[bedolido]

SEVERE PAIN'S GONE: And no more bouts of pneumonia for sickle cell patient David Mota, 7. 'It's the drug,' says his mom, Mildred Mota.

[dandelion]

Great news! This will make a huge difference if they can use it on younger children, especially if they can head off the organ damage...

[Physicist]

I have a friend who is a doctor. One day a patient told him that he had "that sick-as-hell anemia".

[MarMema]

Looks like hydroxyurea stimulates production of fetal hgb. A welcome idea whose time has come, though not completely without risks.

Still can't figure why they use retics to evaluate the seriousness of a crisis.