The use of pharmaceutical disease-modifying therapies (pDMTs) has increased in recent years among both children and adults with sickle cell disease (SCD), according to a study analyzing U.S. claims data. Over the same eight-year period, the use of chronic blood transfusion therapy (CBT) has remained low and has…
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Over the past month, Nigeria, where I live, has witnessed several painful losses. One that shook many people was the death of a popular actor, reportedly due to metastatic kidney cancer. News of his death spread quickly across the entertainment industry and on social media. Many Nigerians admired him for…
Higher vitamin A levels in the blood were significantly associated with better lung function in children and adolescents with sickle cell anemia (SCA), the most common and severe form of sickle cell disease (SCD), a small study shows. Given that vitamin A levels tend to be low in children with…
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After completing my finals and passing my clinical comprehensive exam last week, I now have the opportunity to reflect on my third year as a clinical psychology doctoral student. I began writing this column at the start of the school year, and looking back at my previous columns, I realized…
Becoming educated and informed about sickle cell disease is a good first step. Here you’ll find general information about the disease, including diagnosis, symptoms, and causes.
It helps to know others have been where you are now. Here’s a collection of our columnists’ words of wisdom to help you along on your sickle cell disease journey.
A stem cell transplant is the only potential cure for sickle cell disease, but there are a variety of other treatment approaches. Here you can find more information about current treatments as well as experimental therapies in the pipeline.
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