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Living with Sickle Cell: Advancing Care to Prevent Crisis
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You probably learned about red blood cells in a high school science class. But most of us don’t know the impact that they can have on our bodies when we don’t have enough healthy ones. When faced with a shortage of healthy red blood cells, our blood flow can be blocked causing pain, infection and fatigue. This is known as sickle cell disease.
Host:
Willard Shepard, Emmy Award-Winning Journalist
Guests:
Neil Miransky, D.O., Chief Medical Officer of Pharmacy Services and operates Sickle Cell Care at Baptist Health South Miami Hospital
Josiah Frierson, Sickle Cell Patient
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