Sickle Cell Patients’ Diet Should Be Rich in Selenium, Researchers Say
Insufficient levels of selenium in patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) are associated with red blood cell destruction, or hemolysis, according to a ... Read more
Updates
-
-
What to Do When Traveling with Sickle Cell
The love I have for traveling is like no other. I love immersing myself in different cultures and experiencing different ways of living. However, ... Read more -
UNITY Prenatal Test Uses Maternal Blood to Effectively Screen for SCD, Other Genetic Disorders, Study Says
The prenatal test UNITY, which uses maternal blood samples, is effective in screening for sickle cell disease (SCD), cystic fibrosis (CF), spinal muscular ... Read more -
FDA Awards $2M to Phase 2 Trial of Vitamin D for Reducing Risk of SCD Respiratory Complications
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has awarded $2 million to support a Phase 2 clinical trial testing whether daily supplementation of vitamin ... Read more -
How I Recover from a Sickle Cell Crisis
In the past, when I felt a vaso-occlusive crisis coming on, my plan was to wait it out. However, I quickly realized that not ... Read more
-
New Viral Vector May Make Gene Therapy for Sickle Cell More Effective, NIH Study Reports
A newly designed viral vector — the vehicle that delivers a gene therapy to a ... -
How Diet Can Help Support Sickle Cell Patients: A Nutritionist’s View
Strong evidence points to some complications of sickle cell anemia (SCA) having as much ... -
CDC Expands SCD Data Collection Program to 7 More US States in Effort to Improve Services
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will share an award total of nearly ... -
My Finicky Hygiene Habits Help to Reduce Infection Risk
Clean freak, germaphobe, OCD, finicky — these are some of the terms that people ... -
Special Program Cut Hospital Stays, Improved Well-being of Young Patients with Vaso-Occlusive Crisis, Study Finds
A multidisciplinary plan implemented at Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital was able to cut ... -
NORD 2019 Rare Disease Summit Set for Oct. 21-22 in Washington, DC
Next month’s annual conference of the National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) in Washington, ...
Subscribe to our mailing list
Get regular updates delivered to your email box.
Thanks! Please check your email for a confirmation email.
Kids with Sickle Cell Disease at Risk for Lead Poisoning, NYC Study Shows
News
National and local policies have led to large reductions in lead poisoning cases overall in the U.S., but severe cases are still common among children. Recently, researchers at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) investigated sources of exposure, risk factors, and ... Read more