Tag Vincent S. Cowell

Hemophilia

Risk Incidence of hemophilia A, factor VIII (FVIII) deficiency is 1:5000 male births; for hemophilia B, factor IX (FIX, Christmas disease) deficiency, it is 1:25,000 male births. Number of people affected with hemophilia in USA is estimated at approximately 20,000.…

Cancer, Breast

Risk 100 times more common in women than men. Besides skin cancer, most common cancer in USA for women; 1 in 8 women develop breast cancer; a man’s lifetime risk is about 1 in 1000. Most significant risk factors for…