Sickle cell anemia is a rare blood disorder passed down in families. Doctors can test for the trait that causes it before, during, or soon after birth. Sickle cell anemia (SCA) is an inherited blood ...

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Sickle cell anemia (SCA) is an inherited disorder of red blood cells. Some parents may learn that their infant has this disorder after prenatal testing. Hospitals also test for SCA after birth as part ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Low placental growth factor had a significant association with early-onset preeclampsia for women with sickle ...

Newborn screening programs to detect serious metabolic disorders before they become symptomatic are now well-established in all developed countries, and have been introduced to a greater or lesser ...

Joy Watitwa's ill health started when only four months old. She has fought sickle cell disease for 37 years now, and although in pain for most of her life, Watitwa has tried not to let the disease ...

The U.S. government will test whether centrally coordinating insurance coverage can help people with sickle cell disease access expensive new gene therapies for the inherited blood condition. Two such ...

You're reading Part 5 of Coercive Care, a yearlong examination of the denial of reproductive autonomy for people with sickle cell disease. ST. LOUIS — All morning, nurses had been coming in, taking ...

As the world observed the World Sickle Cell Day, SCD survivor Tawo Obassi-Onor, who lost her brother to the disease, has urged the Federal Government to urgently mandate genotype counselling and ...

After 35 years of consistent pain, Allan Byamukama became one of the few individuals in the world cured of sickle cell ...