SAN DIEGO -- Treatment with hydroxyurea led to more hematologic dose-limiting toxicities (DLTs) compared with placebo in patients with hemoglobin SC, a milder form of sickle cell disease (SCD), a ...

Hydroxyurea remains effective over the long term among children with sickle cell disease, real-world data suggested. The average time on hydroxyurea was 5 years, with many children on the therapy for ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers reported a mean annual days’ supply of hydroxyurea of 47.2 days per child in Michigan and 97.4 days ...

Painful symptoms of sickle-cell disease begin within the first year of life. Hydroxyurea (hydroxycarbamide) has been shown to reduce pain in adults (N Engl J Med. 1995;332:1317-1322) and has been ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Use of hydroxyurea did not reduce ovarian reserve among girls and young women with sickle cell disease.

For girls with sickle cell disease, density of growing follicles was marginally lower in hydroxyurea group after adjustment for age. HealthDay News — For girls and young women with sickle cell disease ...

In female patients living with sickle cell disease (SCD), hydroxyurea had no effect on ovarian reserve, suggesting that fertility preservation measures prior to treatment may be unnecessary, according ...

Zinc for Infection Prevention in Sickle Cell Anemia study leaders Chandy John, far left; Ruth Namazzi, second from right; and Robert Opoka, far right; with Justin Brown, second from left, and Aaron ...

Heart abnormalities are common complications of sickle cell anemia (SCA) that can contribute to severe disease symptoms and even death. A study published today in the journal Blood Advances is the ...

Heart abnormalities are common complications of sickle cell anemia (SCA) that can contribute to severe disease symptoms and even death. A study published today in the journal Blood Advances is the ...

Over a median follow-up of 10 months, researchers reported 2.5 priapism events per participant-month among those who received hydroxyurea + placebo and 3.02 priapism events per participant-month for ...

Despite a Trump administration push, there are few facilities offering the complex treatment in the rural areas where many ...