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2017 Holiday Toy Breakfast for Sickle Cell Families
Classy Living Society Honors Model Mapillar Dahn
By Robin Dopoe – November 8, 2017 A Liberian model now turned philanthropist, Mapillar Dahn, has been honored by the Classy Living Society in Park Forest, Georgia, United States at its 4th Annual Red Dress Gala. Dahn was awarded for her dedication to positively impacting society through her work as …
Sickle Cell Disease: Be In The Know
What do we know about heredity and sickle cell disease? Sickle cell disease is the most common inherited blood disorder in the United States. Approximately 100,000 Americans have the disease. In the United States, sickle cell disease is most prevalent among African Americans. About one in 12 African Americans and …
New Sickle Cell Treatment Offers Hope, Possible Cure
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] CHICAGO (WLS) — There’s new progress in the fight to cure sickle cell disease. When ABC7’s Terrell Brown first reported on Sickle Cell disease a year ago, patients were being cured without chemotherapy. Now, a new breakthrough called a “half …
Sickle cell drug Endari wins FDA approval; first new drug in 20 years
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first drug in nearly 20 years for sickle cell, an inherited disease in which abnormally shaped red blood cells can’t properly carry oxygen throughout the body, which can cause severe pain and organ damage. About 100,000 people in the U.S. have …
Mapillar Dahn Receives “Game Changer Award”
Sickle Cell in the Emergency Department
Liberian Model and Philanthropist Unites Sickle Cell Community Worldwide
Twin Physical Trainers Antonio Ford And Anton Ford Fundraise For Sickle Cell Awareness
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” src=”https://mythreesicklers.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/18446494_1069744783170351_3064367401235348577_n-1.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”left” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_3″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] Live from Casi’s Bootcamp in Jonesboro, GA, Physical Trainers Antonio Ford and Anton Ford and their steppers raised $276.00 to send children battling sickle cell …