Von Willebrand disease (VWD) harms physical and mental health-related quality of life, with an increased burden for women and those with severe disease types,…
Von Willebrand disease
The shape of the ADAMTS13 enzyme during remission (a period when symptoms ease or disappear) may help predict which people with immune-mediated thrombotic thrombocytopenic…
A recent case report highlights the challenges of performing surgery in a patient with more than one bleeding disorder. Two doctors in Portugal described their…
People with von Willebrand disease (VWD) or hemophilia A are more likely to experience serious bleeding in the first month after a kidney transplant, a…
Doctors successfully treated a large and painful muscle bleed in a 32-year-old woman with von Willebrand disease (VWD) using a minimally invasive approach: a…
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…
Seragene Therapeutics has received funding from Pathway to Cures, the venture philanthropy fund of the National Bleeding Disorders Foundation (NBDF), to advance the…
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…
A 3-year-old boy in Texas was the first known person with two bleeding disorders — type 1 von Willebrand disease (VWD) and hemophilia…
The rare coexistence of von Willebrand disease (VWD) type 3 and factor V Leiden (FVL) can put patients at risk for…
