For patients, every encounter is a test not just of the healthcare system, but of whether they are believed and respected.

Sickle cell anemia (SCA) is an inherited disorder of red blood cells. Some parents may learn that their infant has this disorder after prenatal testing. Hospitals also test for SCA after birth as part ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - September is Sickle Cell Awareness Month, and around the country health professionals continue to discuss the disease that riddles those who have it with excruciating pain.

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an inherited disorder that affects over 100,000 people in the United States, according to the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America, of that number, the Centers for ...

SHREVEPORT, La. - In Shreveport, while childhood leukemia remains one of the most common cancer diagnoses among kids, doctors say it's another blood disorder they're seeing more often -- sickle cell ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Sherrell Johnson, 43, is a force to be reckoned with. She calls herself the "Sickle Cell Diva." "I don't let sickle cell run me," Johnson said. "I run sickle cell." She's lived with ...

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a group of genetic blood disorders. A person inherits SCD from their parents when they inherit two copies of the sickle cell gene, one from each parent. This hereditary ...

Sickle cell disease can cause various eye-related complications, including retinopathy. If untreated, sickle cell retinopathy can cause permanent vision loss. Treatments include laser therapy and eye ...

Life expectancy has soared and interest in the disease is growing, but breakthrough gene therapies are extraordinarily ...

Novo Nordisk (($NVO)) announced an update on their ongoing clinical study. Study Overview: Novo Nordisk is conducting a global Phase 3 study ...

Patients with sickle cell disease and beta-thalassemia treated with exagamglogene autotemcel reported substantial and ...