A systematic review and meta-analysis found no clear advantage for automated red cell exchange. For patients with sickle cell disease (SCD), exchange transfusion has benefits over simple transfusion ...

Recent peer-reviewed study supports what patients shared with their own voices: Automated red blood cell exchange improves the lives of people struggling with sickle cell disease LAKEWOOD, Colo., Nov.

THE DISEASE. THERE IS A CRITICAL NEED FOR BLOOD DONATIONS FOR SICKLE CELL ANEMIA PATIENTS, ESPECIALLY FROM AFRICAN AMERICANS. IT’S REALLY HARD TO DEAL WITH THE SICKNESS. 34 YEAR OLD CORNELIA JONES WAS ...

Blood transfusion therapy remains an indispensable intervention in the management of sickle cell disease (SCD), mitigating life‐threatening complications such as vaso‐occlusive crises and stroke. The ...

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is the most common inherited blood disorder in the U.S. It mainly affects African Americans (1 in 500) and Hispanic Americans (1 in 36,000). People with SCD are born with a ...

“Because sickle cell disease primarily affects people of color, having donors of color with the same background increases the possibility of those red cells having the same phenotype,” Ward said. The ...

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- During Sickle Cell Awareness Month, the American Red Cross is celebrating a rebound in blood donations from Black Americans through innovative community ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The American Red Cross is in great need of more African Americans to donate blood, which is a critical need for many patients with sickle cell anemia. Sickle cell disease ...

PASCAGOULA, Miss. (WLOX) - The American Red Cross is educating people in South Mississippi about sickle cell anemia. On Wednesday, the organization hosted a blood drive in Pascagoula for people to ...

Dr. Gladwin to Present This Week at Symposium in Brazil, One of 22 Clinical Trial Locations At the Symposium, taking place at HEMORIO, a hematology research and transfusion center in Rio De Janeiro, ...

San Diego, CA, Dec. 5, 2004 – The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has stopped early a clinical trial studying whether children with sickle ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — September is Sickle CellAwareness Month. According to the CDC,Sickle Cell is an inherited blood disorder that produces abnormal hemoglobin. It causes red blood cells to become ...