Health Insight
blood
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The Current Goal: Ensuring Secure Access to Safe Blood Products
Thalassemia disorders are blood disorders where the patient’s body does not produce enough red blood cells to deliver oxygen to the brain.
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Bringing Together Families Affected by Histiocytosis
Histiocytosis Association of Canada aims to helps Canadians affected by this group of life-threatening blood disorders.
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World Sickle Cell Day
A recent study revealed that at least 3500 individuals in Ontario and 6000 people across Canada live with Sickle Cell disease.
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The Importance of Understanding Thrombosis
Approximately 1 out of 1000 Canadians per year will develop thrombosis. Thrombosis Canada is working on building awareness about blood clots.
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Stem Cell Donors Could Give Someone the Gift of Life
More than ever, prospective donors on Canadian Blood Services Stem Cell Registry are essential for patients who need a stem cell transplant.
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How Life Changes When Told You Have a Rare Blood Disorder
Acquired Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura is a rare and sometimes fatal blood disorder. Early diagnosis and treatment are needed to ensure positive outcomes.
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Not All Rare Blood Disorders Are Treated Alike
All Canadians with rare blood disorders should have the same access to the best treatment. That's the vision for the national Rare Disease Drug Strategy.
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Making Myeloma Matter
Myeloma is the 2nd most common form of blood cancer. Nine new Canadians are diagnosed with myeloma every day, yet we are without a cure.
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How the CMPNRF and the CMPNN Are Meeting the Needs of the MPN Community
There are many types of blood cancers that aren’t as well-known. For those living with myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs), these serious cancers are very real.
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Hemophilia: Brief History of Care and Hope for The Future
Hemophilia is a serious inherited bleeding disorder preventing blood from clotting normally. It affects 3,800 Canadians, one-third of whom have the severe form of the disease. Some of them lack a protein called factor VIII; this is hemophilia A. Others lack a protein called factor IX; their disease is called hemophilia B.