Acute chest syndrome associated with sickle cell is driven by the abnormal activation of the complement cascade, per a study.

Intranasal fentanyl is a feasible, safe, and effective option for managing acute pain episodes in adults with sickle cell ...

Columnist Oluwatosin Adesoye, a doctor, sorts through the difference between sickle cell anemia and sickle cell disease — and ...

Learn more about episodes of acute pain caused by a vaso-occlusive crisis (VOC), the most common complication of sickle cell anemia.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced that 33 states, along with the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, have agreed to participate in the Cell and Gene Therapy (CGT) ...

Read about the prognosis for adults and children with sickle cell anemia, a disease marked by deformed red blood cells and acute pain crises.

Columnist Tito Oye struggles to describe the pain involved in a sickle cell crisis. She turns to social media to ask her followers for help.

Fatigue in sickle cell anemia patients is common and can affect patients' quality of life, athough research and available treatments are limited.

Read about sickle cell anemia, which stems from odd-shaped red blood cells being unable to carry oxygen. A gene mutation is behind the condition.

Gene therapy is an experimental technique that aims to treat genetic diseases by altering a disease-causing gene or introducing a healthy copy of a mutated gene to the body. The U.S. Food and Drug ...

Transcranial Doppler ultrasound screening measures the speed of blood flow through the blood vessels in the brain, predicting the risk of stroke in SCD.

Oxygen therapy, the breathing in of extra oxygen, can be used to help manage acute complications of SCD due to blood vessel blockage.