Sickle cell anaemia occurs when red blood cells change shape under low oxygen conditions, transforming into a sickle shape that can block blood flow. This blockage can result in pain in the ...

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, ...

Texas Children’s Global HOPE and Baylor College of Medicine Global Health, collaborating with the independent charity Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation, have announced a pioneering program to combat ...

African Americans are also at risk for a certain type of anemia called sickle cell anemia. Sickle cell anemia is a genetic disease that causes sickle-shaped blood cells that can’t carry oxygen ...

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hematocrit of 19 per cent, no visible reticulocytes and a platelet count of 402,000; the white-cell ... anemia that ensued required numerous blood transfusions. The entire clinical picture was ...