Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi has commended two Kenyan scientists who are developing a treatment for sickle cell disease.Scedamin is a pediatric formulation of hydroxyurea being developed ...

Kennedy gave roughly five minutes of remarks to a packed ballroom in the Francis Marion Hotel, mainly focusing on progress in widening treatment access for sickle cell disease, a blood disorder ...

Kennedy Jr. said 35 states have agreed to participate in a federal pilot program aimed at helping Medicaid patients access costly gene therapies for sickle cell disease. The states represent about ...

In sickle cell disease, red blood cells that carry oxygen become misshapen and fragile, causing them to break down and clog tiny blood vessels, which can create intense pain and damage to vital ...

Let’s take a deep breath and talk about something that hits close to home for many of us, especially in the Black community: Sickle Cell Disease ... One-time treatment that could eliminate severe pain ...

The convener had to pull resources from friends and relations who share her passion and those that feel the pain from relations who may be patients, too. What is uppermost in the mind is that most ...

He was diagnosed in 2024 with the sickle cell trait, which has been linked to the deaths of 14 college football players since 2000, according to the National Registry of Catastrophic Sports ...

If osteoarthritis (OA) causes you pain, you don’t have to grin and bear it. Several types of medications and other treatments can bring you relief ... term use of fish oil supplements improved ...

LAS said it had developed an action plan to improve care for patients with sickle cell disease, including more detailed training for all front-line clinicians and improving the use of pain relief.

Your browser does not support the audio element. In a world where certain health conditions dominate headlines and funding priorities, sickle cell disease — a ...

Sickle cell ... called the Sickle Cell Disease Data Collection program, which aims to learn more about the disease's patient population in a particular state, long-term treatment trends and ...

Regular dental checkups can help sickle cell patients keep on top of these issues, to ensure timely treatment if necessary ... outside of fatigue and a pain crisis. Are there any other symptoms ...