Nikki Peterson, like approximately 100,000 other Americans, was born with sickle cell anemia. The 43-year-old lives in Upper Marlboro, Md., and ends up in the hospital about four times during what she ...

After 35 years of consistent pain, Allan Byamukama became one of the few individuals in the world cured of sickle cell ...

Researchers have found a link between the release from malformed red blood cells of the vital protein that carries oxygen and episodes of severe pain in people with sickle cell disease. The discovery ...

How Painimation reveals pain's complexity The team explored how Painimation, a novel app developed by Emory University collaborator Dr. Charles Jonassaint, could help decode the neural signatures of ...

Under the agreement, participating states will receive “discounts and rebates” from the drugmakers if the treatments don’t ...

Pain in sickle cell disease is frequently misunderstood, leading to mistrust between patients and providers. Many patients report managing their pain crises at home, because they fear being dismissed, ...

Somewhere between a whisper and a groan, he murmured, “Mommy, it hurts.” Then he curled his six-year old body into ball and collapsed onto the floor. It was Christmas Day, 2018. And for the first time ...

Medicaid is doing a novel payment system for the new, promising and expensive sickle cell treatment. It may become a model ...

“Do not bring your corpse-like children into our family.” My sister-in-law’s harsh words pierced the air as I sat in the hospital, cradling my two children. Her cruel remark struck deeper than any ...

A view of paintings related to sickle cell on a table as Dominique Goodson, who has sickle cell and advocates for awareness about the disease, takes a phone call in her room at her home in the ...

Pain in sickle cell disease is frequently misunderstood, leading to mistrust between patients and providers. Many patients report managing their pain crises at home, because they fear being dismissed, ...