Medically reviewed by Steffini Stalos, DO Key Takeaways Blood clotting disorders can be inherited or acquired and lead to either excessive bleeding or too much clotting. Hypercoagulable disorders can ...

Noncancerous blood disorders are conditions that affect blood cells, such as red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets. Blood disorders may cause symptoms and complications, but most are ...

A team of researchers have made a new discovery in the field of hematology, providing an explanation for spontaneous and unusual blood-clotting that continues to occur despite treatment with full-dose ...

A single one-time gene therapy could free patients with α-thalassemia, a rare and debilitating blood disorder, from the burden of lifelong transfusions. A single one-time gene therapy could free ...

This month the FDA has approved a treatment for an inherited blood disorder. The Casgevy treatment was developed through CRISPR gene-editing technology and involves modifying a person’s own blood stem ...

Hemophilia, von Willebrand disease, anemia, leukemias, or a low platelet count can cause bruising. A person should contact a doctor if they are concerned about their bruising. Bruising is one of the ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A Louisville native is one of only a handful of people in the U.S. with a nameless blood disorder. She has survived thanks to countless blood transfusions made possible by ...

Vertex Pharmaceuticals said on Saturday its gene therapy helped children aged between 5 and 11 years with sickle cell disease ...

NovoSeven RT is a prescription drug used to treat certain blood clotting disorders, including hemophilia. The drug is given as an intravenous (IV) infusion, which is an injection into a vein over a ...

Liver rupture and abdominal bleeding led to a hemophilia B diagnosis in a newborn in China, according to a case report.