September Is Sickle Cell Awareness Month. While many people are familiar with sickle cell anemia, sickle cell traits have also plagued our community. Sickle cell trait (SCT) is an inherited blood ...

Earlier this year, a female basketball player in Pennsylvania was found dead in her dorm room. It was first suspected that Shanice Clark died suddenly from inhaling chewing gum until the coroner ...

Sickle cell disease—the subject of a new Seminar in The Lancet—is one of the most prevalent and fastest-growing genetic disorders worldwide. Although its true prevalence is difficult to determine ...

Contrary to misconceptions among medical professionals and patients alike, individuals born with sickle cell trait (SCT) show no risk of experiencing the acute pain crises known to occur with sickle ...

Dear Dr. Donohue: I am a black woman with a 13-year-old son who will be in high school next year. He has his heart set on playing football. His father has sickle cell trait, and I had the boy checked.

Sickle cell conditions are genetic blood disorders that affect haemoglobin, the molecule in red blood cells responsible for carrying oxygen throughout the body. While both sickle cell trait and sickle ...