Nine month old Nishant had just started crawling. It was a delightful experience for his parents. But over the days his mother noticed bruises around his knees. She ignored it initially thinking the baby might have hurt himself
An estimated one in 1,000 women and men has a bleeding disorder. However, 75 percent still receive very inadequate treatment or no treatment at all. What will it take to Close the Gap? On World Haemophilia Day 2012, the
Mahalingam, a wonder-boy who's conquered academics and proved his mettle by getting through GATE and into MTech (Computer Science) is fighting a life-long battle, with a condition called Haemophilia (Here's more about the
It is a genetic disease that is seen affecting the males in a family. The defective gene in the male causes a deficiency of clotting factor (which is required for normal clotting after bleeding). The disease can be caused by