For many families living with haemophilia, a simple fall or minor injury can quickly become a life and death situation. The inherited bleeding disorder, which prevents the blood from clotting ...

Hemophilia, a genetic bleeding disorder that prevents the body from clotting blood, can turn a simple paper cut into a deadly bleeding episode. But Indiana residents suffering from the disease now ...

Scientists have discovered a surprising link between leukemia and autoimmune diseases. A new study shows that certain genetic changes connected to leukemia can also create abnormal immune cells that ...

The UK banned the use of home‑donated plasma in 1998 over fears it could transmit variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (vCJD), the human form of "mad cow disease", which led the NHS to rely on imported ...

One in ten emergency patients with visible blood in their urine dies within three months of presenting at hospital emergency ...

February was American Heart Month, a time to raise awareness about heart health and the risks associated with hypertension. Also known as high blood pressure, hypertension affects millions of older ...

New study reveals that teens who drink more sugary beverages have a 34% higher risk of anxiety disorders. Nutritionists share insights on the potential link.

SAN DIEGO — Fifteen teenage patients from Rady Children's Hospital's Peckham Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders departed San Diego Friday for an unforgettable weekend at the San Diego Padres Spring ...

Stanford Medicine pediatric hematologist Agnieszka Czechowicz, MD, Ph.D., has devoted her research career to improving ...

Sickle cell disease—the subject of a new Seminar in The Lancet—is one of the most prevalent and fastest-growing genetic disorders worldwide. Although its true prevalence is difficult to determine ...

A certain blood protein regarded as an early indicator of Alzheimer's disease also appears to play a role in other disorders.

A single receptor in blood vessels can trigger either harmful inflammation or protective healing, but scientists have struggled to understand how this is possible. UC San Diego researchers revealed ...