Columnist Michelle Harlan, who's currently taking hydroxyurea to treat her sickle beta-zero thalassemia, considers some other ...

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a group of genetic blood disorders. A person inherits SCD from their parents when they inherit two copies of the sickle cell gene, one from each parent. This hereditary ...

US LIVE WITH MORE ON THAT. GOOD EVENING MEREDITH AND SICKLE CELL DISEASE IS A BLOOD DISORDER THAT AFFECTS THE BODY’S RED BLOOD CELLS. AND THOSE ARE THE CELLS THAT, AMONG OTHER THINGS, CARRY OXYGEN.

Since it’s discovery in 1910, sickle cell disease has been considered a death sentence for those that inherited it. But over the years, dedicated pediatric programs and research initiatives have ...

Hydroxyurea is an oral chemotherapy drug that doctors may prescribe to people with sickle cell disease. It may help prevent complications due to sickle-shaped blood cells clumping together in small ...

More than 50 years ago my parents took a big chance. They fell in love, got married and had three daughters, not knowing that they both carried the genetic trait for sickle cell disease. I never ...