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Cheat Codes: A Sickle Cell Podcast

Cheat Codes: A Sickle Cell Podcast

BloodStream Media

Cheat Codes is a podcast about sickle cell disease and is intended for patients, caregivers, providers, and the greater community of people who are impacted by it. Each episode of Cheat Codes: A Sickle Cell Podcast strives to provide listeners with critical education, the latest scientific updates, and voices from the sickle cell community. Join an inclusive community and build connections with other hemolytic anemia allies by following @AllyVoicesRising on Instagram. Cheat Codes: A Sickle Cell Podcast is sponsored by Agios Pharmaceuticals Inc. Visit Agios.com to learn more. This podcast is intended for informational and educational purposes only and is not intended as medical advice. Please speak with your healthcare professional before making any treatment decisions.
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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Cheat Codes: A Sickle Cell Podcast episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Cheat Codes: A Sickle Cell Podcast for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Cheat Codes: A Sickle Cell Podcast episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

Cheat Codes: A Sickle Cell Podcast - In Remembrance of Hertz Nazaire

In Remembrance of Hertz Nazaire

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11/08/21 • 62 min

On October 29th, 2021, Hertz Nazaire, a prominent sickle cell warrior and prolific artist, passed away at age 48. In honor of Hertz, we’re re-airing Dr. Z’s interview with him for Cheat Codes, originally published in December of 2020.

Show Notes:

Homegoing Expenses for Hertz Sickle Cell Disease: a battle for equality, justice and respect | Ahmar Zaidi | TEDxDetroit

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This episode of Cheat Codes is our first bilingual podcasting experience. In the first half of the episode, Dr. Z and Dr. C speak with Professor Clarisse Lobo and Dr. Kleber Fertrin in English about their experience with sickle cell in Brazil. In the second half, we hear from them in their native Portuguese language.

SHOW DESCRIPTION

Cheat Codes is intended for patients, caregivers, providers, and the greater community of people who are impacted by Sickle Cell Disease. Each episode, Cheat Codes strives to provide listeners with critical education, the latest scientific updates, and voices from the Sickle Cell community.

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Cheat Codes: A Sickle Cell Podcast is made possible by Agios Pharmaceuticals Inc. Visit Agios.com to learn more. The following Agios-supported programs are intended for informational and educational purposes only and are not intended as medical advice. Please speak with your healthcare professional before making any treatment decisions. Hosts and guests featured in this episode have been compensated for their time.

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Cheat Codes: A Sickle Cell Podcast - Replay: Legends of Sickle Cell. The Momma Bears

Replay: Legends of Sickle Cell. The Momma Bears

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01/31/23 • 61 min

On this episode, Dr. Z and Dr. C talk to some very important advocates in the Sickle Cell community: “The Momma Bears”. Yvonne Carroll, Adrienne Shapiro and Pat Corley. Later in the episode we hear from Teonna Woolford, CEO of the Sickle Cell Reproductive Health Organization.

Originally aired September 6, 2022.

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Cheat Codes is a podcast for the sickle cell community that brings listeners a series of segments and interviews packed with critical education that patients and families need to know, as well as updates and clarifications from the social media "buzz" around sickle cell. Hosted by Ahmar U. Zaidi, MD (Dr. Z) & Michael U Callaghan, MD (Dr. Mike). Listen to past episodes of Cheat Codes wherever you get your podcasts!

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Cheat Codes: A Sickle Cell Podcast is made possible by Agios Pharmaceuticals Inc. Visit Agios.com to learn more. The following Agios-supported programs are intended for informational and educational purposes only and are not intended as medical advice. Please speak with your healthcare professional before making any treatment decisions. Host and guests featured in this episode have been compensated for their time.

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Cheat Codes: A Sickle Cell Podcast - LIVE in New Orleans: A Red Cell Revolution

LIVE in New Orleans: A Red Cell Revolution

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02/27/23 • 48 min

We're LIVE from New Orleans, Louisiana! Listen to our live podcast panel featuring members of the sickle cell, pyruvate kinase deficiency, and thalassemia communities and leading KOL's in each field.

We are proud to introduce the Red Cell Revolution! The Red Cell Revolution is an Agios patient advocacy movement that is driven by a relentless desire to find common ground with these communities and their treaters.

SHOW DESCRIPTION

Cheat Codes is a podcast for the sickle cell community that brings listeners a series of segments and interviews packed with critical education that patients and families need to know, as well as updates and clarifications from the social media "buzz" around sickle cell. Hosted by Ahmar U. Zaidi, MD (Dr. Z) & Michael U Callaghan, MD (Dr. Mike). Listen to past episodes of Cheat Codes wherever you get your podcasts!

TRANSPARENCY STATEMENT

Cheat Codes: A Sickle Cell Podcast is made possible by Agios Pharmaceuticals Inc. Visit Agios.com to learn more. The following Agios-supported programs are intended for informational and educational purposes only and are not intended as medical advice. Please speak with your healthcare professional before making any treatment decisions. Ahmar Zaidi, Kevin Kuo, Laurice Levine, Mike Callaghan, Cassandra Trimnell, Teonna Woolford, NinaMaria Badalamenti, Clarisse Lobo, Jill Welle, Tamara Schryver, Rae Blaylark, Ralph Colasanti, Rucha Shah, Alejandra Watson, Biree Andemariam, Charles Jonassaint, Sujit Sheth, Nirmish Shah have been compensated for their time.

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Cheat Codes: A Sickle Cell Podcast - Reproductive Health in Sickle Cell

Reproductive Health in Sickle Cell

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06/20/23 • 23 min

On this episode, Dr. Z and Dr. C talk to “The Avengers” of Sickle Cell Disease aka Teonna Woolford, Cassandra Trimnell and Rae Blaylark about reproductive health in sickle cell disease.

SHOW DESCRIPTION

Cheat Codes is intended for patients, caregivers, providers, and the greater community of people who are impacted by Sickle Cell Disease. Each episode, Cheat Codes strives to provide listeners with critical education, the latest scientific updates, and voices from the Sickle Cell community.

TRANSPARENCY STATEMENT

Cheat Codes: A Sickle Cell Podcast is made possible by Agios Pharmaceuticals Inc. Visit Agios.com to learn more. The following Agios-supported programs are intended for informational and educational purposes only and are not intended as medical advice. Please speak with your healthcare professional before making any treatment decisions. Hosts and guests featured in this episode have been compensated for their time.

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Cheat Codes: A Sickle Cell Podcast - Regina Hartfield of the SCDAA

Regina Hartfield of the SCDAA

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09/19/23 • 29 min

hhttp://On this episode of Cheat Codes: A Sickle Cell Podcast, we speak with Regina Hartfield, CEO of the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America, Inc (SCDAA).

SHOW DESCRIPTION

Cheat Codes is intended for patients, caregivers, providers, and the greater community of people who are impacted by Sickle Cell Disease. Each episode, Cheat Codes strives to provide listeners with critical education, the latest scientific updates, and voices from the Sickle Cell community.

TRANSPARENCY STATEMENT

Cheat Codes: A Sickle Cell Podcast is made possible by Agios Pharmaceuticals Inc. Visit Agios.com to learn more. The following Agios-supported programs are intended for informational and educational purposes only and are not intended as medical advice. Please speak with your healthcare professional before making any treatment decisions. Hosts and guest featured in this episode have been compensated for their time.

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Cheat Codes: A Sickle Cell Podcast - #12 - SICKLE CELL 101 w/ Cassandra Trimnell

#12 - SICKLE CELL 101 w/ Cassandra Trimnell

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06/30/20 • 40 min

On Episode 12, which was recorded on World Sickle Cell Day and Juneteeth, Dr. Ahmar and Dr. Mike speak about how COVID-19 affects the Black community disproportionately and in turn the sickle cell community. Additionally, advocate Cassandra Trimnell joins to speak on her own journey with sickle cell and her organization Sickle Cell 101.

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Cheat Codes: A Sickle Cell Podcast - Racism in America - Special Episode

Racism in America - Special Episode

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06/09/20 • 72 min

BloodStream Media hosts Ahmar Zaidi and Patrick James Lynch are joined by guests Phillip Okwo and André Marcel Harris for a discussion on race, violence, and healthcare in America. Take Action Right Now: https://8cantwait.org/ Guests: Phillip Okwo; André Marcel Harris Subscribe to The BloodStream Podcast Subscribe to Cheat Codes
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Cheat Codes: A Sickle Cell Podcast - #10 A GLOBAL PROBLEM – Sickle Cell Disease Worldwide
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06/02/20 • 70 min

A discussion with Dr. Andrew Campbell, sickle cell director at Children’s National in Washington, DC, and his recent international work. Dr. Mike talks about how genes show themselves, and a crucial study from Africa. Dr. Z shouts out some big time advocates. Listen, subscribe, and spread the word about Cheat Codes: A Sickle Cell Podcast from BloodStream Media.

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For all inquiries: [email protected] (subject: Cheat Codes)

Subscribe to and rate Cheat Codes

Subscribe to and rate The BloodStream Podcast

Subscribe to and rate The Ask The Expert Podcast

Subscribe to and rate BloodStream Journeys

Connect with BloodStream Media:

Find all of our bleeding disorders podcasts on BloodStreamMedia.com

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Cheat Codes: A Sickle Cell Podcast - Revving Up for Clinical Trial Awareness in the Motor City
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04/22/24 • 46 min

On this episode of Cheat Codes: A Sickle Cell Podcast, we’re live in the Motor City: Detroit, Michigan. This live event featured Dr. Z and Dr. C interviewing a panel of esteemed guests including Davinna Christian, Dr. Alex Glaros and Clifton Kirkman, II discussing clinical trial awareness. We also hear from Dr. Wanda Whitten-Shurney at the end of the episode. Dr. Shurney was unable to attend the recording but made a special appearance. A must listen!

SHOW DESCRIPTION:

Cheat Codes is intended for patients, caregivers, providers, and the greater community of people who are impacted by Sickle Cell Disease. Each episode, Cheat Codes strives to provide listeners with critical education, the latest scientific updates, and voices from the Sickle Cell community.

TRANSPARENCY STATEMENT

Cheat Codes: A Sickle Cell Podcast is made possible by Agios Pharmaceuticals Inc. Visit Agios.com to learn more. The following Agios-supported programs are intended for informational and educational purposes only and are not intended as medical advice. Please speak with your healthcare professional before making any treatment decisions. Hosts and guests featured in this episode have been compensated for their time.

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How many episodes does Cheat Codes: A Sickle Cell Podcast have?

Cheat Codes: A Sickle Cell Podcast currently has 82 episodes available.

What topics does Cheat Codes: A Sickle Cell Podcast cover?

The podcast is about Health & Fitness, Mentalhealth, Medicine, Podcasts and Healthcare.

What is the most popular episode on Cheat Codes: A Sickle Cell Podcast?

The episode title '#11 - WARZONE: the ER and SCD' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Cheat Codes: A Sickle Cell Podcast?

The average episode length on Cheat Codes: A Sickle Cell Podcast is 48 minutes.

How often are episodes of Cheat Codes: A Sickle Cell Podcast released?

Episodes of Cheat Codes: A Sickle Cell Podcast are typically released every 14 days.

When was the first episode of Cheat Codes: A Sickle Cell Podcast?

The first episode of Cheat Codes: A Sickle Cell Podcast was released on Dec 4, 2019.

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