hemophilia

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.

Diagrams and full-color photographs and illustrations, paired with accessible and informative text, showcase how the heart works and what its job is in the human body.

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.

When her mother remarries, 16-year-old Leigh abandons her acting career and tries to lead the life of a normal teenager. She is coached by her 17-year-old stepbrother, homebound with hemophilia.

In 1916, teenaged hemophiliac and heir to the Russian throne, Alexei Romanov, escapes into the future to elude the murderous Rasputin, and meets his modern-day cousin, fifteen-year-old Varda, who is working on a cure for hemophilia and who wants to help change history by saving his family.

The true story of Shawn Decker, who was born with hemophilia and contracted the HIV virus at age eleven.

A comprehensive guide to hemophilia that discusses the history of the disease, symptoms, complications, diagnosis, and treatment options, and ethical concerns.

Explains what hemophilia is and describes its history, symptoms, treatment, and potential future, as well as how people cope with the disease. Also includes a glossary, further reading list, and information on organizations and free videos.

Examines hemophilia, explaining what it is, its history, symptoms, treatment, and research into better ways of treating and possibly curing the genetic disease.

Provides information about hemophilia, a genetic disease that causes a person's blood not to clot normally; traces the history of hemophilia; and discusses its diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.