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Women's Bleeding Disorders

By Leslie Quander Wooldridge | 04.11.2013

Bleeding disorders bring unique menstruation concerns.

By Beth Marshall | 04.11.2013

Social media campaign reaches undiagnosed women.

Screening and treatment can relieve symptoms
By Leslie Quander Wooldridge | 02.06.2013

Screening and treatment can relieve symptoms.

By Leslie Quander Wooldridge | 10.22.2012

Benefits for those with bleeding disorders and their families.

By Heather Boerner | 07.20.2012

Bleeding disorders camps welcome and nurture girls.

By Sarah Aldridge | 07.19.2012

Women push for mild hemophilia diagnosis.

By Marion A. Koerper, MD | 07.17.2012

Mild hemophilia diagnosis for women helps validate symptoms.

By Kadesha Thomas | 04.16.2012

Women with bleeding disorders have more to keep in mind, but symptoms are manageable.

By Melanie Padgett Powers | 02.09.2012

Regular Pap tests can help prevent cervical cancer

By Sarah Aldridge | 02.07.2012

Study suggests VWF requires acidic environment to finish development

Woman upset on bed with man's back turned away from her
By Melanie Padgett Powers | 10.24.2011

Because sexual problems are not often discussed in public, women with bleeding disorders can feel isolated and unsure where to turn.

Girls on the track team
By Heather Boerner | 07.25.2011

For many girls with bleeding disorders, physical education class, exercise and sports are complicated by menstrual cycles that are long, heavy and painful.

Danielle Schwager at the 2010 World Hemophilia Congress
By Emily Wojcik | 04.25.2011

Susan Skinner Memorial Fund Scholarship winners Danielle Schwager and Mallory O’Connor attended the 2010 World Hemophilia Congress.

03.29.2011

VIDEO--NHF CEO Val Bias and photographer Patrick McMullan called attention to women’s bleeding disorders on New York’s Fox 5's Good Day show.

Jill R. Birdwhistell and Kimber Blackwell
By Matt McMillen | 02.07.2011

New NHF Board member Jill R. Birdwhistell, PhD, wants to educate the healthcare world about women's bleeding disorders.

Victory for Women logo
By Melanie Padgett Powers | 02.07.2011

Only when all women are aware of the symptoms of bleeding disorders can we achieve success—that’s the idea behind Victory for Women, NHF’s new women’s health and blood disorders initiative.

Young woman with von Willebrand disease
By Martha Frase | 02.07.2011

While men and women are equally affected by von Willebrand disease, in women, heavy menstrual bleeding is often the major symptom.

Doreen McCarthy and her son, Jamie
By Sarah Aldridge | 02.07.2011

Connie McMullan remembers a daughter's life and death from complications of von Willebrand disease.

Woman dancing
By Stephanie Stephens | 02.07.2011

For treating bleeding disorders, the hormone may also be injected intravenously or subcutaneously.

Two women
By Melanie Padgett Powers | 01.31.2011

A new surveillance project could lead to improved treatment and diagnosis of women and girls with bleeding disorders.