Women's Bleeding Disorders

Women's Bleeding Disorders

Women often go undiagnosed or misdiagnosed when it comes to inheritable blood and bleeding disorders. Learn the symptoms and signs.

After she had her first child, a daughter, 18 years ago, Lisa Collins couldn’t stand or sit for more than...
The Affordable Care Act (ACA), which the Supreme Court upheld in June, has particular benefits for women, especially those who...
When Michelle Cecil’s dad offered to send her to Europe in 2010, the Grafton, Wisconsin, teen hesitated. It would be...
Women do have mild hemophilia, in spite of what most physicians were taught in medical school. In fact, the distinction...
It wasn’t raining, but Joi Heierling was drenched. While sitting across from a concerned parent trying to draft an education...
Ryanne Radford had been getting an annual Pap test for about eight years without any complications. But after a Pap...
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have discovered that von Willebrand factor (VWF), which helps the...
Discussing intimacy issues when you're a woman with a bleeding disorder.
More than 4,300 people from 106 countries gathered for the XXIX International Congress of the World Federation of Hemophilia (WFH)...
National Hemophilia Foundation CEO Val D. Bias and New York City nightlife photographer Patrick McMullan called attention to women’s bleeding...
Despite seeking treatment for her symptoms for years, Jill R. Birdwhistell, PhD, was never diagnosed with a bleeding disorder. Heavy...
The National Hemophilia Foundation (NHF) wants all women in the US to be able to raise their fingers in the...
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