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My son has a life-threatening condition – but my best friend has the same one, which gives me hope
When her son was born with an extremely rare genetic condition, Annette Kellow 37, was devastated. But a strange coincidence is helping her through. I was chatting to my best friend, Irene, at our favorite nail salon when the technician accidentally nicked her skin, and her finger started to bleed. ‘I’ve paid to bleed,’ joked…
Julia and Helen Smith on The Means Report
When Julia Smith was diagnosed with a rare bleeding disorder as an infant, her mother, Helen, went on a search for answers… and a cure. Helen Smith founded the Glanzmann’s Research Foundation. She has since been honored in the CSRA with the Giving Your Best Award, and on a national level with the Jefferson Award….
Could Bacon Stop Nose Bleeds?
Michigan doctors who used cured pork to stop a nosebleed won a 2014 Ig Nobel prize, awarded by the Annals of Improbable Research magazine at Harvard University for especially imaginative scientific achievements. Dr. Sonal Saraiya and her team at the Detroit Medical Center decided to try the folk remedy as a “last resort” after failed…
Family’s quest to cure disorder heads to TV show
Originally Published on AugustaChronicle.com July 31, 2010 Helen Smith could feel that the baby was wet as she picked her up in the dark bedroom and carried her to the bathroom. It wasn’t until she turned on the light that she saw the blood. “It was blood, everywhere,” Smith said. “She had just nicked her…
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