This week's Guest Voice is Richard Bayliss, who talks about three coping tools he's found useful in living with sickle cell ...

HealthDay News — For children with sickle cell anemia (SCA), hydroxyurea has sustained clinical benefits in terms of reducing emergency department visits and hospital days, according to a study ...

A recent finding showed how hydroxyurea, a popular chemotherapy oral drug can help kids with sickle cell disease.

“Our results reinforce that hydroxyurea, the most efficacious medicine available for sickle cell disease, continues to have ...

Sickle Cell Disease is a genetic blood disorder characterised ... particularly when seeking pain relief, due to racial bias or misconceptions about drug-seeking behaviour. This discrimination ...

These cells can become lodged in the veins and block blood flow, leading to organ damage, infection, and episodes of severe pain throughout the body, known as VOEs, which can be so debilitating that ...

The Sickle Cell Consortium is a national organization dedicated to improving the lives of individuals with sickle cell disease through advocacy, education, and community collaboration. Over the past ...

C-reactive protein levels significantly higher during follicular vs luteal phase, which may contribute to pattern of painful vaso-occlusive events. HealthDay News — For adults with sickle cell ...

Current treatment options such as hydroxycarbamide, chronic transfusion or anti-P-selectin antibodies, do not fully prevent life-threatening acute and chronic complications of sickle cell disease.

Getting enough sleep, taking pain relief, doing gentle stretches, and having a massage are ways to relieve a pinched nerve. Getting enough sleep, taking pain relief, doing gentle stretches ...

Period-driven inflammation could influence the risk of pain events among women with sickle cell disease Levels of C-reactive protein increase among women with sickle cell disease during the first half ...

Period-driven inflammation could influence the risk of pain events among women with sickle cell disease Levels of C-reactive protein increase among women with sickle cell disease during the first ...