Screening children for certain clotting proteins may help clinicians in resource-poor settings identify serious complications ...

Being a doctor with sickle cell disease helps columnist Oluwatosin Adesoye relate to patients, but it also presents ...

Using hormonal contraceptives does not increase the risk of painful episodes in women with sickle cell, and is generally safe ...

A developmental screening tool may identify young children with SCD who are at risk for academic difficulties, a study found.

Columnist Michelle Harlan, who's currently taking hydroxyurea to treat her sickle beta-zero thalassemia, considers some other ...

Having his first brain MRI scan serves as a reminder to columnist Dunstan Nicol-Wilson about the power of collaborative healthcare.

Researchers received a federal grant to see if diabetes drug empagliflozin is safe and effective for SCD kidney damage.

Memantine, a cheaply available drug used for decades to treat Alzheimer's, may help prevent sickle cell crises, especially in ...

Higher levels of fetal hemoglobin (HbF) seem to protect people with sickle cell disease (SCD) by reducing the risk of lung problems, such as pulmonary hypertension, and delaying bone damage, at least ...

In a mouse study, blood stem cells from sickle cell disease (SCD) patients modified with CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing showed reduced long-term contribution compared with cells treated using other ...

The breakdown of red blood cells — a defining feature of sickle cell disease (SCD) — may contribute to the cognitive problems many people with the condition experience, a study suggested. Researchers ...