Hydroxyurea is an oral chemotherapy drug that doctors may prescribe to people with sickle cell disease. It may help prevent complications due to sickle-shaped blood cells clumping together in small ...

Taking the sickle cell drug hydroxyurea during or shortly before pregnancy does not appear to cause specific issues in newborns, according to the first prospective study of pregnancies involving ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Three-quarters of women who became pregnant during hydroxyurea therapy had live births. Researchers observed no ...

The risk of second malignancy was similar among patients aged 66 and older who were treated with and without hydroxyurea. The use of hydroxyurea to treat patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . SAN DIEGO — Hydroxyurea conferred benefit to children and adults with hemoglobin SC disease, according to study ...