Dec. 6, 2005 (San Diego) -- In an unusual move, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) issued a clinical alert and simultaneously announced yesterday to hematologists gathered for a ...

Stopping regular blood transfusions in children with sickle cell disease who are at risk for a stroke means their stroke risk likely will return, researchers have found. Stopping regular blood ...

The 10 percent of children with sickle cell disease who are at risk for a stroke need ongoing blood transfusions to reduce their risk, according to a study at 25 sites in North America. The 10 percent ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Rates of cerebrovascular events have increased across all age groups since the release of guidelines aimed at ...

Transcranial Doppler (TCD) ultrasound is not only better than transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) at identifying patent foramen ovale (PFO), it also better predicts the risk of embolic events at 5 ...

Hematologist and researcher Julie Kanter says as few as 30 percent of children across the country with sickle cell disease are getting a simple test that could keep them from having a stroke. She ...

Children's Rehabilitative Services (CRS) at St. Joseph's Children's Health Center in Phoenix is using a special ultrasound to identify the risk for stroke in children who have sickle cell disease. The ...

Orlando, Florida — Stroke is a devastating complication of sickle cell anemia that occurs in young children, and while blood transfusions protect against primary stroke, they must be continued ...

Once a fatal disease of childhood, more than 95% of patients born today with sickle cell disease (SCD) in developed countries are expected to survive into adulthood, largely because of improvements in ...