hemophilia

Puget Sound Blood Center accepts more than just thank-yous from ...  -  21 Aug 2007
Federal Way News,Patients with leukemia, cancer, burns, hemophilia and traumatic injuries depend on the breakthrough discoveries made by Blood Center scientists.

What I did over my summer vacation  -  21 Aug 2007
C-Ville Weekly,At Camp Holiday Trails—a nonprofit summer program that offers sessions for kids and families affected by cancer, hemophilia and diabetes, among other health

Protecting Joints In Children With Hemophilia A  -  Aug 12, 2007
Science Daily (press release)The study is the first and only randomized, prospective trial comparing the progression of joint disease in boys with hemophilia A who were treated either

Hemophilia Community Leaders Provide Advice to Patients and ...  -  Aug 17, 2007
Emediawire (press release),Berkeley, CA (PRWEB) August 17, 2007 -- Patients and families living with hemophilia now can receive professional advice from industry experts by visiting

Preventing Joint Damage for Kids with Hemophilia  -  Aug 8, 2007
Ivanhoe,...(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Little boys with hemophilia can face a lifetime of crippling joint damage and pain caused by their condition.

Prophylactic Therapy Averts Joint Damage in Boys with Hemophilia  -  Aug 8, 2007
MedPage Today,8 -- Regular infusions of recombinant factor VIII can prevent joint damage and decrease bleeding in young boys with severe hemophilia A, but at a huge cost,

Kent man has given 30 gallons of blood  -  Aug 16, 2007
Seattle Times,By Cara Solomon John Filicetti takes blood donation to heart; John and Mary's son, Michael, has hemophilia. Today Filicetti will cut the ribbon for the new

Prophylactic Treatment for Prevention of Joint Disease in ...  -  Aug 8, 2007
New England Journal of Medicine (subscription),...by Manco-Johnson, MJ Patients with severe hemophilia number only around 400000 worldwide, but their lifespan has increased because of improved treatment,

Prophylactic Use of Recombinant Factor VIII Prevents Joint Disease ...  -  Aug 9, 2007
CNW Telbec (Communiqués de presse),Further research in the prophylactic treatment of Hemophilia A in young children is also currently on-going at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto,

Seattle man has donated 30 gallons of blood  -  Aug 14, 2007
Seattle Post IntelligencerJohn Filicetti (fil-ee-CHET'-ee), has been a blood donor since he was 16 and became a frequent donor after his son was diagnosed with hemophilia.

Biovitrum Strengthens Its Relationship with Wyeth - Starts to Co ...  -  Aug 8, 2007
Business Wire (press release),BeneFIX uses recombinant DNA technology to replace clotting factor IX to stop or prevent bleeding in people with hemophilia B who do not have enough factor

Costly clot drug stems joint woes in hemophiliacs  -  Aug 8, 2007
Reuters.uk,About 400000 males worldwide have severe hemophilia. The inability of their blood to clot properly often produces bleeding into the knee, ankle and elbow

Foundation Spends N40 Million On Patients  -  Jul 29, 2007
AllAfrica.com,The Hemophilia Foundation of Nigeria yesterday in Kaduna during a Stakeholders Forum disclosed that it has so far expended over N40 million on treatment of

Kawada vows to be a thorn in side of the health ministry  -  Aug 1, 2007
Asahi Shimbun,Kawada was diagnosed with hemophilia when he was 6 months old. He became infected with HIV through unheated blood products to treat his disease.

Study: Frequent Doses Of Factor VIII Help Hemophiliacs  -  Aug 12, 2007
TheDenverChannel.com,Both her sons have hemophilia, which means the slightest bump or bruise can cause internal bleeding in their joints and severe bruising.

Recombinant Factor VIII Prevents Hemorrhagic Arthropathy  -  Aug 8, 2007
Insider Medicine,It is estimated that hemophilia affects about 400000 people or all races and ethnic origins worldwide, with the most severe forms of the disease affecting

Regular Treatment Prevents Bleeding in Hemophiliacs  -  Aug 8, 2007
Insider Medicine,August 8, 2007 (Insidermedicine) Hemophilia is a hereditary condition, which is passed on from one generation to the next. People with hemophilia have blood

Four Wyeth Researchers Honored by American Chemical Society for ...  -  Aug 20, 2007
Earthtimes.org...gastrointestinal health, central nervous system, inflammation, transplantation, hemophilia, oncology, vaccines and nutritional products.

Baxter Declares Quarterly Dividend  -  Jul 31, 2007
CNNMoney.com...assists healthcare professionals and their patients with the treatment of complex medical conditions, including hemophilia, immune disorders, cancer,

Special Summer Camp Attracts Kids with Blood Disorders  -  Aug 12, 2007
KCRG,Kari Atkinson is the president of “Hemophilia of Iowa�? and also cares for a young child who has a blood disorder. She says, "People will say, ‘I understand

Orthopaedic Hospital Is on a Mission With Its Special Pediatric ...  -  Aug 20, 2007
LA Downtown News Online,...disorders up to age 21, and adolescent and adult treatment of hemophilia and bleeding disorders continues to fulfill the hospital's founding mission.

Talecris Biotherapeutics (TLCR) Files $1 Billion IPO  -  Jul 30, 2007
StreetInsider.com (subscription),...life-threatening, conditions, such as immune deficiency disorders, alpha-1 antitrypsin (AAT) deficiency, infectious diseases, hemophilia and severe burns.

Pregnancy Planning - Things To Look Out For  -  Jul 29, 2007
American Chronicle,Doctors will take precautions for HIV, tetanus, STD, German measles, and some imported foreign diseases like Hemophilia, Sickle Cell disease,

Guahan Project celebrates fourth year of existence  -  Jul 27, 2007
KUAM.com,As Guam's only non-profit AIDS organization, the Guahan Project also addresses tuberculosis, sexually transmitted diseases and hemophilia.

Maxygen Reports Second Quarter 2007 Financial Results  -  Aug 2, 2007
CNNMoney.comMAXY-VII is a next-generation Factor VIIa, which Maxygen is currently developing for the treatment of hemophilia. Expenses for the quarter were $19.9

Big Help for Small Unions: National Coalition for Small-to-Mid ...  -  Aug 13, 2007
CNNMoney.com...cardiovascular and heart disease, cancer, gastrointestinal diseases, pulmonary diseases and complex diseases such as hemophilia and multiple sclerosis.

Avigen Initiates US Clinical Development for AV411  -  Aug 13, 2007
CNNMoney.comAdditionally, the company is advancing toward clinical trials AV513, a novel therapy for the treatment of multiple bleeding disorders, including hemophilia

Keeping Biogen Innovative: Jim Mullen Interview (Part 2)  -  Aug 17, 2007
xconomy...announced it was paying up to $120 million for Syntonix, of Waltham, MA, which develops long-acting treatments for chronic diseases such as hemophilia.

Couple found guilty in pot case  -  Aug 17, 2007
Sacramento Bee,He started using marijuana that year for his hemophilia and back problems, he testified. It was also in 1999, according to Schafer, that he gave up his law

Wyeth Pharmaceuticals and Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Announce ...  -  Aug 10, 2007
CNNMoney.com...gastrointestinal health, central nervous system, inflammation, transplantation, hemophilia, oncology, vaccines and nutritional products.

Settlement entitles California's diabetic kids to care at school  -  Aug 9, 2007
San Francisco Chronicle,..."I'm hoping there will be more of a team effort between schools and parents, not just diabetics but kids with hemophilia and asthma, other life-threatening

Pain Therapeutics Announces Second Quarter 2007 Financial Results  -  Aug 9, 2007
CNNMoney.comWe are also working on a new treatment for patients with hemophilia. The FDA has not yet evaluated the merits, safety or efficacy of our drug candidates.

Baiyunshan Pharmaceutical and Baxter Finalize Joint Venture for ...  -  Aug 8, 2007
CNNMoney.com...assists healthcare professionals and their patients with treatment of complex medical conditions, including cancer, hemophilia, immune disorders,

Gene therapy safety in question again  -  Jul 26, 2007
St. Louis Post-Dispatch,Arruda and his colleagues began treating people for hemophilia with the virus in 2001. They have also been treating 30 dogs for hemophilia with the virus,

Rutgers College of Nursing faculty member explores medication errors  -  Aug 15, 2007
SpiritIndia,VIII can prevent joint problems in boys who lack it because they suffer severely from the bleeding disease hemophilia, researchers said on Wednesday.

Bloody awful  -  Aug 15, 2007
Arkansas Times,She addressed Lord Archer of Sandwell, a former solicitor general, who is leading an independent inquiry into how 4500 hemophilia patients in the UK were

Golf meets NASCAR during event at Victory Junction  -  Aug 15, 2007
PGA Tour,The children have a variety of conditions -- from hemophilia to heart disease and sickle cell anemia to liver disease to autism to spina bifida.

Debbie Maitland: Custodian, EMU Alumna, 'All-Star' Nurse  -  Aug 15, 2007
EMU News,At first she had to stay home frequently with her son, born with hemophilia and frequently hospitalized. (Now, at 24, he’s doing well).

Notes: Club negotiating with draftees  -  Aug 14, 2007
TexasRangers.com...reliever CJ Wilson hosted a Guitar Hero II tournament on Monday at the House of Blues in downtown Dallas to benefit the Texas Hemophilia Summer Camp.

Dr. David Bruce Schowalter -- Rochester  -  Aug 14, 2007
Post-Bulletin,He was especially grateful to the National Hemophilia Foundation and the American Heart Association for their support of his important research.

Sangamo BioSciences to Present at the Canaccord Adams 27th Global ...  -  Jul 31, 2007
CNNMoney.com...gene modification as a treatment for a variety of monogenic diseases, such as X-linked SCID and hemophilia, and for infectious diseases, such as HIV.

Talecris seeking $1B in IPO  -  Jul 30, 2007
Bizjournals.com,Talecris makes therapies from human plasma that treat conditions ranging from immune deficiency disorders to hemophilia. The company was formed in April

Talecris Plans IPO  -  Jul 30, 2007
Forbes,Talecris produces plasma-derived protein therapies for chronic and acute conditions, such as immune deficiency disorders, infectious diseases, hemophilia

Advances in Gene Therapy are Driving its Widespread Uptake  -  Aug 13, 2007
Nanotechnology News (press release)...neurological, cardiovascular, and pulmonary disorders, infectious diseases such as AIDS, and monogenic disorders such as cystic fibrosis and hemophilia.

Illinois' beaches are among the dirtiest in the country  -  Aug 13, 2007
Chicago Daily Herald,...called factor VIII can prevent joint problems in boys who lack it because they suffer severely from the bleeding disease hemophilia, researchers said.

Red blood cell substitute shows promise  -  Jul 25, 2007
Science Daily (press release)...full article Haemophilia -- Haemophilia or hemophilia is the name of any of several hereditary genetic illnesses that impair the body's ability to control

Police clear stepmom of injuring girl in Jiangxi  -  Jul 24, 2007
China Daily,However, they disclosed that she does not have hemophilia, a blood-clotting disorder. "She has a more complicated blood syndrome resulting in poor clotting.

Talecris, a Ludicrously Large IPO, and the Beginning of the End ...  -  Aug 10, 2007
Local Tech Wire,...(Talecris also sells other plasma-derived products for conditions such as hemophilia and alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency.) It’sa solid but unexciting

'In honor of Kristen Allen' blood drive to be continued  -  Aug 8, 2007
Fayette Daily News,The surgery is complicated further by the fact that Allen has a disease similar to hemophilia and can only receive type O blood.

Walgreens Boosts Its Specialty Pharmacy, Home Infusion Presence ...  -  Aug 7, 2007
Atlantic Information Services, Inc.,Although Rudolphsen said that Walgreens had good coverage across all disease categories, he added that "OptionCare helped with depth in oncology, hemophilia

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