September Is Sickle Cell Awareness Month. While many people are familiar with sickle cell anemia, sickle cell traits have also plagued our community. Sickle cell trait (SCT) is an inherited blood ...
US LIVE WITH MORE ON THAT. GOOD EVENING MEREDITH AND SICKLE CELL DISEASE IS A BLOOD DISORDER THAT AFFECTS THE BODY’S RED BLOOD CELLS. AND THOSE ARE THE CELLS THAT, AMONG OTHER THINGS, CARRY OXYGEN.
People are often encouraged to “know their status,” however this healthy habit can be applied to more than just safe-sex practices. Although they are not the only community who suffers with sickle ...
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 is a devastating, inherited blood disorder that affects an estimated eight million people worldwide and ...
Sickle cell trait (SCT) and pregnancy each exacerbate the symptoms of COVID-19. As a result, pregnant individuals with SCT may have a higher risk of COVID-19 infection. An estimated 300 million people ...
This informational guide, part of POPSUGAR's Condition Center, lays out the realities of this health concern: what it is, what it can look like, and strategies that medical experts say are proven to ...
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 ...
Five seemingly unconnected Black and ethnic minority Londoners discover they have superpowers in the hit Netflix series "Supacell". The link between them? They all suffer from sickle cell anaemia, a ...
Mary Thomson and her husband, Kanjala, have lost their income amid changing witchdoctors, but their firstborn’s suffering has not changed. Since 2011, Ethel, 15, was frequently bedridden with severe ...