In The Pitt Season 1 Episode 2, sickle cell disease (SCD) is the main focus, as it brings to light the tough medical and racial challenges that people with this illness have to face every day.
Columnist Oluwatosin Adesoye shares a list of things that everyone should know and understand about sickle cell disease.
Doctors noticed that patients who had sickle cell anemia, a serious hereditary blood disease, were more likely to survive malaria, a disease which kills some 1.2 million people every year.
You're reading Part 6 of Coercive Care, a yearlong examination of the denial of reproductive autonomy for people with sickle cell disease. As a small child, Pat Wells just thought she had a bad back.
Sickle cell affects thousands of people in the UK but it’s a condition that is often overlooked. This World Sickle Cell Day, Stylist breaks down the important things you need to know about the ...
There are several types of sickle cell disease and haemoglobin SS (HbSS) is a severe form, affecting 65% of people who have SCD. People with this form inherited 1 gene and coded with haemoglobin S ...