Bleeding Disorders

Latest News
• High-Fat Diet for Epilepsy May Increase Bruising (03/19/2001, Reuters)

From the National Institutes of Health
• Hemophilia Update: 1997 (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

Clinical Trials

• ClinicalTrials.gov: Blood Coagulation Disorders (National Institutes of Health)
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Thrombocytopenia (National Institutes of Health)

Diagnosis/Symptoms

• Understanding Your Complete Blood Count (National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center) - links to PDF file

Research

• Gene Therapy (National Hemophilia Foundation)

Specific Conditions/Aspects

• Bernard-Soulier Disease (Giant Platelet Syndrome) (MedicineNet, Inc.)
• Haemophilia (World Federation of Hemophilia) - links to PDF file
• Hypercoagulation: Excessive Blood Clotting (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• ITP: Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
• von Willebrand Disease (National Hemophilia Foundation)

Treatment

• First Biologic Approved for Clotting Disorder (Food and Drug Administration)

Directories

• Blood Bank Locator (American Association of Blood Banks)

Law and Policy

• Ricky Ray Hemophilia Relief Fund: Frequently Asked Questions (Health Resources and Services Administration)

Organizations

• Hematologic Diseases Branch (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
• National Hemophilia Foundation
• World Federation of Hemophilia

Women

• Bleeding Disorders (National Women's Health Information Center)
• Women and Bleeding Disorders: A Misdiagnosed and Underreported Women's Health Issue (National Women's Health Information Center)