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Read the full storyExchange Transfusions Changed My Life
My name is Laurel Brumant- Palmer I am 58 years old, I was diagnosed with Sickle Cell Disease SS at the age of 3 years old. I am a Sickle Cell survivor. Living with sickle cell disease has been…
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Read the full storyHow I'm Prioritizing My Health in The New Year
Happy New Year! It’s 2022, and my New Year’s resolution is the same as always: to experience and maintain good health. I’m not completely naive. I’m acutely aware of how sickle cell disease works,…
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Read the full story"Sickle Cell patients already face medical biases. The least they deserve is free prescriptions"
After the government rejected calls for such a move, community initiatives can’t continue to be the only answer to survivors’ persisting inequalities A few weeks ago, during a landmark “Treatment of…
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Read the full storyDating with Sickle Cell Remains a Taboo
Alidor Gaspar says he wanted to make sure Sickle Cell wouldn't continue in his family, WHEN ALIDOR Gaspar was diagnosed with sickle cell disease as a young child, he couldn’t have predicted how the…
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Read the full storyCovid: Vulnerable NHS patients to be offered new drug
A new Covid drug designed to reduce the risk of vulnerable patients needing hospital treatment will be available on the NHS from today. Sotrovimab is a monoclonal antibody given as a transfusion to…
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Read the full storyUAB says new gene therapy could one day be cure for sickle cell disease
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - New hope for those living with sickle cell disease. Research from UAB shows a new gene therapy could one day be the cure for sickle cell disease. Dr. Julie Kanter explained…
