On her best days, Tatyana Thompson’s pain was at a level five. Some days, it would stay that way, a persistent throb in her joints, her hands, her back. On other days, if she was dehydrated or was hit ...

Stuart Orkin and Swee Lay Thein shared a Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences for their research on genetic causes of sickle ...

Learn how to exercise safely with sickle cell disease, including recommended activities, precautions to avoid crises, and ...

A $2.5 million gift by Ted W. Love and Joyce Y. Love to UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals will expand care for patients with ...

Pain in sickle cell disease is frequently misunderstood, leading to mistrust between patients and providers. Many patients report managing their pain crises at home, because they fear being dismissed, ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Most patients living with sickle cell disease who went to the emergency ...

Female adolescents and adults with sickle cell disease are at risk for a range of menstrual complications, especially pain and abnormal uterine bleeding. That’s according to the authors of a new multi ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Ivanhoe Newswire) - Sickle cell disease is a devastating, inherited blood disorder that affects an estimated eight million people worldwide and roughly 100,000 here in the United ...

Nikki Peterson, like approximately 100,000 other Americans, was born with sickle cell anemia. The 43-year-old lives in Upper Marlboro, Md., and ends up in the hospital about four times during what she ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Less than one-third of patients who went to the ED with acute sickle cell disease pain received a first opioid ...

A reduced-intensity bone marrow transplant regimen developed by Johns Hopkins physicians provides durable engraftment with ...