Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Chronic diseases reduce Kenya income by 29 percent

Rising cases of cancers, diabetes, epilepsy and sickle cell disease, known as noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), particularly in young people is contributing to a decreased of a third in Kenyan household incomes, Kenya's Ministry ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Sickle cell disease may up risk for poor COVID-19 outcomes

(HealthDay)—Sickle cell disease is associated with a fourfold increased risk for COVID-19-related hospitalization and a more than twofold increased risk for COVID-19-related death, according to a research letter published ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Treatment at infusion center beneficial in sickle cell disease

(HealthDay)—For adults with sickle cell disease (SCD) with uncomplicated vaso-occlusive crises, outcomes are significantly better with treatment at an infusion center (IC) compared with an emergency department (ED), according ...

Genetics

Using advanced imaging to study sickle cell disease

Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is a genetically inherited group of red blood cell disorders. According to the CDC, an estimated 90,000 to 100,000 people in the United States live with this disease, and it disproportionately affects ...

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