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5 Free Period Tracking Apps to Help You Monitor Your Menstrual Cycle

Understanding more about your period can help you have greater control over your health, especially when managing a bleeding disorder.
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5 Free Period Tracking Apps to Help You Monitor Your Menstrual Cycle
Period Tracking Apps and Privacy: What Women with Bleeding Disorders Should Know

Menstruation tracking is a valuable tool. Experts say to be vigilant in what information you share.
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Period Tracking Apps and Privacy: What Women with Bleeding Disorders Should Know
Acquired Hemophilia: When Unexpected Bleeding Appears Later in Life

The rare condition usually affects people in their 70s and 80s without warning. Here’s what you need to know.
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Acquired Hemophilia: When Unexpected Bleeding Appears Later in Life

Recent Articles

Doctor and patient

Ask a Social Worker: “I’m 17 with VWD, and my periods are awful. What can I do if my doctor suggests birth control, but my mom doesn’t want me to take it?”

Heavy periods with a bleeding disorder are common, and there are safe, private options to help teens manage them.

Ask a Social Worker

RBCs

What Is Anti-TFPI? This New Treatment Could Change Hemophilia Care

This rebalancing agent can help people with hemophilia A or B — with or without inhibitors — to better control...

Hemophilia A&B, Novel Technologies

Frank and Carla

The Bleeds Wouldn’t Stop – But This Patient Didn’t Give Up

“I wanted to live my life like there was nothing wrong, but the fear was always there.”

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People and DNA

Consumer Panel Responds to Latest Hemophilia Research

Read more about the research discussed at the workshop.

Hemophilia A&B, Von Willebrand Disease, Community in Action

Parents and new baby

Planning for Pregnancy to Minimize Risks of Bleeding Disorders

See cover article, " Pregnant Pause." Pregnancy and birth are often times of great joy, but they can also be...

Carriers

Pregnant woman

Questions Answered About Pregnancy and Bleeding Disorders

For women with bleeding disorders (including carriers), pregnancy can be a time of heightened worry and confusion.

Von Willebrand Disease, Carriers

Researcher studying hemophilia

Testing Carrier Factor Levels in Women

Three years ago Lisa Webb,* of Rochester, New York, was shocked to learn that her newborn son, Matthew, had severe...

Carriers

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Contact The Neil Frick Resource Center (NFRC)