WebMD's Chief Medical Officer, John Whyte, MD, speaks with Wanda Whitten-Shurney, MD, CEO and Medical Director of the Michigan Chapter of the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America (SCDAA), and Clifton R. Kirkman II, a sickle cell warrior, about the
National Sickle Cell Awareness Month in September shines a spotlight on a condition affecting millions of people worldwide. The annual observance provides an opportunity to increase public knowledge and an understanding of sickle cell disease and traits.
1University of Michigan;2University of Michigan;Christian, M.1University of Michigan;2University of Michigan;Copyright © 2016 by Association of Black PsychologistsJournal of Black PsychologyBARBARIN, O. A.; CHRISTIAN, M. The social and cultural context of coping with Sickle Cell Disease: A ...
(Sickle Cell Association); Lanetta Bronté-Hall, MD, MPH, MSPH (Foundation for Sickle Cell Disease Research); Robert Clark Brown, MD, PhD (Emory University School of Medicine); Tom Burke (HCD Economics); Yvonne Carroll, RN, JD (St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital); Annie Chicoye (AC...
Only 17% ofchildrenage 5 to 11 with sickle cell disease, and 31% of their counterparts age 12 to 17, had gotten even a primary series of COVID-19 vaccine. That's compared with 25% and 41% of the general Michigan population in these age groups. ...
(Sickle Cell Association); Lanetta Bronté-Hall, MD, MPH, MSPH (Foundation for Sickle Cell Disease Research); Robert Clark Brown, MD, PhD (Emory University School of Medicine); Tom Burke (HCD Economics); Yvonne Carroll, RN, JD (St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital); Annie Chicoye (AC...
Clinicians often hesitate prescribing corticosteroids to treat corticosteroid-responsive conditions in sickle cell disease (SCD) patients because their use can be associated with complications (increased hospital readmission, rebound pain, strokes, avascular necrosis, acute chest syndrome). Consequently, SCD ...
, has sickle cell disease (i.e., a person who has one Hb S gene copy and one Hb C gene copy has sickle cell disease.) A person who inherits two Hb S gene copies (one from each parent; homozygous) has sickle cell anemia, the most common and serious for of sickle cell disease....
What is the theme for World Sickle Cell Day 2021? The theme for this year is ‘Shine the Light on Sickle Cell’. The Sickle Cell Improvement in the Northeast Region through education (SiNERGe) project is collaborating with the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America, Inc. to launch this...
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a monogenetic disorder due to a single base-pair point mutation in the β-globin gene resulting in the substitution of the amino acid valine for glutamic acid in the β-globin chain. Phenotypic variation in the clinical presentation and disease outcome is a charac...