Sickle cell

2022 World Sickle Cell Day: Group calls for community participation in reducing disease in Nigeria

A non-governmental organisation (NGO), Sickle Cell Hope Alive Foundation (SCHAF) has identified community participation as a key factor in bringing…

3 years ago

Don’t sympathise with people living with Sickle Cell ― Obasanjo

The former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has advised that the people living with Sickle Cell disorder should not be sympathised…

5 years ago

How gene editing can be used to cure cancer, sickle cell ― Scientist

A scientist, Dr Rose Gidado has said that with the advanced biotechnology which is called Gene Editing, some terminal disease…

6 years ago

Portrait of a Sickle-cell crisis

“I don’t want to inflict the burden of my Sickle-cell disease on an innocent young bride,” my little brother once…

6 years ago

Leg ulcer common in teenage sickle cell patients – Expert

DR Henry Ekwedigwe, an Orthopaedic Surgeon, says leg ulcer is common on sickle cell patients between the age of 10…

7 years ago

Eat good food to replace lost cells, Don advises sickle cell patients

PROFESSOR Obiageli Nnodu of the University of Abuja has advised sickle cell patients to eat good diet rich in fruits…

7 years ago

150,000 Nigerian children born with sickle cells disease annually – Don

PROFESSOR Aliyu Babadoko, Consultant Hematologist with the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital (ABUTH), Zaria, said on Tuesday that 150,000 Nigeria…

7 years ago

FG establishes 6 sickle cell reference centres, says Health Minister

Federal Government has established six sickle cell reference centres in six Federal Medical Centres (FMCs) across the country, Prof. Isaac…

8 years ago

Sickle cell children can live long — Expert

Sickle cell children can live long unlike widespread but wrong belief that children with sickle cell disorder cannot live beyond …

8 years ago

Sickle Cell Disease, not a death sentence ―Expert

DR Samson Sule, a Consultant Paediatrician, at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Lokoja, says sickle-cell disease (SCD), the foremost genetic…

8 years ago

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