Sickle cell anemia may qualify as a disability for people experiencing severe symptoms, allowing access to benefits. However, eligibility depends on how the condition affects daily life. Sickle cell ...

This informational guide, part of POPSUGAR's Condition Center, lays out the realities of this health concern: what it is, what it can look like, and strategies that medical experts say are proven to ...

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an inherited disorder that affects over 100,000 people in the United States, according to the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America, of that number, the Centers for ...

For the first time, scientists say new therapies have the power to cure sickle cell disease. The disease is a devastating, ...

Both new FDA-approved medicines offer a potential cure, but they will come with a hefty price tag and it will be years before their long-term effects are clear. Sickle cell disease, a painful ...

Within 12 hours of landing in Florida in January, 2021, Sebastien Beauzile, then 17, was admitted to two separate hospitals. He had come to Florida to surprise his sister for her birthday. But instead ...

Hydroxyurea is an oral chemotherapy drug that doctors may prescribe to people with sickle cell disease. It may help prevent complications due to sickle-shaped blood cells clumping together in small ...

At age 45, Dr. Lakiea Bailey said, for the longest time, that she was the oldest person with sickle cell anemia that she knew. The executive director of the nonprofit patient advocacy group the Sickle ...

This article is part of The Athletic’s series marking UK Black History Month. To view the whole collection, click here. Lassana Diarra was preparing for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. The ...

Because SCD can impair blood and oxygen delivery to any part of the body, it can cause a wide range of complications, including anemia, blood clots, and stroke. It can also damage organs, such as the ...