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The author discusses her relationship with her boyfriend and how it changed when she became pregnant, and the child was diagnosed with a life-threatening blood disorder.

Readers will receive straightforward information on how HIV and AIDS is contracted, what behaviors are low versus high risk, and the experience of getting tested.

Hemophilia and other bleeding disorders loom over the lives of people with these conditions, and present constant danger. This book describes the condition and the genetic causes behind it, follows researchers on their path to scientific discovery, identifies people who have excelled despite having the problem, and tracks the latest treatments and research aimed at helping those living with it. Sidebars highlight medical breakthroughs and the people who made them.

Joyce Conway, recovering from an accident that caused her to miscarry and proved to be the last straw for her already failing marriage, is puzzled to find herself with knowledge and memories not her own, and repeated encounters with a strange man for whom she feels an unusual attraction convinces her something strange is happening.

Traces the history of blood transfusions, discussing how the transfer of blood from one person to another has been viewed and attempted from ancient times to the present, and examining common myths, superstitions, and practices surrounding their use.