Sickle cell anemia may qualify as a disability for people experiencing severe symptoms, allowing access to benefits. However, eligibility depends on how the condition affects daily life. Sickle cell ...

ROANOKE, Va. – Ensuring no one fights alone. The Carilion Clinic Sickle Cell Collaborative is holding a walk to honor sickle cell patients and their caregivers on Saturday. Sickle cell disease is a ...

The genetic mutation is found in 1 and 365 African Americans and effects over 100,000 Americans each year. Sickle Cell Anemia ...

September is National Sickle Cell Anemia Awareness Month. Sickle cell anemia is a disease that is inherited genetically through a trait passed to a child by both parents, affecting the blood cells.

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 ...

September is National Sickle Cell Awareness Month, "a time to bring attention to the challenges faced by people living with sickle cell disease and the lifesaving role of blood donors in their care," ...

How is it that you’re alive? It’s a question that we rarely ask ourselves—but it’s one that has a definite answer. We all know our heart pumps life-giving oxygen throughout our bodies. How does that ...

September is National Sickle Cell Awareness Month in the USA, designated by Congress to help focus attention on the need for ...

In the ever-evolving realm of modern medicine, a once-distant dream to conquer disease through genetics has now inched closer to reality. Last Friday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved ...

Logan and Erin Dorsey, who had sickle cell anemia for 11 years, are now nurses at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, using their experience to help others. "Without God's grace, we wouldn't ...

MaKenzie Lindsay, 15, was diagnosed with sickle cell anemia as a newborn. Over the years, with the help of Oishei Children’s Hospital, she has learned to manage her symptoms and become her own ...