An Oxfordshire university student is among those set to receive a "transformative" gene-therapy treatment on the NHS for sickle ...

As is the case for institutions treating the disease, a majority of the sickle cell patients at SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital are African American. The hospital recognized the need ...

Dr. Eric Verdin studies the biology of aging and how our lifestyle can extend our quality of life. Vitamin D is among the ...

Experts hailed exciting news for some people with sickle cell disease in England as the health watchdog decided to grant ...

The gene therapy Casgevy, which will now be offered to some patients in England, could help people live disease-free, experts say.

The researchers found that people who were economically deprived, even in the absence of sickle cell disease, had more ...

Another claim that has sometimes been made about fizzy water in the media and in other studies (though not by the author of ...

Immvention Therapeutix is partnering with Novo Nordisk to develop oral treatments for sickle cell disease (SCD) and other chronic conditions.

While the alphabet soup of vitamins and minerals may be murky, it’s crystal clear that many Americans aren’t getting enough ...

We can do better. We can build a system that provides coordinated high-quality care to every patient who needs it.

(THE CONVERSATION) In the last few months, schools all over the country have closed because of outbreaks of norovirus. Also known as stomach flu, norovirus infections cause watery diarrhea, low-grade ...

About 150,000 Americans are diagnosed annually with colorectal cancer, which occurs when cells in the colon or rectum grow ...