A new, nonprofit advocacy and  education foundation-The Foundation for Women and Girls with Blood Disorders  (FWGBD)-seeks to promote correct diagnosis and optimal management of conditions  such as at every stage of life.

 The foundation, based in Montclair,  New Jersey, was established by experts in blood disorders and women’s health to  provide a multifaceted array of educational programs for healthcare  providers. A December 1 Webinar, Women  and Bleeding Disorders, will officially launch the foundation and its  full Web site. In the meantime, providers can go to a preview Web site,  

, to sign up for news and information and reserve a place for the  Webinar and a satellite symposium on December 9, preceding the 53rd American  Society of Hematology Annual Meeting and Exposition in San Diego. Both CME-accredited  programs are jointly sponsored by Duke University School of Medicine and FWGBD. 

“Women and girls with blood  disorders face unique issues and medical consequences at different stages of  life,” says Andra James, MD, MPH, a founder of the FWGBD and the Women’s Hemostasis  and Thrombosis Clinic at Duke University Medical Center (Durham, North Carolina).  “These issues often get buried and fragmented in various sources. The purpose  of the foundation is to create a single site and source where physicians and  healthcare providers can go to obtain information.” 

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A new, nonprofit advocacy and education foundation?The Foundation for Women and Girls with Blood Disorders (FWGBD)?seeks to promote correct diagnosis and optimal management of conditions such as von Willebrand disease, thrombophilia, sickle cell disease, and anemias at every stage of life. MORE