Tag: sickle cell awareness
Despite Challenges of Sickle Cell Disease, Cameron Thedford Inspires
By Ameera Steward
The Birmingham Times
When others seem to be having a bad day, Cameron Thedford, a 20-year-old University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) student...
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...