What is sickle cell disease?Sickle cell disease refers to a group of inherited health conditions that affect red blood cells. The specific type a person has depends on which hemoglobin gene mutations (changes) they inherited from their parents. The hemoglobin gene...
The following article has been written after a conversation with Dr. Marcela Torres, a pediatric hematologist at Cook Children’s Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas. We discussed an overview of Sickle Cell Disease, its relation to Stroke, and differences in care and...
What are clinical trials?Clinical trials are an essential part of clinical research. They allow researchers to study the ways in which new medical approaches affect health outcomes. These new methods might have to do with researchers creating new treatment options....
Article written based on an interview with Dr. Timothy McCavit, a hematologist at Cook Children’s Medical Center in Fort Worth, Texas. Imagine your body as a playground, and your red blood cells as little adventurers rolling down a hill. Normally, they're like smooth...
Clinical trials are defined as research studies that test if a treatment is helpful for a disease. People in the study are given a treatment to see if they respond better than people who are not given the treatment. There are many different types of clinical trials...
I was born premature by C-section because I was in danger of asphyxia or suffocating. My parents and older brother were waiting impatiently for me, they couldn't wait to see me. The beginning of our meeting was not very joyful because I was born with ischemia of my...