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Sickle Cell Disease: A Cultural History - YouTube

Sickle Cell Disease can only be understood in the context of racial politics. Predominantly seen in populations of African heritage, ...

A New Hope for Sickle Cell Disease - Doris Duke Foundation

This led us to develop the Sickle Cell Disease/Advancing Cures program in 2017, which funded 19 research projects through $18.8 million and was ...

Sicklepedia: Sickle Cell Disorders

Sickle cell disorders are genetic, meaning they are passed down from parents to their children. Normally, red blood cells are round and flexible and can travel ...

a neglected chronic disease of increasing global health importance

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a single gene disorder causing a debilitating systemic syndrome characterised by chronic anaemia, acute painful episodes, organ ...

Sickle Cell Disease - Red Cross Blood Donation

Sickle cell disease is a common, inherited red blood disorder. Learn what the American Red Cross is doing to help fight sickle cell disease.

Vance Marchbanks' Contribution to Public Health Policy on Sickle ...

Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) gained its name from its initial medical identification in 1910. A young doctor coined the term after examining a blood sample from a ...

Approach to Sickle Cell Disease | Learn Pediatrics

Background · Sickle cell disease occurs when an affected individual inherits HbS from both parents and has the resultant genotype of HbSS.

Natural History of Blood Pressure in Sickle Cell Disease

Blood pressure is generally lower than normal in individuals with sickle cell anemia. Those with high values relative to this population had an increased risk ...

About Sickle Cell Disease

This anemia is what gives the disease its commonly known name - sickle cell anemia. The sickle cells also block the flow of blood through ...

Black People and Sickle Cell Anemia: Your Questions Answered

Sickle cell anemia (SCA) is a genetic condition that affects your red blood cells. Although SCA can affect anyone, Black people are at a higher ...

Sickle Cell Disease Causes, Symptoms Treatment Information

Having a family history of sickle cell disease increases a child's risk for the disease. sickle cell disease mainly affects people whose families came from ...

Sickle cell disease and pregnancy - March of Dimes

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is when your red blood cells are shaped like sickles. Learn about sickle cell disease and pregnancy.

Pediatric Sickle Cell Disease - Conditions and Treatments

Sickle cell disease is an inherited blood disorder characterized by defective hemoglobin. Learn how your child may be affected and the innovative treatments ...

Improving Outcomes for Patients With Sickle Cell Disease in the ...

Importance Although considered a rare disease with fewer than 200 000 cases annually in the US, sickle cell disease (SCD) is the most common ...

Sickle cell anemia | Symptoms, Sickle Cell Trait, & Treatment

Sickle cell anemia is a hereditary disease that destroys red blood cells by causing them to take on a rigid sickle shape.

Genetics of Sickle Cell | Hemoglobin and HBB Gene Mutation

Sickle cell disease is a genetic, lifelong disease caused by an alteration in a gene that affects a person's red blood cells. Learn about the role that ...

Sickle Cell Disease in Children - Health Encyclopedia

Having a family history of SCD increases a child's risk for the disease. SCD mainly affects people whose families came from Africa and Hispanics whose families ...

Sickle cell gene therapy: 75 years of science

In sickle cell disease, a mutation causes hemoglobin molecules to form a rigid chain. This causes red blood cells to stiffen into a sickle shape ...

What is Sickle Cell Disease (SCD)?

Sickle cell disease is an inherited blood disorder that affects red blood cells. People with sickle cell disease have red blood cells that contain mostly ...

Sickle Cell Trait - NCAA.org

Though it has recently raised alarm in the athletic community, exercising with sickle cell trait is generally safe and with proper awareness ...