Let’s celebrate life and lessen the pain for our brothers, sisters and community living with the dreaded Sickle Cell Disease. This is Black History Month so let’s help keep our communities well. Please support the 2nd Annual Give Back to Black Blood Drive on Monday, February 29, 2016, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. at White Oak Village […]
Ladies, did you know that 1 in 500 African Americans are born with Sickle Cell Disease? Stop by the Virginia Blood Services booth at the Radio One Women’s Empowerment this Saturday for more information. Tommy Page served in the US Military and did not know he carried the Sickle Cell Trait. He marries and his wife carried the […]
Children who suffer from sickle cell disease — a painful, inherited blood disorder — and also have anemia and/or high blood pressure may be at an increased risk for experiencing “silent” strokes, suggest researchers from John Hopkins Children’s Hospital. According to HealthDay, by analyzing the MRI brain scans of 814 children with sickle cell disease, […]
TLC was the biggest selling girl group of all time. They told us that “They Ain’t Too Proud To Beg,” taught us how to “Creep” and let the fellas know that they weren’t messing with “No Scrubs.” Amid all of their success, lead singer Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins suffered with a painful blood disorder – sickle […]
Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins, former member of famed R&B group TLC, published an article on The Root, encouraging more African-Americans to donate bone marrows for patients suffering with sickle-cell disease. The singer battled with the disease since the 1990s, and while she has managed to treat it, she urges others to play a role in saving […]
