The incidence of stroke continues to increase for adults and children living with sickle cell disease (SCD) despite the Stroke Prevention Trial in Sickle Cell Anemia (STOP) establishing standards of ...

The incidence of stroke continues to increase for adults and children living with sickle cell disease (SCD), despite the ...

A new type of blood test using lipids could make it easier to identify children at risk of complications around obesity ...

• Acute kidney injury occurs when the kidneys suddenly lose their ability to filter waste from the blood. Erythropoietin-stimulating agents are medicines that are mainly used to treat problems with ...

For people with SCD, hemoglobin S (a mutated protein that transports oxygen) causes red blood cells to become curved ...

Gene therapy technology offers enormous hope for thousands of people battling sickle cell amenia in part because of the Black Panther Party’s grassroots efforts decades ago.

Red blood cells are the most abundant cells in the body. It has long been known that when red blood cells break down or ...

Children with sickle cell anemia might receive penicillin between the ages of about 2 months old until at least age 5. Doing so helps prevent infections, such as pneumonia, which can be ...

"Nana Nana" shares the story of Bertone's grandmother and watching her dementia progress as a little boy, to show children it ...

A panic attack is a sudden, intense feeling of fear or discomfort. Here’s what it looks like in children – and how to respond ...

A homeless woman who claims she was subjected to unlivable conditions while living at a Sacramento motel then evicted is ...

Filmmaker Joel Gilbert interviewed Cheree Peoples, a mother prosecuted by Kamala Harris over her daughter's school truancy. As Attorney General of California, Harris led a crackdown on school ...