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When Jared Snow goes to the hospital, he’s usually in serious pain, which he hopes will be assuaged soon. But living with sickle cell disease as a Black man in America often tests this hope.

Sickle cell disease is a lifelong condition that can cause severe pain episodes and frequent emergency department visits.

UCSF researchers found that 64.4% of female patients report sickle cell disease (SCD) pain during menstruation. However, ...