Fatigue and Sickle Cell
Sometimes, you don’t have pain, but really don’t have the energy to go out and hit the town. Your blood counts are low. You’re tired. It’s not a crime.
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Flight Details
The good news: No crisis in the middle of my flight! YAY! The bad news…I was sick for a few days, but all is well now. Get the gist of Tosin’s airplane trip to Nigeria here.
Recipe: Black Eyed Peas
Learn more about black eyed peas (not the singers), and how nutritious and delicious this legume is to your sickle cell diet.
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Meet Grace: Business Exec, Mom, SC Warrior
Meet Grace, a strong, independent mother of 2, who works as a corporate sales executive. Oh yeah, and she has sickle cell.
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December 31, 2010: SC News & Research Update
A brief synopsis of a new research grant, a tragic death, and strides in research of SC related to adenosine. Read on…
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Meet Ida Adu: Advocate, Mother, Activist, Warrior
Learn more about this week’s warrior, Ida Adu, a sickle cell warrior, advocate and MOM who is doing so much to aid others!!
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Lifespan Predictions for Sickle Cell
Remember when the doctor told you or your parents that you should only live until 6…then it was 18…then it was 30? Well you have reached and passed that age, and you are still alive! So say NO! to the limitations placed on you by others…and the ‘recommended’ age that the doctor or CDC wants
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Hallucinations and Sickle Cell
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Share your hallucination story and let’s all have a laugh together.
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December 10, 2010: This Week in SC News & Research
Researchers from the University of Chicago and Loyola University are studying the transmission of malaria by the Anopheles mosquito. The researchers are trying to inhibit the transmission of Plasmodium (the bacteria that causes malaria) by giving the mosquitoes a protein called FLVCR which will then alter the gut of the mosquito and change the molecular
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