adult sickle cell


November 21, 2017

Inspired Since Childhood, UAPB Graduate Hopes to One Day Treat Sickle Cell Patients

Katrina Dupins

Nov. 21, 2017 | Xavius Hymes, of Pine Bluff, has had a lifelong support group to help him mange sickle cell disease. Now the 22-year-old is looking to the future and the possibility of becoming a doctor to care for patients like himself. Diagnosed at birth, doctors say Hymes has always been proactive in taking…


September 18, 2014

UAMS Adult Sickle Cell Clinic Changes Lives

Spencer Watson

Sept. 18, 2014 | In the nine months since it first opened, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) adult sickle cell clinic has become an invaluable resource for nearly 100 patients living with the disease, some of whom had few options beyond the emergency room prior to the clinic’s opening.


January 21, 2014

UAMS Begins Statewide Sickle Cell Clinical Program

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK – The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has opened a multidisciplinary clinic to serve Arkansas’ adult sickle cell patients as part of a statewide comprehensive program to address the disease.