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Sickle Cell Stamp
The U.S Postal Service unveiled the Sickle Cell Disease Awarness Commemorative stamp in September 2004 to educate the public about the disease and promote funding a universal cure. Test Early for Sickle Cell!
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National Poster Child
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“Sickle Cell doesn’t stop you from being you! Disease or not, everyone is a person!I am a person!”
Destiny E. Floyd
Local Poster Children
Even though I have the ‘Cell’, which at any time can cause my good days tochange to bad, it’s by the grace of God and the love of family and friends that help me hold my head up and take on this challenge.”
Kaitlyn L. Adams
“I never let my illness get in the way of playing hard or having fun.”
Paul A. Williams Jr.
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Gospel comedian Steffon of BET Network
May 09, 2012 (10:41:11)
TAMPA --
Gospel comedian Steffon of BET Network will be featured in a comedy concert to benefit the Sickle Cell Association of Tampa.
The event, sponsored by Doris E. Bailey and the Ladies of Creations, will be at 6 p.m. May 19 at the Clarion Hotel, 2701 E. Fowler Ave.
The event includes local ministries of music, dance, vocals, mime and the spoken word. It is a tribute to mothers and fathers, with a section of tables of portraits of parents to be honored in living tribute or in loving memory. Patrons may buy a candle that will be lit during a ceremony.
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Non-Addictive Drug, Implanted Pump Give Hope To Pain Sufferers
May 09, 2012 (10:37:46)
COLUMBUS, Ohio --
A Columbus woman is one of the first sickle cell patients in the country to try using an implanted pump to administer medicine and treat pain.
It's called PRIALT, and Dr. Gladstone McDowell's eyes light up when he talks about it.
"It's a drug that was synthesized from the venom of a marine snail
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Regular Exercise Could Reduce Complications of Sickle Cell Trait
May 09, 2012 (10:26:38)
Reducing oxidative stress through exercise may eventually be used to treat sickle cell disease
Newswise — SAN DIEGO—Sickle cell disease (SCD), an inherited condition that causes red blood cells to sometimes deform into a crescent shape, affects an estimated 100,000 Americans, typically those of African descent
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