A new study has found older-looking brains in adults with sickle cell disease, helping to explain the cognitive challenges experienced by such individuals. A brain image from a healthy individual ...

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Emory Moore, a 12-year-old treated at Brenner Children’s Hospital for sickle cell disease, received a ...

A groundbreaking study reveals that individuals with sickle cell disease show premature brain aging, appearing 14 years older ...

Individuals with sickle cell disease—a chronic illness where misshapen, sticky blood cells clump together, reducing oxygen ...

Individuals with sickle ... healthy people of known ages. The estimated brain age was compared with the individual’s actual age. The researchers found that participants with sickle cell disease ...