First in a series. If you’ve read my recent columns, you’ll know I’ve been in a really good place with my health as someone with sickle cell disease. I credit a lot of that to the work I’ve been putting in at the gym to strengthen my body.
A discovery about red blood cells could have implications for sickle cell disease (SCD) and other blood disorders marked by problems with hemoglobin, the protein red blood cells use to carry oxygen through the bloodstream. Scientists found that red blood cells growing under stressful conditions can import heme, an…
Discussion
My sickle cell disease advocacy journey began more than a decade ago, but it has changed shape many times. I have lived through a silent phase, an angry phase, a loud phase, a tired phase, and, finally, a more understanding phase. In my early teens, after learning about my…
Women with sickle cell anemia (SCA), the most common and severe form of sickle cell disease (SCD), have significantly lower ovarian reserve relative to women without SCA and with proven fertility, a study in Nigeria shows. Ovarian reserve is a marker-based estimate of the remaining supply of eggs in the…
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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