Sickle Cell Archives - Primary Medical Care Center for Seniors in Miami, Broward, Palm Beach https://primarymed.com/tag/sickle-cell/ PrimaryMed.com Fri, 28 Jun 2019 00:52:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 https://primarymed.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/cropped-primarycare_icon-32x32.png Sickle Cell Archives - Primary Medical Care Center for Seniors in Miami, Broward, Palm Beach https://primarymed.com/tag/sickle-cell/ 32 32 Why Is Sickle Cell Disease So Prevalent Among African Americans? https://primarymed.com/why-is-sickle-cell-disease-so-prevalent-among-african-americans/ Fri, 28 Jun 2019 06:51:38 +0000 https://primarymed.com/?p=2498 According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health, sickle cell disease (SCD) affects one out of every 365 African Americans and there are currently approximately 100,000 Americans affected by SCD. SCD is a major public health concern as an average 75,000 hospitalizations occurred as a result of this disease […]

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]]> Today is World Sickle Cell Day Let’s Shine the Light on Sickle Cell and Work Towards Erasing It! https://primarymed.com/today-is-world-sickle-cell-day-lets-shine-the-light-on-sickle-cell-and-work-towards-erasing-it/ Wed, 19 Jun 2019 04:48:05 +0000 https://primarymed.com/?p=2463 Today is World Sickle Cell Day, which is a 24-hour international campaign, “to increase public knowledge and understanding of sickle cell disease (SCD), and the challenges experienced by patients and their families and caregivers.” World Sickle Cell Day is observed annually on June 19 ever since the United Nations’ General Assembly first recognized SCD as […]

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