A systematic literature review found no evidence to support that physical exertion without rhabdomyolysis (muscle breakdown) or heat injury can cause sudden death for individuals with sickle cell ...

The researchers found that people who were economically deprived, even in the absence of sickle cell disease, had more ...

Genetic Carriers for Sickle Cell Disease Have Higher Risks of Blood Clots Across Diverse Ancestries Sep. 12, 2024 — Researchers have found that being a carrier for sickle cell disease ...

There will be a blood drive for sickle cell disease – the most common inherited blood disorder – this weekend in South Jersey ...

Adults with sickle cell anemia (SCA) and healthy controls with greater economic deprivation have older brain age.

Can we predict that natural selection will weed out genetic disease over time? Sickle-cell trait haplotype distribution shows the genetic advantages of this mutation. In the deoxygenated ...

The CDC states that, on average, sickle cell disease reduces a patient's lifespan by more than 20 years, which is why Carla ...

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Her son, McKinley has sickle cell disease. "Their blood cells are not round, like you and I, but they are shaped like a sickle, kind of like a croissant," she said. People with the disease often ...

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

Someone in the United States requires a blood transfusion every two seconds. For individuals fighting sickle cell disease, ...