Questions Answered About Pregnancy and Bleeding Disorders For women with bleeding disorders (including carriers), pregnancy can be a time of heightened worry and confusion. Read More Von Willebrand Disease, Carriers 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... Read More Carriers Knowledge Is Power for Symptomatic Carriers Lara Palermo was 19 years old when she delivered her first child, Natalia, in 1996. Instead of going home after... Read More Carriers Pumping Iron “Iron-poor blood” sounds like an old-fashioned ailment, but it’s not. It’s still the most common 21st-century cause of a condition... Read More Adults & Aging, Fitness & Nutrition, Women's Bleeding Disorders Women’s Health and Bleeding Disorders Institute Launches As Patrice Flax, MS, MSW, was chatting with the clerk at the checkout counter, she mentioned her appointment as education... Read More Von Willebrand Disease, Women's Bleeding Disorders The Benefits Of Knowing Your Genotype “Missense” and “nonsense” make sense at the molecular level. These are genetic mutations that cause hemophilia. Knowing your genotype, or... Read More Hemophilia A&B, Carriers Two Medications Approved For Von Willebrand Disease, Menorrhagia In late 2009, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved two new medications of interest to the bleeding disorders... Read More Von Willebrand Disease, Women's Bleeding Disorders Educating Gynecologists The first time doctors told Sherri Revard that she couldn’t have a bleeding disorder because she was a girl, she... Read More Von Willebrand Disease, Women's Bleeding Disorders Young Women Carry the Flag Lilliam Bervis’s first period lasted a month. She gets nosebleeds when she spends too much time in the sun. She... Read More Von Willebrand Disease, Women's Bleeding Disorders Contraceptive Helps Decrease Bleeding in Women There is good news for women with bleeding disorders looking for a new option in contraception. Researchers have shown that... Read More Von Willebrand Disease, Women's Bleeding Disorders Empowering Women with Bleeding Disorders In each issue of HemAware , we take a look at how local NHF chapters and associations are making a... Read More Chapter Roundup, Women's Bleeding Disorders Bleeding Disorders May Cause Heavy Periods Heavy menstrual bleeding (menorrhagia) is a common problem for women during their reproductive years, affecting between 10% and 20% of... Read More Von Willebrand Disease, Women's Bleeding Disorders
