About 99% of those with the bleeding disorder hemophilia are men. Which can sometimes mask diagnosis of bleeding disorders in women. Women with symptoms of bleeding disorders often think they just have low iron when they bruise easily or just dismiss heavy periods as part of life. Hemophilia is a gender-linked disease, meaning it is… Continue reading Women Also Bleed: Women + Hemophilia
Category: Blood Disorders
Everything You Should Know About Hemophilia
Imagine you are chopping vegetables for stir fry and slice your finger. Normally, it bleeds (and hurts). You apply some pressure and your body gets to work: proteins in your blood come together and begin to clot so that the flow of blood stops. For the 20,000 Americans with hemophilia, their blood is lacking this… Continue reading Everything You Should Know About Hemophilia
A New Therapy for Blood-Related Diseases?
Researchers from UCLA have discovered how a protein in human bone marrow can help repair blood after an injury. The finding could pave the way for helping to make current treatments more effective for cancer and other blood-related diseases. Chemotherapy and radiation, which are administered to millions of patients worldwide, damage the blood system and… Continue reading A New Therapy for Blood-Related Diseases?