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, ...

The event was organised by the Safe Space Humanitarian Initiative, a non-governmental organisation founded by the state’s ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

A team of medical researchers affiliated with a large number of institutions in China has functionally cured a female patient ...

Patricia McGill is among the oldest people in the U.S. with sickle cell disease, and she attributes her longevity to optimism ...

Pfizer withdrew its pill for sickle cell disease amid heightened European scrutiny, triggered by death rates seen in clinical ...

This summary covers recent health news, including the slow adoption of gene therapy for sickle cell, Glenview Capital's ...