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11
Apr
2024
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10:53 AM
America/Chicago
By Jean YaegerHer whole life, 19-year-old Ashlynn Malone has struggled with fatigue, outbreaks of severe pain, and hospitalizations due to sickle cell disease (SCD). That’s why Ashlynn jumped at the chance to join a clinical trial designed to stop her SCD symptoms by modifying her blood stem ...
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27
Sep
2023
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11:41 AM
America/Chicago
next ultrasound as part of their ongoing checkups. What’s the outcome? Better management of stroke risk.“The changes that occur in the brains of sickle cell patients are not visible,” Wallace said. “We do the screening to pick up on minute changes that we may not otherwise see had we not do ...
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25
Sep
2023
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15:17 PM
America/Chicago
fection. This includes people who are 65 years and older and people with certain medical conditions such as heart conditions, lung disease, diabetes, sickle cell, or a neurologic condition.During flu, RSV, and COVID-19 seasons, it is very reasonable to wear a mask whenever you are in crowded indoor ...
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20
Sep
2023
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13:58 PM
America/Chicago
AntleWhen the Ray family embarked on a cruise in April to celebrate Caleb Ray’s 18th birthday, their focus was on celebrating a milestone, not the sickle cell disease Caleb has lived with since being diagnosed shortly after birth. Towards the end of the cruise, Caleb developed a fever and be ...
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25
Jan
2023
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11:22 AM
America/Chicago
known as cat scratch fever and can be acquired when scratched by a cat. Big brother, James, is a frequent visitor to Cook Children’s as he manages sickle cell disease. “Sometimes we come in here and I’m like, ‘Hey, I’ve seen you before,’ to a doctor that has been around our son or ...
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03
Oct
2022
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11:03 AM
America/Chicago
By Linda GoelzerA recently approved drug is giving hope to younger patients living with sickle cell disease (SCD). Crizanlizumab is intended to reduce the frequency of pain crises and limit hospitalization in adult and pediatric patients ages 16 and older with SCD. Patients of Clarissa Jo ...
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28
Sep
2022
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12:45 PM
America/Chicago
fter discovering Winnie’s brother, Wisdom, was a perfect match. “The goal of a transplant is to wipe out her diseased bone marrow that only makes sickle cells and replace it with healthy bone marrow essentially curing her of Sickle Cell Disease,” Dr. Howrey said. Transplanting patients ea ...
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01
Feb
2022
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11:01 AM
America/Chicago
add iron into other foods you are already cooking. There are other more rare causes of anemia including inherited red blood cell defects such as sickle cell disease and thalassemia and serious infections. If your child has moderate to severe anemia, they may require a prescription iron sup ...
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28
Sep
2021
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13:52 PM
America/Chicago
er. For many of the more than 100,000 Americans living with the disease, acute painful episodes and chronic pain happen year-round. As if living with sickle cell disease (SCD) isn’t tough enough, they often face stigmas that come with fighting the disease.People with SCD suffer from sickle cel ...
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21
Jul
2021
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11:12 AM
America/Chicago
pain and function to outweigh the risks and is reserved for moderate to severe pain in patients with conditions such as post-operative pain, trauma, sickle cell disease, palliative or end-of-life care.As for patients dealing with chronic pain, the preferred first-line treatments under the Safe and ...
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