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 ...

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 ...

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 advocate Laurel Brumant-Palmer was first diagnosed with the de-habilitating condition as a three-year-old and has spent a lifetime fighting pain and prejudice. “I call myself the miracle ...

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 ...

Patricia McGill is among the oldest people in the U.S. with sickle cell disease, and she attributes her longevity to optimism, faith, a supportive community and good nutrition.

Sickle cell disease is caused by what’s called a point mutation—a change at a single spot on our DNA—that damages normal hemoglobin, the protein that helps blood carry oxygen through our body.