Tatyana Thompson was diagnosed with sickle cell anemia as a baby. When she became a parent, her symptoms worsened. A treatment at Johns Hopkins finally cured her.

Female adolescents and adults with sickle cell disease are at risk for a range of menstrual complications, especially pain and abnormal uterine bleeding. That’s according to the authors of a new multi ...

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 ...

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 ...

"It feels like glass running through your veins." Faith Adjei-Sarpong lives with sickle cell disease and, like many others ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Less than one-third of patients who went to the ED with acute sickle cell disease pain received a first opioid ...

You're reading Part 5 of Coercive Care, a yearlong examination of the denial of reproductive autonomy for people with sickle cell disease. ST. LOUIS — All morning, nurses had been coming in, taking ...

"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 ...

Howard University opens the first comprehensive wellness center for sickle cell disease in Washington, D.C., offering personalized care and support.

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, ...

On her best days, Tatyana Thompson’s pain was at a level five. Some days, it would stay that way, a persistent throb in her joints, her hands, her back. On other days, if she was dehydrated or was hit ...