Learn how sickle cell disease affects your eyes, including about sickle cell retinopathy, which can lead to vision loss.

Sickle cell disease is a group of inherited disorders that affect the hemoglobin, which causes sickle-shaped red blood cells. Learn about the symptoms, causes and treatment.

Gabriella Ngang, of Farmington Hills, is one of three in Michigan to take part in a clinical trial of a new sickle cell ...

Families of those who have sickle cell disease in the Philadelphia area are pushing for more research and a cure.

Some doctors told him he'd live with the disease forever, but Khaled Alsheebani never stopped believing treatments would advance one day.

Saritee Sanodiya, a 26-year-old who has severe sickle cell disease The deformed cells in sickle cell disease are stiff and sticky and can clog tiny arteries and veins.

Sickle cell trait (SCT) differs vastly from sickle cell disease. SCT is a genetic condition when someone inherits one sickle cell gene.

Sickle Cell Disease is a genetic blood disorder that affects millions worldwide, primarily individuals of African, Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, and Indian ancestry. The condition is ...

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a condition that directly affects the way the red blood cells of the body carry oxygen. This can lead to further complications. In an interview with HT Lifestyle, Dr Vikas ...

The most severe form of sickle cell disease, sickle cell anemia causes red blood cells to be sickle- or crescent-shaped, rather than a disc. That distortion causes the cells to get stuck in the ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Sickle Cell Anemia develops when the body produces an abnormal form of the protein (hemoglobin) in the blood that carries oxygen.