Pregnancy is filled with conversations about health. Families learn about prenatal vitamins, genetic screening, ultrasounds, family medical history, delivery plans, and the tests their newborn may receive after birth. But one inherited condition that many families...
September is National Sickle Cell Awareness Month, making it an important time to increase understanding of sickle cell disease and the health conditions that may be connected with it. Awareness is about more than recognizing a diagnosis. It is also about helping...
If you have ever looked at a calico cat and wondered why her coat is a patchwork of orange, black, and white, never quite the same pattern twice, the answer lies in one of the most fascinating and misunderstood processes in human biology. And that same process, called...
For most people, a diagnosis of G6PD deficiency comes with a lot of questions. What does it mean? Will it affect daily life? What happens if something goes wrong? One of the most important things to understand early on is the connection between G6PD deficiency and...
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