Researchers evaluated the use of ultrawide field swept-source OCT-A to evaluate retinal vasculature in patients with sickle cell retinopathy.

For people living with sickle cell disease, joint pain, especially in the knees, can be a frustrating and persistent companion.When swelling and fluid build-up occur in the joint, doctors often ...

By Linda Naa Deide Aryeetey  Accra, May 28.GNA- Ghana and the global medical community are mourning the passing of Professor Felix Israel Domeno Konotey-Ahulu, a renowned Ghanian ...

The Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Pediatric Hematology/Oncology divisions at MUSC have joined forces to create and test an ...

There are more types of sickle cell crisis than a vaso-occlusive crisis, writes columnist Mary Shaniqua, who summarizes ...

Singer T-Boz revealed that when she was first diagnosed with the incurable sickle cell anemia, doctors told her she wouldn ... cell trait might experience complications such as death of spleen tissue ...

Ninety-nine Indonesians who are in Saudi Arabia to perform Hajj pilgrimage have contracted pneumonia, while one pilgrim has ...

spleen, kidneys and liver. People with one copy of the HbS gene are "carriers" of the sickle cell trait and may experience some symptoms. People with two copies of the gene develop sickle cell ...

In 2015 alone, there were between 1,001 to 1,659 new cases of sickle cell anemia per 100,000 births ... adding that the organs most affected include the heart, spleen, kidneys, and liver. “These ...

Sickle cell disease (SCD) warriors have launched a campaign to end stigma and raise awareness about the condition, which they term a major health challenge in Western Kenya. The warriors ...

Children with sickle cell disease, a chronic hemolytic anemia ... If the patient has had a neurological event in the context of severe anemia (e.g. splenic sequestration or aplastic crisis ...

Researchers have found in recent clinical trial conducted in India that combining thalidomide with hydroxyurea (HU) significantly outperformed HU alone in treating sickle cell anemia (SCA). The ...