Sickle cell anemia causes sickle-shaped cells to block blood flow to the lungs, leading to acute chest syndrome. Common treatment methods involve oxygen supplementation and pain management. Sickle ...

Sickle cell anemia can cause your blood cells to stick as they move through your body, leading to symptoms such as fatigue, intense pain, and jaundice. Symptoms such as chest pain may signal a sickle ...

Sickle cell anemia is the most severe form of sickle cell disease (SCD). Treatments for sickle cell anemia include medications, blood transfusions, and bone marrow transplants. SCD is a group of ...

Sickle cell anemia is an inherited condition that impacts red blood cells. It can cause a variety of symptoms, which may include anemia, infections, and blockages in blood vessels. Sickle cell disease ...

It would seem an unlikely pairing. One, pediatric hematologist Lydia Pecker, raised in Brooklyn and trained in the Bronx and Washington, D.C. The other, Lauren Anthony, recruited from Edmond, Oklahoma ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- It's been more than a month since the FDA approved two milestone gene-editing treatments for sickle cell disease, but lining up patients for these therapies will be a challenge ...

A patient on Long Island is the first in New York to be cured of sickle cell anemia, doctors say. They credit state-of-the-art genetic treatment. Medical history made at Cohen Children's Medical ...

When Amy Cohen, 29, finished the New York City Marathon, she broke ground as the first person with the illness to run the 26.2 mile race Mass General Brigham Amy Cohen became the first-ever person ...