– The Guerrieri Family Foundation, in an ongoing commitment to the mission of Holy Cross Health, has announced that its latest donation brings the foundationās total giving to more than $7 million.
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Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved a new gene-editing therapy to treat Sickle Cell Disease, a debilitating blood disorder that affects at least 100,000 Americans, most of whom are Black. The treatment, called Casgevy, is the first approved medicine in the U.S. to use the groundbreaking gene-editing tool CRISPR to alter DNA.
Ā Ā Ā Ā The pancreas, situated behind the liver, produces hormones that assist in digestion and control of blood sugar levels. Pancreatic cancer, as in Reynoldsā case, is often detected too late to save a patientās life.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā The latest findings on life expectancy in the United States from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) underscored a noteworthy upswing for the African American population in 2022. With the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic continuing, the NCHS has highlighted the positive strides in health outcomes, particularly for Black Americans.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ify Ifebi, founder of the African Womenās Cancer Awareness Association (AWCAA), remembers welcoming her mother to the United States in 1989, coming to assist her a few weeks after the birth of her daughter.
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Florida is asking a federal appeals court to overturn a district judgeās ruling in a decade-long battle about children with complex medical needs receiving care in nursing homes, describing a key part of the ruling as an āarbitrary and unachievableā goal.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā The need for youth to speak up and make their voices heard about the issues they care about is as important as ever, which is why one student-led organization in Florida is leading the way in the fight against the tobacco industry and the addictive products that target youth.
Sickle cell disease, a group of inherited blood disorders, affects around 100,000 individuals in the United States and is predominant among African Americans.