September Is Sickle Cell Awareness Month - Johns Hopkins Medicine Experts Are Available for Interviews
September 17, 2024
September 17, 2024
BALTIMORE, Maryland, Sept. 17 (TNSres) -- Johns Hopkins Medicine issued the following news release:
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Johns Hopkins experts can discuss health equity issues surrounding the disease
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Sickle cell disease is a genetic blood disorder affecting red blood cells' ability to deliver oxygen throughout the body. Unlike healthy red blood cells, which are disc-shaped, those affected by sickle cell disease take on a crescent or "C" shape. . . .
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Johns Hopkins experts can discuss health equity issues surrounding the disease
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Sickle cell disease is a genetic blood disorder affecting red blood cells' ability to deliver oxygen throughout the body. Unlike healthy red blood cells, which are disc-shaped, those affected by sickle cell disease take on a crescent or "C" shape. . . .