Tag: Sickle Cell

Health

What Does ‘Functionally Cured’ Sickle Cell Disease Mean?

23-year-old Daniel Cressy is the first person in Louisiana to be "functionally cured" of the sickle cell genetic disorder that affects hemoglobin (the oxygen-carrying protein) in red blood cells.
RIP

Former NFL RB Ronnie Hillman Dies From Rare Kidney Cancer at 31

Former NFL running back Ronnie Hillman died from a rare form of kidney cancer at age 31
Health

AMA’s new racial equality guidance could put Black people at risk of death

The American Medical Association's new accreditation guidelines suggest genetic testing of Black patients is racist
Celebrity

T-Boz lashes out at first responders: ‘I’m slapping the sh*t out of somebody!’

Singer T-Boz lashed out at medics who responded after she suffered a sickle cell crisis recently
News

RIP: Rapper Prodigy of Mobb Deep

Prodigy of the 1990s rap duo Mobb Deep has died at age 42. The rapper's publicist announced he died Tuesday from longterm complications of...
Celebrity

OMG Girlz Grant Girl’s Wish for Make A Wish Foundation

Thanks to loyal reader Shamra Rodriguez for sending these photos and informing us know that the OMG Girlz are doing great things for their...