HemAware

Nikki Angeles, 32, of Coram, New York, was 16 when she was finally diagnosed with von Willebrand disease (VWD). That was five years after she started having abnormally heavy periods, which caused her to miss almost two weeks of school

Winter is the peak season for sneezin’ — and congestion, coughing, and achiness that often come with colds and flu. Thankfully, with a couple of precautions, you can reduce your risk of these respiratory infections. And if you do get

Shanthi Hegde doesn’t like to be uninformed. The biology major at Northeastern University in Boston who plans to be a doctor loves medical research. But when she was diagnosed with von Willebrand disease (VWD) at age 19, after menstruating for