Sickle cell disease and sickle cell trait can increase the risk of eye diseases associated with diabetes mellitus, a study ...

Yellowing of the skin and eyes. This can result from damaged ... Hemoglobin SS, also called sickle cell anemia, is usually the most severe type of this disorder. A blood test can check for the ...

Medical advances are changing some of the hallmark physical symptoms of sickle cell disease, columnist Oluwatosin Adesoye ...

For 21 years, Sebastien Beauzile lived with the chronic pain of sickle cell anemia. Now, thanks to a groundbreaking genetic treatment, he is the first person in New York to be cured of the disease.

Background: The Multicenter Study of Hydroxyurea (HU) in Sickle Cell Anemia (MSH) previously showed that daily oral HU reduces painful sickle cell (SS) crises by 50% in patients with moderate to ...

This month, 21-year-old Sebastien Beauzile became the first man in New York history to be cured of sickle cell anemia, a genetic blood disorder, thanks to a new form of gene therapy. “ ...

The quality of life of patients with sickle cell anemia is severely compromised similar to or even worse than patients with other chronic diseases such as arthritis. Patients who responded to ...