Sentences with phrase «about sickle cell disease»

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If you have sickle cell disease, you may have questions about breastfeeding your newborn.

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«These national guidelines are directed not just to hematologists but to all medical practitioners who might encounter sickle cell disease patients, to inform them about hydroxyurea and how to best offer general medical care to them,» Dr. Buchanan said.

About 100,000 Americans have sickle cell disease, or one out of every 365 births in African - Americans, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevdisease, or one out of every 365 births in African - Americans, according to the Centers for Disease Control and PrevDisease Control and Prevention.

UTHealth scientists working to learn more about the fundamental causes of sickle cell disease are from left to right Anren Song, Ph.D., Kaiqi Sun, Yang Xia, M.D., Ph.D., and Yujin Zhang, Ph.D..

If X-SCID can be cured with no serious side effects, that will ease concerns about the risks of using similar vectors to treat other blood diseases such as sickle cell disease, notes Dunbar.

ASH is alarmed about the opioid crisis; however, it is concerned about potential adverse effects that policy changes could have on the administration of necessary and appropriate pain medicine for patients with hematologic conditions such as sickle cell disease (SCD), blood cancers, and other bleeding disorders.

It also began offering information to customers about their «carrier status» — the ability to pass conditions on to children — of 36 diseases and medical conditions, including sickle - cell anemia and cystic fibrosis.

«As much as we worry about premature or ethical use, using these technologies to get rid of genetic disease would be amazing: Tay - Sachs, cystic fibrosis, sickle cell disease, hemophilia,» Caplan said.

Sickle cell disease affects about 100,000 Americans, and it's caused by a single genetic mutation that must be inherited from both a patient's mother and father.