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Lupus is an autoimmune disease that affects an estimated 1.5 million Americans and 5 million people worldwide. May is Lupus Awareness Month, a time for the lupus community to shine a light on the [...]

Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT) is a genetic disorder affecting blood cells. It causes abnormal blood vessels to form and can affect multiple organs in different ways. Also known as [...]

WAKE FOREST, N.C. (Mar. 9, 2022) – Personalized Hematology-Oncology of Wake Forest announces that Dr. Paul VanSweden has joined the practice. Board-certified in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, [...]

Cancer is a word we hear a lot. We worry about getting cancer from our food, from secondhand smoke and even from our pets. But how common is cancer? Here, we answer all of your questions [...]

Blood Donation: What You Need to Know January is National Blood Donor Month, a time to celebrate the lifesaving impact of blood and platelet donors. National Blood Donor Month honors voluntary [...]

Is cold dysesthesia making it challenging to stay warm this winter? One of the trademark side-effects of chemotherapy is the well-known cold dysesthesia, a side-effect that causes a serious cold [...]

Brett Marlowe became ill on his honeymoon and was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia just 11 days after his wedding. This aggressive cancer, which begins in blood cells and has a [...]

You might already be familiar with the numbers: each year, it is expected that 300,000 women in the US alone are diagnosed with breast cancer. Of those women, 50,000 will have localized (in situ) [...]

As one of the most misunderstood diseases, a sickle cell anemia (SCA) diagnosis is not what it once was. September is Sickle Cell Awareness Month, designated by Congress to help focus attention [...]

Dealing with a monumental health condition can be extremely overwhelming. You are faced with endless decisions while trying to absorb a vast amount of new information and vocabulary. It is vital [...]