Keeping a job can be difficult when managing SCD and its complications. Columnist Oluwatosin Adesoye shares some helpful tips ...
When someone with sickle cell disease is hospitalized, caregivers must pivot to help manage inpatient teams and monitor pain ...
Delayed puberty can be frightening, but it doesn't have to be the end of the world, writes columnist Oluwatosin Adesoye.
Learn how to safely manage a mild to moderate sickle cell pain crisis at home. Discover tools and red flags that mean it's ...
Supplementing with vitamin D for six months safely improved bone health and functional capacity in children and adolescents with sickle cell disease (SCD), a study finds. More studies are required to ...
People with sickle cell disease (SCD) who are hospitalized for opioid overdose have fewer serious complications than those without the condition, but face longer hospital stays, higher costs, and ...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted orphan drug status to Kind Pharmaceuticals’ investigational oral small molecule AND017 to treat sickle cell disease (SCD). This designation is granted ...
The risk of death from end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) has generally declined in the U.S. over the last 20 years — but not as much for people with sickle cell disease (SCD). Patients with the genetic ...
Casgevy (exagamglogene autotemcel) is now approved in the U.S. to treat children as young as 2 with sickle cell disease (SCD) and recurrent vaso-occlusive crises (VOCs). The U.S. Food and Drug ...
A European Medicines Agency committee has issued a positive opinion on the gene-editing therapy Casgevy (exagamglogene autotemcel) in treating sickle cell disease (SCD) and transfusion-dependent beta ...
A camp in North Carolina offers children living with sickle cell disease the chance to build confidence, independence, and emotional strength while connecting with others who also live with a chronic ...