sickle cell disease
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NFL MVP, Howard University President Relate to the Pain Sickle Cell Patients Endure
Football fans often remember Santonio Holmes as the Most Valuable Player in Super Bowl XLVIII where the Pittsburgh Steelers wide…
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Major Investment Announced to Cure Sickle Cell, HIV
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) plans to invest at least $100 million over the next four years toward developing…
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Sickle Cell Association Makes Strides Against Disease
As part of National Sickle Cell Awareness Month, Francis-Gibson served as host of the eighth annual Sickle Cell Disease Therapeutics…
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Living My Best Life at 60
We only live once, so let's make the best of it. After all, your life matters, too.
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HU Hospital Holds Annual Forum on Sickle Cell
The Towers Auditorium at Howard University Hospital was packed recently for the sixth annual World Sickle Cell Awareness Symposium, as…
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Ask Dr. Kevin: Shedding Light on the ‘Invisible Symptoms’ of Sickle Cell Disease
September was Sickle Cell Awareness Month in the United States. Every year at this time, I like to take a…
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Foundation Shines Light on Sickle Cell for Awareness Month
During September, which is recognized as National Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month, thousands will mobilize to help those living and…
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EDITORIAL: Advocacy Needed to Eradicate Sickle Cell Disease
September is National Sickle Cell Anemia Month. For more than 700,000 Americans living with the disease, this is not a…
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Patients, Health Professionals Observe World Sickle Cell Day
Known as "the silent killer," sickle cell disease is one of the most common genetic disorders in the United States,…
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Medical Revolution: DNA, Sickle Cell and the Stem Cell Debate
Deoxyribonucleic acid – or DNA – testing is a very exciting frontier for sickle cell disease, specifically for African-Americans, said…
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