Michael Greger M.D. FACLM June 17th, 2020 Volume 50Cov What can we learn from other countries and the 1918 pandemic to slow COVID-19? I’ve talked about where the COVID-19 coronavirus came from, and how we might prevent such emergences from animals in the future, but now that it’s spreading human-to-human, what can we do about it? Social […]
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California Warriors, Call to Action: Get SCD Funded in the State Budgets are being formed for the coming fiscal year in Washington next week and we need to take action. We’ve just learned that both the House and the Senate are considering including funding for CDC’s SCDC (surveillance) program, which has not been funded by
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Knowledge and Confidence to Tackle SCD Sickle Cell Disease is well known for the pain that it causes. What isn’t widely researched is the emotional stress that families go through due to the unpredictable episodes of pain, hospitalizations, risk of death, and more. Treatment options are few, and curative therapies like bone marrow transplants and
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Sickle Cell Data Collection Program “Unite Sickle Cell: Collaboration and Community in Sickle Cell” Wednesday, September 18, 2019 1:30 – 3:00 PM PDT Register now: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2843093377260613389 Presented by Dr. Nik Rashid and Ms. Linetta Barnes from Nevada and Ms. Mary Brown and Ms. Jennifer Fields from the Sickle Cell Disease Foundation of California. Tracking California’s
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Disability and Debt A sobering reality: Roughly one out of four healthy American workers in his or her 20s will become disabled before he or she reaches retirement age, according to the Social Security Administration. Dealing with a life-altering disability can be complicated enough but there are other considerations, particularly where income is concerned. For
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WEBINAR SERIES Sickle Cell Science: Path to Progress To commemorate Sickle Cell Awareness Month 2019, this September the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and partner agencies and institutions will host Sickle Cell Science: Path to Progress, a four-part webinar series that will discuss genetic therapies, progress in pain management, bone marrow transplants and other therapies, and
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GBT and Advocates Launch Disease Awareness Campaign Focused on Breaking Down Stigmas Associated with Sickle Cell Disease Company Also Launches Disease Awareness Campaign to Raise Awareness Among Physicians About the Silent Damage Caused by Sickle Cell Disease www.sicklecellspeaks.com SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – July 10, 2019 – Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc. (GBT) (NASDAQ: GBT), in
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Join us on August 10, 2019 as the ASH Research Collaborative (ASH RC) with CISCRP, the organization’s community engagement partner, conducts the ASH RC Sickle Cell Disease Clinical Trials Network (CTN) Community Engagement Workshop in Oakland, CA! Why? To be a part of a new plan to create treatments that are important to the sickle
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