ROANOKE, Va. – Ensuring no one fights alone. The Carilion Clinic Sickle Cell Collaborative is holding a walk to honor sickle cell patients and their caregivers on Saturday. Sickle cell disease is a ...

Sickle cell thalassemia occurs when you inherit both a sickle cell gene mutation and a thalassemia gene mutation. Symptoms are similar to other types of sickle cell disease but can vary depending on ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Sherrell Johnson, 43, is a force to be reckoned with. She calls herself the "Sickle Cell Diva." "I don't let sickle cell run me," Johnson said. "I run sickle cell." She's lived with ...

September is National Sickle Cell Anemia Awareness Month. Sickle cell anemia is a disease that is inherited genetically through a trait passed to a child by both parents, affecting the blood cells.

Sickle cell anemia is a genetic disease that causes misshapen blood cells. This leads to a lifetime of chronic pain.

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 ...

Sickle cell anemia can cause a wide array of serious health complications. Be sure you know what signs to look for. Sickle ...

A Milwaukee author living with sickle cell disease is transforming his lifelong battle with pain into advocacy, while ...

Life expectancy has soared and interest in the disease is growing, but breakthrough gene therapies are extraordinarily expensive.

Research from the National Institutes of Health shows that wind can aid in increasing pain for sickle cell patients, primarily because of the way their blood cells are shaped. The NIH found that ...

Northeast Louisiana Sickle Cell Anemia Foundation received $20,000, presented by several Monroe City Council members.