Sickle Cell costs $$$

A new study shows that the annual cost of medical care in the US forpeople who suffer from sickle cell disease exceeds $1.1 billion. Check out the full article HERE. They report that the average total cost of care per month per patient was $1,946, with substantial variation across age groups. Total costs per patient-month…

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Global Sickle Cell Awareness Day

The United Nations and the World Health Organization has declared June 19th World Sickle Cell Awareness Day!! We have our own day y’all. Congratulations! Right now there is a huge festival in New York (I will be posting info in case you can make it), Cayman Islands, the ATL and all over the world. Please…

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World Sickle Cell Fest in NY!

World Sickle Cell Day Festival is June 19!!!—that’s tomorrow! Date: Friday, June 19th, 2009 Time: 10:00AM to 6:00PM Place: Dag Hammarskjold Plaza 47th Street (Between 1st & 2nd Ave) New York, NY 10017 Event: “World Sickle Cell Day” with special guest Ruben Studdard (American Idol winner) and many others The Queens Sickle Cell Advocacy Network,…

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Nicosan Woes

Hello everyone, I’ve been digress in mentioning a few snags that have hit Nicosan. I’ve gotten several emails over the past few weeks that have alarmed me as well as sent me for more information. As many of you might know, Xechem USA filed for bankruptcy last year. Currently there is pending litigation about the…

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Sickle Cell & President Obama

My sister sent this to me from a friend of a friend. Guess Sickle Cell is in the eye of our new president after all! Hi All, In our continuing efforts to spread awareness about Sickle Cell Disease…Gabriel and I got to meet with Pres. Obama on this past Tuesday! Can you say WHAT A…

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Research Study

This is not my research, therefore I do not have additional information about this project. It is being conducted by Kimberly Grace, a PhD student at Alliant International University. For questions and contact information, please click the link to the survey. For anyone over 18 with sickle cell, please consider participating in this project. It…

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Nicosan Research Study

Hey everyone, I’m seriously trying to set up a study dealing with Nicosan. The question in my last post has me thinking that there are some unanswered questions. The think most of the skepticism does come from the fact that it’s an African herbal remedy versus a Westernized one. There isn’t enough documentation and evidenced…

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Announcements, Announcements, Announcements!

Hey everyone, If you have gotten your Nicosan shipment and would like to take part in a study regarding that documents the benefits of Nicosan please email me. I’m also interested in Hydroxyurea users or people that use other drugs and alternatives. I’m trying to conduct a pain survey that observes the different non-traditional treatment…

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I got an A!

Hey, I just got my grades for this last semester. I rocked out y’all! My GPA is 3.9 and I’m still banging out straight A’s. Oh yeah, oh yeah *jumping up and down* Anyway, in the spirit of giving, sharing and all that Jazz, I’m going to host the sickle cell presentation I created for…

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