October 23, 2010: This Week in SC Research
A brief synopsis of articles related to sickle cell research for the week of October 23, 2010
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Meet Daisy: Wife, Mom, Published Author, SC Warrior
This week’s Warrior in the Spotlight is a published inspirational author, who goes under the pen name Jessie Xavier. In addition to writing, Daisy Mitchell has lived an extraordinary life with sickle cell, and is now 50! WOOHOO!
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How to Increase your Hemoglobin
One of the first things that patients with sickle cell want to know is how they can increase their hemoglobin levels. Hemoglobin is a protein found in red blood cells that binds and easily transfers oxygen all over the body. SC warriors have less red blood cells; which means we have less hemoglobin than other
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Cuban Style Yucca
I had to go searching for a good Yucca recipe since it’s one of the foods rich in thiocyanate, and it’s easier to get in the US than African yam. Here is the recipe I did last night from AllRecipes. Ingredients: 2 pounds yucca, peeled and sliced lengthwise 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 cup olive oil
October 4, 2010: This Week in SC News and Research
Hello everyone, Sickle Cell Warriors in Tennessee ~ great news! A Vanderbilt-Meharry Center for Excellence in Sickle Cell Disease has been established by Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Meharry Medical College. This means that we now have 11 centers for sickle cell disease. Hopefully this means that more qualitative research can be done on people
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SC Remedy: Dioscovite
For the last few years, many people have come to me asking about the efficacy of Dioscovite. I have never taken it, but I know many sickle cell warriors have with varied results. Some have said that it takes away daily pain completely, while others said that it eliminates their crises. On the other hand,
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Ugandan Girl Meets Obama
By Henry Mukasa US President Barack Obama met a nine-year-old Ugandan girl who made a wish to meet the powerful leader when she heals from sickle-cell anemia. Carol Mulumba, now free from sickle cell, underwent a bone-marrow transplant at Methodist Children’s Hospital in the US in 2008. The bone marrow, donated by her brother, Mark,
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Recipe: Swiss Chard and Sweet Potatoes
A new green leafy vegetable that will have you craving more!
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Infusion Centers: An Alternative to the Rigors of the ER
One of the warriors on the SCW Facebook page got me thinking about infusion centers. I haven’t used them at all myself, but the discussion launched by Niki’s comment prompted me to do some research. An infusion center is usually affiliated with your hematologist’s office, outpatient center, or sickle cell clinic. [stextbox id=”alert” color=”000000″ bcolor=”690fef”
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September 13, 2010: This Week in SC Research
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the seminal case report published in the Archives of Internal Medicine (November 1910) by James B. Herrick titled “Peculiar Elongated and Sickle-Shaped Red Blood Corpuscles in a Case of Severe Anemia.” 90% of people with sickle cell are born outside of the United States (mostly in Africa and
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