Soon after turning one and taking his first steps, Ryan began facing a lot of challenges. He had to have his spleen removed ...

Originally published on Aflac Newsroom It all started nearly three decades ago with a $3 million pledge to establish the ...

Papitto Opportunity Connection is hoping to help people struggling with a disease that it claims is "woefully understudied ...

The State Government has provided legislation that prohibits marriage without the couple undergoing a series of tests, ...

Many stereotypes about Black sufferers of sickle cell disease are floating around, and most of them can be easily dispelled.

Good morning! What would you buy if you earned $305 million in one year? Maybe I'd have a different color KitchenAid mixer for every season. Bird flu: ...

The program will bring specialists from hospital medicine, general medicine, psychiatry and pain medicine under one roof.

Sickle cell disease affects one out of every 365 African-American births. The Papitto Opportunity Connection has provided a ...

Madhya Pradesh Governor Mangubhai Patel said on Monday that medical counselling regarding sickle cell disease is important, especially in the tribal communities of the state. “If sickle cell patients ...

Adults with sickle cell disease (SCD) have an increased risk for stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA), according to a study published online Sept. 20 in Blood. Olubusola Oluwole, M.D., from the ...

Current sickle cell disease treatment options include: A cornerstone of SCD treatment since 1988, hydroxyurea works by increasing the production of hemoglobin F, which helps prevent the formation of ...

This month Genomics England is marking Sickle Cell Awareness Month, which aims to bring greater visibility of the genetic ...