Food for Thought Thoughts with Dark Cancer

Season 2, Episode 72: A Guide to Sickle Cell Anemia: Causes, Types, and Risks

CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains a direct and frank discussion of a serious medical condition, its genetic causes, and severe health complications. Listener discretion is advised.

What is sickle cell disease, and how is it passed down through families? In this important two-part series, Dark Cancer provides a clear and comprehensive guide to understanding this inherited blood disorder. This is essential information for understanding a condition that affects over 100,000 Americans.

This episode is a scientific deep dive into the fundamentals of Sickle Cell Disease (SCD). The host explains how a mutation in the hemoglobin gene causes red blood cells to become rigid  ...