An antidepressant drug used since the 1960s may hold promise for treating sickle cell disease, say researchers from the University of Michigan Medical...
TLC's Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins has been speaking publicly about her near-lifelong battle with sickle cell disease, but only recently is she opening up a...
The Pittsburgh Steelers will be one man short when they take the field for their season opener against the Denver Broncos this Sunday. Safety Ryan Cla...
Sickle cell disease is a common, deadly, and overlooked killer of children around the world with a mortality rate that rivals that of malaria, HIV/AIDS, and tuberculosis. Why then, haven't you heard of it?
C.J. Clinkscales is an amazing young athlete with dreams of making it to the Junior Olympics this summer. He is a true star on the track, but of...
The last time Pittsburgh Steelers' Ryan Clark played a game in Colorado, he nearly died, the Associated Press reports, highlighting a series of health...
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — The Oklahoma Medical Examiner's Office says a former University of Tulsa football player who died after an unsanctioned boxing m...
Veronika Revegno is turning personal tragedy into a humanitarian tool. In 1999, her sister died of sickle cell anemia while awaiting medical help at an inadequate Tanzanian health care facility.
A history-making agreement was signed today, initiating the West African nation of Angola's first program to address a disease that likely affects some 6,000 babies born there each year.
It seems odd that Americans could be so motivated to address the appalling inequalities behind just one terrible disease and then ignore the other.
