Tag: sickle cell disease
Sickle Cell walk raises proceeds for important cause
Times staff report
The 21st annual Sickle Cell Walk held last weekend in Linn Park in downtown Birmingham drew dozens of metro area residents and...
Sickle Cell Patients, Families And Doctors Face A ‘Fight For Everything’
By Jenny Gold
Kaiser Health News
CHICAGO — The day before his 30th birthday, Marqus Valentine was in a panic. “I was so scared for midnight to...
Sickle Cell Patients Suffer Discrimination, Poor Care — And Shorter Lives
By Jenny Gold
Kaiser Health News
NeDina Brocks-Capla sits in her kitchen in San Francisco. Her son Kareem Jones died at age 36 from sickle cell...