Over-the-ear device eases heavy menstrual bleeding, pain in trial
Electrical stimulation of nerves that control automatic bodily functions, administered twice daily through a device worn over the ear, may help control heavy menstrual bleeding…
Von Willebrand disease
Seragene lands funding for new therapies for bleeding disorders
Seragene Therapeutics has received funding from Pathway to Cures, the venture philanthropy fund of the National Bleeding Disorders Foundation (NBDF), to advance the…
Scholarship for students affected by bleeding disorders now open
Applications are now open for the 2026 Eric Dostie Memorial College Scholarships, which will award $1,000 each to 10 qualifying students whose lives have…
Boy’s rare case shows complexity of bleeding disorder diagnosis
A 3-year-old boy in Texas was the first known person with two bleeding disorders — type 1 von Willebrand disease (VWD) and hemophilia…
Rare bleeding disorder meets clotting gene in unusual case
The rare coexistence of von Willebrand disease (VWD) type 3 and factor V Leiden (FVL) can put patients at risk for…
Heavy menstrual bleeding affects over 90% of women with VWD
Heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB) affects 93% of women with von Willebrand disease (VWD) at some point in life, according to a Swedish study that…
Preclinical study points to new way to treat VWD type 1
Researchers created an experimental treatment for von Willebrand disease (VWD) type 1 that aims to stabilize the protein whose defect causes the disease, increasing…
Star Therapeutics raises $125M to advance bleeding treatment
Star Therapeutics has raised $125 million to support the development of VGA039, a treatment for von Willebrand disease (VWD) and other bleeding disorders…
Child’s excessive bleeding from skin lesion first sign of VWD: Study
Excessive bleeding from a common skin abnormality was the first indication of von Willebrand disease (VWD) in a 1-year-old girl, highlighting the importance of…
Drops seen in some pregnancy, delivery complications in VWD
Although more people with von Willebrand disease (VWD) have given birth over the past two decades, the rates of certain complications, such as prebirth…
