but face longer hospital stays and higher ...

While not all chronic diseases can be prevented, one of the best ways to stay healthy is to take preventive health care ...

For teenagers with sickle cell disease, these years can be even ... One of the most debilitating aspects of SCD is pain crises, caused by blocked blood flow due to the misshapen sickle cells.

Unlike normal round red blood cells that flow smoothly through blood vessels, sickled cells can stick together and block blood flow, leading to severe pain (sickle cell crisis), anaemia ...

The launching of the Sentara-Eastern Virginia Medical School Comprehensive Sickle Cell Program in October gave adults ...