Most States Do Not Specify Sickle Cell Disease as a Qualifying Condition for Legal Access to Marijuana The Committee on Health Effects of Marijuana of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, ...

The July 17 death of a man who was arrested after fleeing from Conway police was the result of complications from sickle cell disease, with exertion and drug use also playing a role, according to a ...

State health officials soon will allow the use of medical marijuana for people with sickle cell disease as well as those with chronic vocal or motor tic disorder. Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) ...

A link has been foundbetween negative emotions, such as sadness and anxiety, and higher opioid use in people with sickle cell disease whose pain levels were self-reported as relatively low. These ...

For sickle cell disease (SCD), hydroxyurea is an established treatment. Despite this, hydroxyurea remains underutilized. New disease-modifying treatments (DMTs), namely, crizanlizumab, L-glutamine, ...

Lawyers for Daniel Penny, who is accused of choking Jordan Neely to death, called an expert who argued that a combination of factors led to Mr. Neely’s death. By Hurubie Meko and Anusha Bayya Jordan ...

April 7, 2010 — People with sickle cell disease are heavy users of acute-care services and have high rates of return encounters at 14 and 30 days, according to a new study of more than 21,000 people. ...

For the first time scientists have corrected sickle cell disease in mice using gene therapy, according to a study supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National ...

GBT Presents Positive New Real-World Evidence Data at EHA2022 Congress Further Supporting Clinical Use of Oxbryta® (voxelotor) in Sickle Cell Disease Positive results from Phase 1 study of GBT601, ...

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., June 10, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc. (GBT) (NASDAQ: GBT) today announced new data from a large multicenter real-world evidence study ...