The debilitating pain associated with Sickle Cell affects millions of people in the United States – especially African Americans. In fact, 1 in 13 African American babies is born with a sickle cell trait. Combating the pain of Sickle Cell are various treatments including transfusion. But education about the disease is also key in helping […]
September Marks Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month
Supermodel Jourdan Dunn has revealed that her young son has sickle cell disease. In the latest issue of i-D magazine, of which she covers with best friend Karlie Kloss, Dunn, 20, also talks about being a single mother. (Last year, her boyfriend of five years was arrested for cocaine possession and was expected to serve […]
