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 ...

People in England to benefit from groundbreaking one-off gene therapy for severe sickle cell disease approved by NICE ...

The lab can detect sickle cell disease in fetuses, enabling early intervention and reducing the burden of new cases. Sickle cell anaemia, an incurable genetic disorder, affects thousands in the ...

Since two groundbreaking treatments were approved in late 2023, only a handful of patients have been able to access the ...

FRIDAY, Jan. 24, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- People with sickle cell disease often struggle with memory, focus, learning and problem solving, setting them back in school and the workplace. That could be ...

Columnist Mary Shaniqua, who undergoes monthly transfusions because of sickle cell, thanks the blood donors who make it ...

Reference: “Brain Age Modeling and Cognitive Outcomes in Young Adults With and Without Sickle Cell Anemia” by Andria L. Ford, Slim Fellah, Yan Wang, Kira Unger-Levinson, Maria Hagan, Martin N. Reis, ...

But for a brief moment on a recent December morning, Wedam, 19, who has sickle cell disease ... In between, the stem cell processing lab needs several months to genetically alter the cells ...

Overall, the life expectancy of patients with SCD is lower than that of persons without SCD. 1 However, life expectancy varies depending on the type of disease, treatments administered, and ...