Patients and caregivers can write on art shaped to appear to be crescent-shaped leaves, symbolizing the mutation of sickle cell disease. 63° Make wishtv.com your home page ...

In Nigeria, similar programs have demonstrated how art can serve as a powerful tool for coping and building resilience among sickle cell patients. The Fit to Achieve Sickle Foundation’s art ...

The Feist-Weiller Cancer Center on the LSU Health Shreveport campus is hosting an art exhibit featuring works created by patients, caregivers, staff, and local artists to raise awareness of sickle ...

Sickle cell tests have become routine in newborn screenings, but older children and adults may need to be tested as well. Read on to see if you or a loved one might benefit from being tested for ...

An exhibition is going on display at LSU Health Shreveport's Feist-Weiller Cancer Center for World Sickle Cell Awareness Day. ... LSU Health Shreveport puts patient-created art on display for World ...

Sickle cell disease affects millions of people worldwide, but disproportionately those of African descent. Experts aren't sure exactly why people of African descent are more likely to inherit the ...

A Somersfield Academy student is arranging a special tea to raise money for a cause close to her heart - Sickle Cell Disease. The tea is the brain child of Shakira Warner, a Year 5 Student at ...

A sickle cell disease center is leading the way in treatment with a new, innovative approach to caring for those with the illness. Dr. Sharl Azar, Medical Director of the Comprehensive Sickle Cell ...

The genetics behind sickle cell — a disorder in which misshapen, or “sickled,” red blood cells become stuck in blood vessels, leading to excruciating pain, organ failure and early death ...

Three-quarters of the world’s sickle cell patients are in sub-Saharan Africa. Several million of them are believed to be sick enough that they would be eligible for the new therapies, compared ...